THE FORGOTTEN LEBANESE PRISONERS

AFP photo credit, via NOW LEBANON. Mothers of prisoners taken by Syria protesting.

While Lebanon celebrates becoming “the first Arab country in the Israeli-Arab struggle to close its detainee file,” as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah put it in a July 3 speech, many Lebanese still languish in Syrian prisons.
The exact number of prisoners and detainees is not known, and Syrian authorities have a history of keeping silent on the issue. During the civil war, approximately 17,000 people disappeared. Following the war, the arrest and disappearance of those expressing opposition to Syria’s continued presence was common.

Here is the Whole story on NOW LEBANON, written by Matt Wire.

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In the meantime it s striking. Very much striking. Nasrallah suddenly gets out and salutes the crowds and brags abut the prisoners swap and he does it in person, and he does it in a moment when everybody expected him to get out and give a speech and brag about the prisoners swap with Israel. Pretty stupid, huh? Cause after the 34 day 2006 was with Israel the guy spoe at press conferences through a screen. He was broadcast to the press room and he never got out in public for a speech. And besides, after Imad Mougnyah's assassination is Syra if you said "boom" behind his back he'd have definetly have a heart attack. What the hell was this guy thinking?

Oh ya. And then this. Breaking news.

The Voice of Lebanon radio station reported that it has received phone calls from residents of Beirut and South Lebanon complaining of an Israeli infiltration into the telephone network, delivering short messages threatening individuals and Hezbollah.

Haha. It seems the Israeli government started an sms campaign text messaging the Lebanese. I imagine the SMS: "Silence! We kill you!"