Jumblat Demands Returning Lebanese Pilgrims, Warns against Falling for Syrian Regime’s Traps
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat demanded on Monday that the Lebanese pilgrims who were kidnapped in Syria on Tuesday be returned to Lebanon, urging all sides to “exercise restraint.”
He warned in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa magazine “against falling for the Syrian regime’s traps” should any of the supporters of the victims seek revenge against the abduction.
“I call on all the Syrian people to thwart the regime’s plans to spark sectarian strife,” he declared.
“The Syrian people have so far succeeded in evading the regime’s traps, starting with that of igniting strife,” he noted.
Jumblat urged the residents of Syria’s Jabal al-Arab, and the whole of the country, to be diligent “now more than ever” and be wary of the “great dangers” being planned by the regime.
“In the past, the Syrian people succeeded in defeating foreign oppression by remaining true to their Arabism,” remarked the Druze leader.
“Any attempt to add a sectarian characteristic to the revolution will serve as a crushing blow to all the people’s sacrifices,” he remarked.
On May 22, 11 Lebanese pilgrims were abducted in Aleppo as they were on their way by land to Lebanon from a pilgrimage to Iran.
It is unknown who has abducted them, with claims that the rebel Free Syrian Army is behind the operation, allegations it has denied.
28 May 2012, 21:10
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We haven't seen jumblat recently talking about the curent issues and hence were somehow disappointed since we expect from the shrewdest politian in Lebanon and the Arab world to keep us enlightened by giving us his views on what's happening in the region and Lebanon. As usual, Jumblat is spot on in warning against the Syrian regime's ploys and tricks. He does know that the regime will ultimately fall; but he's not yet given us any time frame because maybe the struggle of the poor and dignified Syrian people might be long while their victory is all but certain. if the people want freedom, no force in the whole world could stop them from attaining it. My heart and prayers go to all the kids who were mascakered in cold blood by the regime in Syria.
