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Source: http://nytimes.com/2005/04/04/international/middleeast/04lebanon.html
Families Yearn for News of Syria's Lebanese Prisoners
(New York Times) Dexter Filkins - Hundreds of Lebanese men were spirited across the border by Syrian agents after Syria first sent troops into Lebanon 29 years ago, human rights groups say. With the Syrian Army compelled by Lebanese popular opinion and international pressure to end its military occupation, calls are rising for Lebanese leaders to demand an accounting of their citizens held in Syrian jails. Two years ago, Fouad Saad, a member of the Lebanese opposition in parliament, headed a commission that determined that 120 Lebanese were probably either in Syrian jails or had died there. A Lebanese group claims 280 Lebanese were taken to Syrian jails and never released.