Saturday, August 4, 2012

48 Iranian Pilgrims Kidnapped in Damascus

In a brazen daylight kidnapping, gunmen snatched a bus filled with 48 Iranian pilgrims from a Damascus suburb Saturday as they headed to visit Hazrat Zeinab shrine, Iran’s al-Alam TV network reported.
The pilgrims had just left their hotel and were headed by bus to the Hazrat Zeinab mosque. Zeinab is the granddaughter of Prophet Mohammad and the sister of Shia’s Martyr Imam Hossein. The Shiites believe her tomb is within the mosque situated in a suburb south of Damascus, which has become one of the holiest Shiite sites. 

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I mean tell me this,how dumb can a government be by sending the countries citizens to a war zone?!
So don't be surprised by what happens.

Anonymous said...

Why do we always blame the government? No other people do this to the extent of Iranians. Why not grow up as a people and take some personal responsibility.

Anyhow, on a positive note, the Iranian hostages were freed by the Syrian military.

Nader Uskowi said...

@ 6:28 PM,

What is your source on hostages being freed? The official Iranian news agencies are not saying that, as of the time you posted your comments>

Anonymous said...

Anon 6:28 PM

Because it is the so called government that has lead Iran into the economic and political failure that we are in now.
And you're right we need to take some "responsibility" and grab the bull by the horns and overthrow this irresponsible fascist theocracy from our land.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Uskowi,

My source was this:

http://farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13910514001350

Nader Uskowi said...

Thanks so much for the info. A word of caution on Fars: They are not reliable, known to have engineered news in the past. I do use Fars as a source, but only if I have a second confirmation from elsewhere. Let's hope the hostages get freed soon.

Anonymous said...

FARS OR FARCE whats the difference LOL!