BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security officials say 12 Lebanese Shiites have been kidnapped in Syria. The victims were on their way home from holy shrines in Iraq and were traveling through Syria when they were abducted on Tuesday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
12 Lebanese kidnapped in Syria, officials say
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Masked Sunni gunmen hold their weapons as they attend the funeral procession of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid, who was shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint, at his hometown village of Beireh, in Akkar, north Lebanon, Monday May 21, 2012. The circumstances surrounding Sunday's shooting death of Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid and his bodyguard remained unclear but the state-run National News Agency said they appeared to have been killed by soldiers after their convoy failed to stop at an army checkpoint. The cleric's funeral was scheduled for later Monday in the northern region of Akkar. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A masked Sunni gunman holds his weapon as he shouts slogans during the funeral procession of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid, who was shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint, at his hometown village of Beireh, in Akkar north Lebanon, Monday May 21, 2012. The circumstances surrounding Sunday's shooting death of Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid and his bodyguard remained unclear but the state-run National News Agency said they appeared to have been killed by soldiers after their convoy failed to stop at an army checkpoint. The cleric's funeral was scheduled for later Monday in the northern region of Akkar. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A Sunni woman throws flowers as men carry the body of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid, who was shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint, during his funeral procession, at his hometown village of Beireh, in Akkar north Lebanon, Monday May 21, 2012. The circumstances surrounding Sunday's shooting death of Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid and his bodyguard remained unclear but the state-run National News Agency said they appeared to have been killed by soldiers after their convoy failed to stop at an army checkpoint. The cleric's funeral was scheduled for later Monday in the northern region of Akkar. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A Syrian government solider stands at a street in the Damascus suburb of Douma, Syria, Sunday, May 20, 2012. A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country's bloodshed. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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Syrian government forces speak to a U.N. observer in the Damascus suburb of Douma, Syria, Sunday, May 20, 2012. A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country's bloodshed. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Monday, May 21, 2012, purports to show U.N. observers arriving in Daraa province, 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL
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Lebanese anti-Syrian regime critic Shadi Mawlawi, center, who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried on his friends' shoulders as they celebrate his release from jail, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday May 22, 2012. Earlier this month, the arrest of Shadi Mawlawi, an outspoken Lebanese critic of Syrian President Bashar Assad, set of several days of clashes in northern Lebanon that killed eight people. Mawlawi was accused of belonging to a terrorist group. Mawlawi said he denies any link to such groups. (AP Photo)
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Lebanese anti-Syrian regime critic Shadi Mawlawi, center, who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried on his friends' shoulders as they celebrate his release from jail, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday May 22, 2012. Earlier this month, the arrest of Shadi Mawlawi, an outspoken Lebanese critic of Syrian President Bashar Assad, set of several days of clashes in northern Lebanon that killed eight people. Mawlawi was accused of belonging to a terrorist group. Mawlawi said he denies any link to such groups. The Arabic headband reads: "no God only God and Mohammed prophet of God." (AP Photo)
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