NNA - Head of the Lebanese expat abductees' Follow-up Committee Fareed ad-Dukkan, implored Sida-based Salafist cleric Ahmad al-Aseer to intercede with the Jihadist "Partisans of Islam"- Ansar al-Islam group who took them hostage in a bid to let them go safe and sound.
Dukkan appealed to Aseer's "good offices" with the kidnappers on account of the latter's reputation with the Salafists Worldwide. Aseer who committed to nothing said he would try his best with the Nigerian kidnappers.
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