(ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, MAY 23 - The Local Coordinating
Committees of the opposition in Syria have spoken out against
the kidnapping of 14 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims yesterday, which
led to incidents in the Shiite areas of southern Beirut with the
blocking of the road to the airport.
Prior to the statements by the Committees, the Free Syrian
Army (FSL) - armed wing of the opposition and accused of being
behind the act - has denied all responsibility and condemned the
incident as an attempt to discredit the organisation.
In a statement the Local Coordinating Committees called the
kidnapping ''a falsified incident'' aiming to ''spark sectarian
conflict in the region''. The Committees added that chaotic
situations of this type ''would offer the (Syrian) regime a rare
opportunity to present itself to the world as a firefighter able
to put out the flames in the region''. (ANSAmed).
