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Assad awards convicted murderer Kuntar Syria's highest medal
By The Associated Press
Tags: samir kuntar, israel news 

Syrian President Bashar Assad has awarded former Lebanese prisoner Samir Kuntar the country's highest medal for spending nearly three decades in an Israeli jail.

The Syrian News Agency says Kuntar received the Syrian Order of Merit during a meeting with Assad in Damascus Monday.

Kuntar was the longest-held Lebanese prisoner in Israel. He was imprisoned in 1979 after he was convicted of one of the grisliest attacks in Israeli history - killing a man in front of his four-year-old daughter, and then killing the girl herself by crushing her skull.
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Kuntar and four Hezbollah guerrillas were freed in July in exchange for the bodies of Ehud Goldwasswer and Eldad Regev, two Israel Defense Forces soldiers captured by the militant Hezbollah group in 2006. Their capture sparked a 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah.

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      5.   Just shows what Values Syria holds precious 15:53  |  George 24/11/08
      6.   Really ???? 15:54  |  Daniela 24/11/08
      7.   kuntar 16:02  |  mike the dolphin 24/11/08
      8.   What an achievement! 16:18  |  ChanahS 24/11/08
      9.   How can anyone understand Syria,? 16:29  |  Stephen. 24/11/08
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      12.   Stay classy, Assad 17:24  |  Israeli 24/11/08
      13.   #10 so how serious are negotiations? 17:58  |  David G 24/11/08
      14.   Arab mind 18:40  |  Stan 24/11/08
      15.   You get the heroes you can 19:22  |  Philippe 24/11/08
      16.   the gates of the Eshtihad 19:55  |  shai margalit 24/11/08
      17.   #14..Stan 20:50  |  Nemesis 24/11/08
      18.   Clickfool, not all is dialectics, there is also evil 21:24  |  Israeli cititzen 24/11/08
      19.   Even the score somewhat 21:47  |  John Phee 24/11/08
      20.   Perhaps a later censor will allow 23:19  |  Mark Lincoln 24/11/08
      21.   CFOOL defending the award to the lowest of the low 00:03  |  PETER SM 25/11/08
      22.   Note, please, that 00:51  |  Angel 25/11/08
      23.   Israeli Citizen 02:02  |  Mark Lincoln 25/11/08
      24.   They are not reading your words Clickfool 02:09  |  Mark Lincoln 25/11/08
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