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Posters hanging in Lebanon, welcoming Samir Kuntar ahead of his release last year.
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Lebanon elite turns out to celebrate terrorist Samir Kuntar's engagement
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

Convicted terrorist Samir Kuntar announced his engagement this week in a highly-publicized Beirut ceremony.

Kuntar was jailed in Israel for his role in a 1979 cross-border terror attack that killed three members of the Haran family and a policeman. He was freed last year in exchange for the bodies of abducted soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser. Kuntar will be marrying Zeineb Barjawi, the daughter of a prominent Lebanese family. A range of Lebanese dignitaries attended their engagement ceremony at her Beirut home, including former Lebanese president Emile Lahoud and the father of assassinated Hezbollah deputy Imad Mughniyeh.

Lahoud reportedly called the event "dear to my heart. I view Samir Kuntar as one of my sons and I wish the couple a happy life." Other guests are said to have included the head of Al-Jazeera television's Lebanese bureau, Ghassan Bin Jiddu.
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      1.   Stop your propaganda, who are these "elite"? 05:37  |  fgh 04/03/09
      2.   O`The Embrassment 05:51  |  Embrassed Lebanese 04/03/09
      3.   A fitting hero for that vile little country. 05:56  |  Ploni 04/03/09
      4.   what did you expect? 05:58  |  bashar 04/03/09
      5.   Another issue not discussed in Durban II 05:58  |  Sceptic 04/03/09
      6.   Sami Kuntar`s engagement 06:09  |  sel 04/03/09
      7.   The Article Fails to Mention that Israel was already Occupying 06:11  |  Monitor 04/03/09
      8.   Depravity 06:21  |  Fish 04/03/09
      9.   Samir Kuntar enGAYged to Emile Lahoud. 06:25  |  FU 04/03/09
      10.   samir kuntar wedding 06:28  |  Eliya 04/03/09
      11.   Thanks for nothing Olmert! 06:29  |  me 04/03/09
      12.   Samir Kuntar Is About 50 06:47  |  Jeff Northridge 04/03/09
      13.   This is just sickening 06:48  |  Boris 04/03/09
      14.   What kind of a father you can make of a child?s killer? 07:37  |  Moshe 04/03/09
      15.   A Man That Bashes Out Little Girl Brains... 08:10  |  Yosemite 04/03/09
      16.   Wishes to Kuntar 08:27  |  Humanitarian 04/03/09
      17.   #11 Jeff Northridge. How old is Murdoch and Sarkozy? 09:14  |  Maureen Ann 04/03/09
      18.   Here Comes The Groom, Proud, Evil, & Doomed! 09:17  |  Lavi 04/03/09
      19.   Victimhood 10:07  |  Georges H Saab 04/03/09
      20.   #1 embaressed 11:32  |  david 04/03/09
      21.   What happened to his Israeli Christian wife and their children? 11:38  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/03/09
      22.   Begin was a terrorist and was married before 1948 11:54  |  George 04/03/09
      23.   TO 17 - MR. SAAB 12:03  |  Khaled 04/03/09
      24.   MAUREEN Neither Murdooch nor Sarkozy have a culture of killing 12:41  |  PETER SM 04/03/09
      25.   So Terrorist samir will become a father ? 12:55  |  Victor_the_Egyptian 04/03/09
      26.   elite celebrating 13:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/03/09
      27.   if elites came to his wedding 13:28  |  lola 04/03/09
      28.   Embarrassed Lebanese - you redeem your nation 13:29  |  x-ray 04/03/09
      29.   TO NO 7. 13:30  |  DANNY 04/03/09
      30.   TO NO 16. 13:43  |  DANNY 04/03/09
      31.   Wrong... 14:03  |  Marcuss 04/03/09
      32.   Exchanges 14:42  |  Elliott 04/03/09
      33.   terrorist in your eyes only 14:49  |  Peace 04/03/09
      34.   kuntar animal will be a father to children? Anyone remember... 16:03  |  bat yam 04/03/09
      35.   let`s get him already! 16:10  |  miri 04/03/09
      36.   israel has no high moral ground 16:14  |  peter42y 04/03/09
      37.   An Introduction to Israel-Lebanon conflict, Monitor 16:27  |  Sceptic 04/03/09
      38.   Israeli elite honour their terrorists--Lehi Medal of Honour 18:01  |  Labhras 04/03/09
      39.   Why so much fuss? 18:04  |  Edith 04/03/09
      40.   Edith you ignorant twit! Bar Kochba fought against Roman... 19:02  |  bat yam 04/03/09
      41.   amazing 19:06  |  s gilbert, USA 04/03/09
      42.   EYE RICH LABHRAS#38 IS ABLE TO REPORT WHAT NOBODY HAVE SEEN... 19:09  |  MOSHEH 04/03/09
      43.   39Edith you ignorant twit! Bar Kochba fought against Roman... 19:24  |  bat yam 04/03/09
      44.   very suprised Olmert- Barak- Livni,were not there 19:57  |  chaim schonbrun 04/03/09
      45.   Boy did that work great or what? 20:26  |  Mark Lincoln 04/03/09
      46.   Moshe #14 asks what kind of father--3rd try 20:28  |  Ari ben Yisrael 04/03/09
      47.   #14 Moshe (Good ?) 21:16  |  Peter Mall 04/03/09
      48.   MONITOR/Khaled.Until Lebanon become a base for attacks on Israel 21:19  |  PETER SM 04/03/09
      49.   LEBANON honors a man who beat a captured child to death by hand 21:23  |  PETER SM 04/03/09
      50.   Lebanon elite 21:41  |  baurat 04/03/09
      51.   #PeterSM. The question still remains, did he do it? 23:07  |  Maureen Ann 04/03/09
      52.   Perfect example why Israel should forget about "Peace" 23:08  |  Orquest 04/03/09
      53.   Stop This BS 01:21  |  John Smith 05/03/09
      54.   Emil Lahoud and Mughniyeh`s father are not dignitaries their scum 01:23  |  Justis 05/03/09
      55.   This article is below Haaretz standards 01:34  |  Justis 05/03/09
      56.   To George # 22 06:29  |  Alan 05/03/09
      57.   Send Mossad to recapture Cuntar 06:40  |  Baruch Gold 05/03/09
      58.   Lebanon a Rogue Terror State 06:41  |  Baruch Gold 05/03/09
      59.   to 53 10:52  |  Kalle 05/03/09
      60.   #57, Baruch Gold, don`t hold your breath... 19:11  |  Silvienne 05/03/09
      61.   Samir kuntar wedding 18:04  |  Jack 08/03/09
      62.   samir kuntar wedding 17:17  |  Maya 12/05/09
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