Hizbullah Confirms Prisoner Swap

by IOL (reposted) Wednesday Jul 2nd, 2008 6:13 PM BEIRUT — Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Lebanon's resistance movement Hizbullah, affirmed on Wednesday, July 2, his group's approval of a landmark deal to exchange prisoners with Israel within the next two weeks. "I officially announce that the accord has been accepted from our part and the matter closed," Nasrallah said in a televised speech, reported Agence France Presse (AFP). The Hizbullah leader said the swap is expected to take place in one to two weeks. "I will not set an exact date. The sooner it takes place the better," he said. "I believe that in a week or two it will be implemented ... July 15 is the most probable, a bit before or a bit after." Nasrallah confirmed that his group will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers, believed to be dead, for five... [read full story]