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Calgary mother on run in Lebanon with daughters Updated Sat. Dec. 23 2006 11:31 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A Calgary woman whose estranged husband took their daughters to Lebanon is reportedly on the run in that Middle Eastern country. In addition, two former soldiers were arrested Wednesday at Beirut's international airport. Lebanese authorities accuse them of being part of a five-man commando team that helped Melissa Hawach grab her daughters from her estranged husband. The whereabouts of Melissa and her daughters Hannah, 5, and Cedar, 3, were not known on Saturday. Melissa has legal custody of the two girls. Their father, Joseph Hawach, took the girls to Australia on July 1 for a three-week vacation (He and Melissa had met and married there). He was to visit his relatives. However, he never brought them back. Melissa alleges he then took the children onward to Lebanon, a country where he has citizenship. The Missing Children Society of Canada said in an Aug. 25 news release, "In early August, Joseph advised Melissa that she should travel to Australia where he would meet her with the girls. However, the girls weren't there. "Joseph's family also informed Melissa that the only way the girls would be returned to Australia would be if she agreed to live in Sydney, give Joseph full custody, and dropped the charges against him," it said. The children were taken at an apartment complex attached to a hotel in Jounieh, Lebanon. It isn't clear on what day that event occurred. Friends of Melissa said she had been trying to work through proper channels. With files from The Canadian Press +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
