Aug. 30, 2006 15:32 | Updated Aug. 30, 2006 15:54 Syrian group threatens to kidnap troops By ASSOCIATED PRESS

A previously unknown group threatened Wednesday to abduct Israeli soldiers to swap them for Syrian prisoners in Israel.

In a statement faxed to foreign news agencies in Damascus, a group calling itself the Men of the National Syrian Resistance threatened to "take the necessary measures" to secure the release of 16 Syrians jailed in Israel.

It listed the names of four men it said have been detained in Israel for 22 years. The group said the men had been charged with "resisting Israeli occupation in the Golan."

"The continuing detention of our comrades makes us exert all-out efforts to secure their release," the statement said. The group called theirs a "humanitarian and just demand."

Once again we see the evidence that when Israel is weak, our enemies grow in both numbers and become embolden.

The time has come to show first our enemies close to home that Israel is still strong and through this to show all the enemies of the Jewish people that we are still strong.