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IN DOVER SAY THAT DOESN’T FIT THE PROFILE OF THE MAN WHOSE RAISED A FAMILY IN THEIR TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY. FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, JOSEPH ROBERTS HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH A MAN HE THINKS CHANGED THE DYNAMIC OF DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> THE THING YOU NEED, HE IS THERE FOR EVERYBODY. HE HAD A GUY SITTING AROUND THEIR WORKING MEN DOING NO WORK, AND PAYING HIM JUST IN CASE HE NEEDED SOMETHING DONE. MIKE C: AMER FAKHOURY OPENED LITTLE LEBANON TO GO RESTAURANT. TODAY, IT HAS A SIGN ON ITS DOOR SAYING THE FAMILY WAS TAKING ITS FIRST VACATION IN 15 YEARS AND WOULD REOPEN SEPTEMBER 25. >> I DIDN’T HEAR ANY CONCERN IN HIS VOICE. MIKE C: BUT NOT LONG AFTER ENTERING HIS NATIVE LEBANON, FAKHOURY WAS DETAINED IN BERUIT. ACCORDING TO A LEBANESE SECURITY OFFICIAL ON TWITTER, AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, FAKHOURY OVERSAW THE KHIAM DETENTION CENTER THAT WAS RUN BY THE ISRAELI-BACKED SOUTH LEBANON ARMY MILITIA. NEWS ARTICLES IN HIS HOME COUNTRY TABBED HIM AS THE BUTCHER OF KHIAM. HIS FRIENDS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SAY THAT TITLE DOESN’T MATCH THE MAN THEY’VE COME TO KNOW. >> DID HE EVER MENTION HIS ARMY BACKGROUND? >> HE JUST SAID HE WAS IN THE ARMY, HE DIDN’T LIKE THE ARMY, AND HE WANTED TO RAISE A GOOD FAMILY AND A GOOD COUNTRY. MIKE C: THE SECURITY OFFICIAL IN LEBANON SAYS AMER WAS INTERROGATED, CONFESSED, AND NOW AWAITS TRIAL. >> IF YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT GOING BACK SOMEWHERE THAT YOU SUPPOSEDLY HAS ALL -- HAD ALL OF THIS TROUBLE WITH, WOULD YOU GO BACK? MIKE C: JOE SAYS AMER’S WIFE IS AFRAID FOR HER SAFETY AND HAS NOT LEFT THE FAMILY HOME IN LEBANON. FRIENDS OF AMER FAKHOURY SAY HIS DREAM WAS TO ESTABLISH A GOOD LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY AND BECOME A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. >> SHE HASN’T BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE IN FIVE DAYS, SHE IS SCARED OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. THE DAUGHTERS THAT ARE HERE ARE SCARED. PEOPLE ARE THREATENING THEIR LIVES. MIKE C: ACCORDING TO FAMILY FRIENDS, THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN LEBANON HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK WITH AMER SINCE HE WAS DETAIN

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Update (9/17): An arrest warrant has been issued for Amer Fakhoury.--A Dover restaurant owner is being detained in his native country of Lebanon after he was accused of overseeing a prison where people were tortured in the 1980s and 1990s.On the eve of his trial, friends of Amer Fakhoury said the accusations don't fit the profile of the man who has raised a family in their tight-knit community.For the past 15 years, Joseph Roberts has been friends with Fakhoury, a man he said has changed the dynamic of Dover."Anything you need, he's there," Roberts said. "He had a guy sitting around there working, doing no work and paying him to sit there if he needed something done."Fakhoury owns Little Lebanon To Go restaurant. A sign on the restaurant's door Monday said the family was taking its first vacation in 15 years and would reopen Sept. 25."I didn't hear any concern in his voice," Roberts said.But not long after entering Lebanon, Fakhoury was detained in Beirut, according to news reports. According to a Lebanese security official on Twitter and The Associated Press, about 20 years ago, Fakhoury oversaw the Khiam Detention Center, which was run by the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army Militia.News articles in his home country tabbed him as "the butcher of Khiam."Fakhoury's friends in New Hampshire said the title doesn't match the man they've come to know. "He just said he was in the army," Roberts said. "He said he was in the army and he didn't like the army and wanted to raise a good family in a good country."The security official in Lebanon said Fakhoury was interrogated and confessed, and now awaits trial."If you were worried about going back somewhere that you supposedly had all this trouble with, would you go back?" Roberts said.Roberts said Fakhoury's wife is afraid for her safety and has not left the family home in Lebanon. Friends of Fakhoury said his dream was to establish a good life for his family and become a citizen of the United States. "(His wife) hasn't been out of the house in five days," Roberts said. "She's scared of what the people are saying. The daughters here are scared. People are threatening their lives."According to family friends, the American Embassy in Lebanon has not been able to speak with Fakhoury since he was detained. The Lebanon embassy in Washington, D.C., has not responded to a request for comment.