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2021-08-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rahi: Corruption Has Spread in Lebanese Society
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said Sunday he regrets that the Lebanese society has become corrupt, and called on the security services to close illegal border crossings and prevent smuggling.

Rahi was hinting at the latest security raids on hidden fuel and diesel tanks amid the severe fuel shortages that have crippled hospitals and caused long power cuts, and the tons of medicine that have been hoarded at warehouses throughout the country.

"I encourage security apparatuses to expand their raids to include every person monopolizing medicine and basic goods," he said.

The Patriarch also called on concerned security officials to close all illegal border crossings and prevent the smuggling of goods from Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady human sacrifice days of Baal Moloch. In 2020 Hezbollahblew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate faci8lity exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that...
to Syria.

Rahi spoke during Sunday’s mass in his summer residence in Diman.

He called for expediting the formation of a rescue government that is up to the challenges, and that is neutral, non-partisan, and includes highly qualified people.

On the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion, Rahi said he is against "politicizing or paralyzing the investigation," saying "no official should be exempted from being questioned by the judiciary over the blast."

The Patriarch said even President Michel Aoun
...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
had told the country's public prosecutor he was ready to give a statement about the earth-shattering kaboom.

"What has become with the investigation into the port explosion crime? What is the fate of the summons issued against deputies, ministers and the head of security and military apparatuses?" he asked.
Rahi was hinting to the subpoena issued by Judge Tarek Bitar for caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab after the latter failed to show up for questioning in the case.

Bitar, leading the inquiry into the huge explosion, issued requests in July to question Diab and other brass hats, including former ministers, who were charged by his predecessor with negligence over the blast.

However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
the subpoena drove dismay and negative reactions from former prime ministers and Dar al-Fatwa.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch cautiously raised his hat over the edge of the horse trough on the end of a stick......
Metropolitan Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut Elias Audi wondered in his sermon on Sunday if the concerned authorities have held accountable any of the persons who had hidden fuel tanks or illegally stored medicines.

The Bishop urged the Lebanese to be loyal and supportive to one another and to their country, saying: "Love your brethren who need you most, and do not abuse them, imitating the unjust, who only care about themselves by securing what they eat, what they drink, and what they store."
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