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2021-10-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Geagea: Military court should first question Hezbollah's Nasrallah on Beirut violence
More posturing about the Tayyouneh clash.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Leader of Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
party Samir Geagea
...Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005...
said on Thursday the military court should listen to Hezbollah’s chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
’s statement about last week’s violence in Beirut before they question him.A judicial official said earlier that Geagea has been summoned for questioning about last week’s events after a protest organised by Hezbollah and its ally Amal to demand the judge investigating the Beirut blast, Tarek Bitar, be removed, turned violent mostly peaceful.

Fadi Akiki, a representative of the military court, had "instructed the army intelligence to summon Geagea and take his statement based on information provided by arrested LF members," a judicial official said according to AFP.

Geagea said in a TV interview that if the military court would ask him, he would happily give a statement on the condition that they "listen to Nasrallah" before him.

"For one small reason, the Lebanese Forces party, since the end of the civil war, has committed no violations," Geagea added, pointing that his party is registered with ministry of interior, unlike Hezbollah.

Tensions over the investigation into the Beirut blast that rocked the country in August 2020 ignited street violence in the capital last week, leading to the death of seven Shias. It was the worst street violence in over a decade.

The Iran-backed Hezbollah militia held the Christian Lebanese Forces, led by Geagea, responsible. The Lebanese Forces denied the accusation and pointed the finger of blame at Hezbollah for sending its supporters into the Christian neighborhood of Ain al-Remmaneh.

Nasrallah accused the Lebanese Forces on Monay of seeking to ignite a "civil war", demanded there be an investigation into the events of last Thursday and threatened to take action if the judiciary did not.

The powerful Shia militia’s leader also revealed for the first time that the group had 100,000 armed and trained fighters.

"Nasrallah’s speech was a poisonous gift, full of fallacies and rumors that are not based on any truth. I consider the events of Ain al-Remmaneh an ominous event that cost us many maimed and victims in the suburb," Geagea said.

"I don’t know who fired the first bullet, but I know that the first four injured fell in Ain al-Remmaneh and that is settled," Geagea added.

He said Hezbollah was the real greatest threat to Leb
...In 2020 Hezbollahblew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate facility exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that. And it ain't never coming to trial...
and added that his party had no fighters. "We have 30,000 or 35,000 partisans who are quite visible and present inside and outside Lebanon."
Posted by Fred 2021-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ]  Top
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