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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Geagea Accuses March 8 of Seeking to Form a 'Hizbullah-Syria' Government in Lebanon
2011-02-07
Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader 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 ...
on Saturday accused the March 8 coalition of seeking to form of a "Hizbullah-Syria" government in Leb.
"A one-sided Cabinet means a Syrian-Hizbullah government in Leb," Geagea told the Voice of Free Leb radio station.

He said he was not sure how President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati can "carry on like this."

Geagea pointed out that March 8 believes that a "new phase is taking shape" in Leb and the region, adding that Suleiman and Miqati's views, however, differ from March 8's.

The LF leader noticed the "absence of threats of sectarian strife when the other camp (March 8) was able to change the equation."

March 8, he said without naming them, "always resort to intimidation to achieve the results they desire."

In response to a question, Geagea stressed that the March 14
Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
coalition remains "coherent" with regard to its position on the government.

Turning to Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
leader Michel Aoun
...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
, Geagea said Hizbullah is smarter than the former army general.

"They (Hizbullah) say respectable things and leave other things to Aoun and others," Geagea stressed.
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