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| Govt. Seeking to Withdraw Ghosn's Statements on al-Qaida from Media Speculation |
| 2011-12-27 |
| [An Nahar] Lebanese government officials should exert more efforts to distance Leb from the twin Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... bombings that took place in the Syrian capital on Friday, otherwise the cabinet would appear to be adopting a lax approach in combating terrorism, reported the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper on Monday. Widely informed sources told the newspaper that President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... 's statements on Leb's rejection of terrorism was the first attempt to ease the government "embarrassment" in this issue. They interpreted the remarks as an attempt to withdraw Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn's statements that al-Qaeda members had infiltrated the Bekaa town of Arsal from media speculation. Shortly after the Damascus bombings, Syria accused al-Qaeda of being behind the attack. The sources stressed the need for the government to adamantly deny any links to the attack in order to prevent the country from being dragged into the Syrian crisis. They added that Ghosn should be held accountable for his statements and debriefed at cabinet in order for him to present the evidence of his claims that al-Qaeda had indeed infiltrated Arsal. The Syrian authorities should also be made to present any evidence they have on the alleged infiltration of cut-throats from Leb into its territories, they continued. At least 40 people were killed and 166 maimed in two deadly bombings against Syrian security forces in Damascus on Friday. |
| Posted by:Fred |