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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
March 14 Criticizes Hizbullah's Drone, Calls on Iran to Lift Suzerainty Tutelage over Lebanon
2012-10-18
[An Nahar] The March 14 General Secretariat lashed out on Wednesday at Hizbullah's Iranian-made drone that penetrated Israeli airspace, accusing the party of luring an Israeli aggression on Leb.

"The incident has negative impacts on the Lebanese, who became a victim to the conflict in the region and a shield to Iran in particular," it said in a statement after its weekly meeting.

On October 6, Hizbullah launched an unmanned drone over Israel, which the Jewish state shot down.

Party chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
acknowledged the development in a speech on Thursday.

The March 14 General Secretariat pointed out: "Hizbullah's confessions that it is involved in the Syrian crisis and luring an Israeli aggression on Leb proves the Iranian influence on its decision and undermines 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) efforts to adopt a national defense strategy."

It called on participants at the all-party talks to launch a dialogue with Iranian authorities to urge it to lift its tutelage over Leb as Hizbullah "seems to represent the Iranian revolutionary guards in Leb."

The General Secretariat also said that Hizbullah is tumbling the cabinet's decision to disassociate itself from the turmoil in the neighboring country Syria.

The government decided to disassociate itself from the revolt against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
, which kicked off in 2011, to preserve stability in Leb.

"Hizbullah's evident support to the Baath rule in Syria against its people puts the Lebanese people at risk," the statement said.

It reiterated demands to deploy the Lebanese army and United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
Interim Forces in Leb along the Lebanese-Syrian border under United Nations Security Council resolution 1701.

In addition, the General Secretariat rejected the "cover" provided by Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour to Hizbullah's drone.

"The cabinet is responsible for responding to the Israeli violations with all the necessary means and any compromises offered by it to any side is a national treason," it said.

Mansour denied on Tuesday media reports quoting him as saying that Hizbullah's drone over Israel had not violated resolution 1701.

The minister was quoted as saying that the "drone did not violate resolution 1701 and Leb will assume responsibility for Hizbullah's stances."
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