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| Hariri: Every Outlaw Must be Dealt with in Same Manner |
| 2013-06-25 |
| [An Nahar] Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. on Monday stressed that al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... movement "will remain with the army," saying the military institution did the right thing by confronting Islamist holy man Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir. "The army offered major sacrifices and we must all embrace it," Hariri said in an interview on Future TV. "We in the al-Mustaqbal movement will remain with the army, no matter what they are saying and no matter how much they try and our project will remain the state," he stressed. "Let no one try to remove us from this path and we will remain firm and steadfast in this direction," he went on to say. Hariri revealed that he has been communicating with Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji "amid this difficult situation" and saluted 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... "who followed up continuously on matters," noting that "his sovereign stances protect Leb and the Lebanese." "The main problem in Leb is the proliferation of weapons in the hands of gangs and this problem will lead to confrontations in the country," Hariri pointed out. "We will continue to say that arms are the main problem in the country," he added. Addressing protesters who erupted into the streets in solidarity with al-Asir, Hariri said: "Some people are seeking problems and when they block the roads they are blocking their own roads and this is not a solution." "The solution is not in forming groups such as Asir's group to confront the state," he stressed. "Perhaps the method (of dealing with al-Asir) was harsh but anything against the state must be dealt with in the same manner and no one is bigger than his country, and if anyone believes the opposite, a day will come and they will ask the state for help and protection," Hariri noted. "Today, the army made major sacrifices and it's about time we extended the the mandate of the army commander and to do something for the army instead of only praising it," he said. He called on Sidon's residents to be "patient," hoping the southern city will restore its position. Sixteen troops were killed and more than 50 maimed in festivities between the army and gunnies loyal to Islamist holy man Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir on Sunday and Monday. A source close to Asir said at least five of his supporters had also been killed. On Monday afternoon, the army stormed Asir's security zone in the Sidon suburb of Abra and jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! a number of gunnies as the Islamist holy man fled to an unknown destination. |
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