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...has described Thursday’s deadly festivities in the Tayyouneh-Ain al-Remmaneh-Shiyyah area an an attempt by Hizbullah
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Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
to stage a "mini" May 7-like armed campaign against "Christians" with the objective of halting the probe into the Beirut port blast.Asked whether he takes credit for "foiling a new May 7," the LF leader said: "No, it wasn’t Samir Geagea who foiled the new May 7 but rather the alive people present in Ain al-Remmaneh."
"It is true that we are present on the ground, seeing as we are present in all regions and we’re not absent from any issue... but the claims about a military structure are totally baseless and the Lebanese Army is the only party that knows the facts as they are," Geagea added in an interview with the journalist Walid Abboud via Sawt Beirut International.
"The claims about a supply route and paramilitary deployment are completely unfounded and the presence there was the natural presence of the young men in their neighborhoods. As for the talk about snipers, the army has arrested snipers, let it say who they are and where they came from," the LF leader said.
Dismissing accusations by Hizbullah and Amal Movement that what happened was "an ambush against a protest," Geagea stressed that this is also untrue and that it wasn’t the LF who "defended the area" but rather "all of Ain al-Remmaneh’s residents."
"Before any shot was fired, four people from Ain al-Remmaneh had already been maimed, also before anyone from the other side was killed or maimed," Geagea added, voicing sorrow over the Hizbullah and Amal supporters who were killed and maimed while blaming "their leaderships who dragged them into that position."
The LF leader also decried that the army’s Intelligence Directorate is summoning people from Ain al-Remmaneh for interrogation. "They were sitting in their homes and neighborhood. It is fine, summon them, but you should have summoned those who came to attack them," he said.
Told that al-Manar TV has claimed that "the LF snipers are known by names," Geagea said: "This is untrue. Let them hand over the alleged names to the Lebanese Army."
Asked whether he and the LF are "prepared for war," Geagea said: "No, but if someone wants to attack us, we will always do this. However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
this is something and having an armed organization is something else. But let no one think that we will die with open eyes; they will be very mistaken."
"This is not a declaration of war, but our dignity is very dear to us and we do not accept to be attacked by anyone, period," Geagea added.
Bassil Accuses Geagea and LF of 'Bloodshed, Murder' and 'Sniping People from Rooftops'
[An Nahar] Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
chief Jebran Bassil on Saturday launched a vehement attack on 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...in connection with the deadly Tayyouneh festivities, while criticizing Hizbullah
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Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
and Amal over the "provocations" of their supporters in Ain el-Remmaneh."Whenever he tries to clean himself he later gets dirty with shedding blood, because this is his nature, and the Tayyouneh crime is the biggest proof," Bassil added, referring to Geagea.
"A strong party is not one that carries arms and snipes people from the rooftops of buildings. A strong party is not the one that claims to be protecting its neighborhood by opening fire from among its people. A strong party spares its neighborhood strife, not through submission, but through standing strongly and wisely," the FPM chief added, in a speech marking the October 13, 1990 anniversary.
"The rights of Christians cannot be recovered through blood!" Bassil stressed.
"They haven’t learned anything from the policies of treachery, sniping and murder! They kill our people -- be them Christian or Moslem, children or elderly, secular or clergymen, premiers or citizens, civilians or soldiers," the FPM chief charged.
He added that no one has the right to "murder protesters through sniping and backstabbing" even if they make "provocations."
Without naming the LF, Bassil charged that the rival Christian party is still "prepared, trained and carrying on with the killing policy" and is willing to "make a massacre, strife or civil war when it is offered a green light."
"Justice is achieved through the judiciary, not sectarian incitement. Those whose history is black cannot claim to be fond of justice while killing protesting people and trying to stir strife in the country on former frontiers in order to gain popularity," Bassil added.
Criticizing Hizbullah and Amal, the FPM chief said "no one has the right to impose their opinion on others nor to threaten street action."
"Everyone has the right to have an opinion about the investigator and the (Beirut port blast) probe and everyone has the right to have doubts and suspicions, but this should happen through the judicial, legal and institutional course. But no one has the right to undermine the principle of the separation of powers by trying to impose their opinion on Cabinet contrary to the norms and laws. They must know that someone will stand in their face to say No!" Bassil added.