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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Geagea: Hezbollah will never withdraw from the South
2024-02-08
[NAHARNET] 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...
has accused Hezbollah of seeking to "obtain the presidency and Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
’s government in return for withdrawing weapons from the border" with Israel.

"These conditions are certainly unrealistic and rejected by the Lebanese, seeing as there will be no bargains nor settlements at the expense of Lebanon and its illusory sovereignty," Geagea said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Responding to a question, Geagea stressed that "Hezbollah will never withdraw from the South."

"It is deceiving the Americans and making them believe that," he added.

He also said that anyone thinking of a bargain involving the presidency and the border situation would be "dreaming."

"Our opposition will not allow any Hezbollah president," Geagea emphasized.

"Unfortunately we have not managed to disarm them, but we have prevented them from reaching the presidency," he added.
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