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Reports: Attempt to Assassinate MP Sami Gemayel Thwarted
[An Nahar] Lebanese Security Forces informed MP Sami Gemayel on Thursday about a plan to assassinate him at a certain time and date.The Phalange Party's The Kataeb (Phalange) party was founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936, who modeled the party after Spanish and Italian Fascist parties he had observed as an Olympic athlete during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, then Nazi Germany. The movement's uniforms originally included brown shirts and members used the Nazi salute. Despite the party's uniform, its strong sense of nationalism and dedication to a single charismatic leader, the Lebanese Kataeb was not and never became a fascist party nor did it espouse a totalitarian ideology. official website posted that the Lebanese Security forces informed MP Sami Gemayel on Thursday about a plan to assassinate him at a certain time and date." The website added that the party will "leave it to the security forces to uncover additional information on the issue." In a newsflash, MTV stated in the evening that the security forces "foiled an attempt to assassinate MP Sami Gemayel." Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi had confirmed on Saturday reports of a foiled liquidation attempt against security officials. He revealed that head of the ISF's Information Branch Col. Wissam al-Hassan was the target of the foiled attempt. Later on Monday, news about the alleged liquidation attempt of Col. al-Hassan, revealed that Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... and Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid WallyJumblat ... Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling... might also be targeted, according to newspapers published on Monday. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-03 |
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