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Geagea Urges Arrest of Takfiri Network Head
[An Nahar] Lebanese ForcesA 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 ... stressed on Thursday the need for the Lebanese authorities to remove all arms within and outside Paleostinian refugee camps. He told Voice of Leb radio (93.3): "If we are forced to wage a battle similar to the one at Nahr al-Bared, then so be it." "The army should enter the Ein el-Hellhole camp and arrest the head of the takfir ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... i network," he added. "The opposition will support the government should it take such a decision ... and the Paleostinian Authority had voiced its readiness to cooperate with it to such an end, he stated. Geagea noted however that "Syria, Hizbullah, and its allies, starting with Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... leader MP  Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... , oppose such a measure." "Aoun is defending the Syrian regime more that Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... ," remarked the LF chief. In addition, he accused the FPM leader of waging a "battle of ethnic cleansing against Sunnis in the area through portraying them as thugs." "He is attempting to portray the Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... Movement as a fundamentalist group, while the MP allies himself with Iran and Hizbullah, whose people and members do not even where neckties," Geagea noted. As Safir newspaper reported on Tuesday that an thug network placed in long-term storage by the Lebanese army intelligence was planning to carry out terrorist attacks on the military school in al-Fayyadiyeh and the army barracks in Hamat. Prime Minister  Najib Miqati had confirmed on Monday that the army had uncovered the subversive cell following a detailed report by al-Akhbar newspaper on the arrest of the network.As Safir's sources, which described the cell as takfiri with links to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, said the army began to find leads into the case after the arrest of a clergyman in northern Leb. 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... called on Wednesday for the coordination of the defense, interior and telecommunications ministries to resolve this case. Suleiman told the cabinet that convened at Baabda palace that "the army is the backbone of stability in the country." He condemned any attempt to attack it, saying the file has been referred to the competent judiciary. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-16 |
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