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Hundreds of Fighters Surrounded Dahiyeh after Geagea Assassination Attempt
[An Nahar] Leb was on the verge of civil strife last week, similar to the situation that pervaded the country after the 2005 liquidation of former Premier Rafik Hariri, after news of the failed liquidation attempt against 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 ... broke out, reported the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah on Monday. A former Lebanese security official residing in Gay Paree told the daily: "The moment the attempt was announced, hundreds of LF, Phalange Party 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. , and National Liberal Front fighters, as well as Lebanese army backers, headed to the regions that surround Beirut's southern suburbs and Shiyyah area, Hizbullah and AMAL's respective stronghold." The fighters, who came from the areas of Hazmieh and Fayyadiyeh, deployed in Ain al-Rummaneh, Baabda, and al-Antouniyeh near the Dahiyeh southern suburbs ahead of storming al-Shiyyah and later Dahiyeh, said the unnamed official. He revealed that Lebanese intelligence confirmed that some 2,300 Christian fighters had in fact deployed in those areas. The development could have resulted in sectarian strife, but it was avoided after it was announced that Geagea had survived the attack on his life, he added. The official stated that Geagea and his parliamentary bloc had indirectly accused Hizbullah and its ally 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... of being behind the liquidation attempt. This accusation can be interpreted as a sign of "an impending invasion by the Christians of the March 14 camp of the FPM regions in order to end its presence in Christian areas and return unity among the Maronite ranks," the former security official told al-Seyassah. Last Wednesday, Geagea beat feet an liquidation attempt by snipers as he was taking a walk in the garden of his Maarab residence. The LF leader did not make a direct accusation of who he thinks is behind the attack, saying that he will keep his thoughts to himself. He noted however that one camp in Leb "has not and will not be a target of an liquidation." Posted by: Fred 2012-04-10 |
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