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Geagea Says Bid on Life Triggered by His 'Attempt to Put Christians at Heart of Arab Spring'
[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 ... said Thursday that the rival domestic and regional camp "has an interest" in eliminating him from the political scene, noting that his "attempt to put the Christians at the heart of the Arab Spring is an additional factor in the liquidation attempt" he escaped last week. "I changed my lifestyle after the liquidation attempt to prevent the perpetrators from making another bid," Geagea said in an interview on Al-Arabiya. He accused a "professional and major political side" of perpetrating the attack, stressing that it was not the work of "individuals." "At least six people are estimated to have taken part in the operation, which means that it was well-organized," he noted. Last week, Geagea announced that he had been shot at twice by "snipers" as he was walking with bodyguards outside his fortified residence in Maarab. "I heard two shots, so I dropped to the ground," he said, adding that the bullets made two holes in the wall of his house. Lebanese security services who later arrived at the scene confirmed the incident, which they said they were investigating. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-13 |
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