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Geagea: Hasan's Murder Brings Hizbullah Closer to Taking over Lebanon
[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 that his party will go ahead with pressuring Prime Minister  Najib Miqati to resign no matter what the cost, reported An Nahar daily on Sunday.He told news hounds: The liquidation of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan brings Hizbullah one step closer to taking over the state. The resignation of the premier is the only way to topple the cabinet, he added. Hasan was killed on October 19 in a car boom in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district. The March 14-led opposition and Progressive Socialist Party leader 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...blamed Syria for the crime. The opposition has been demanding the government, which is dominated by pro-Syria forces to resign, in the wake of the liquidation. The other camp resorts to violence from time to time in order to impose a new reality in the country and change the political game in Leb, continued Geagea. It then returns to calling for stability and stressing the need for averting strife as if nothing happened, he remarked. We decided to react in a manner that demonstrates that there will be a price to their actions, he stated. He accused Hizbullah and Syria of being involved in Hasan's murder, added: We are not targeting Miqati personally. We are targeting him because he is the head of a government that includes members whom we believe are responsible for murder. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-29 |
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