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Aoun Urges Change in Methods of 'Combating Terrorism' in Lebanon
[An Nahar] Free Patriotic MovementDespite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... leader MP  Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... on Tuesday called for a change in the methods of "combating terrorism" in the country, slamming what he called the "chaos" that characterizes the relations among the various security agencies. "Everyone knows that we had warned against the entry of Syrians and said that they must be registered because we can't host people whose political affiliations we don't know, even if they come from a neighboring country," Aoun said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh. "We also called for controlling the border and the illegitimate border crossings, but the survey (of refugees) and the controlling of the border and crossings did not happen and our calls fell on the deaf ears of the security officials," Aoun added. He noted that the number of Syrian refugees has swollen to more than one million "and our ministers proposed plans to reach a solution that guarantees their return to their country." Aoun recalled that he had told premier  Najib Miqati "countless times" that it is unacceptable to "keep 400,000 civilians in Tripoli...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... under the mercy of 400 gunnies." Commenting on the latest audio message released by Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir, Aoun said the runaway Islamist holy man hinted that "no region will remain immune to attacks in the vein of what happened in Tripoli and Dahieh." "We will be targeted and we are not better than the others citizens. Had there not been conspiracies involving domestic parties, security measures would have accompanied the escalation on the border, but unfortunately the 'occupied minds' cannot decide anything unless it serves the interest of the occupier," Aoun added. "Terrorists and Takfiri ...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... s begin small, just like plants, before they grow bigger and the same can be said about the terrorist Takfiri cells, but state officials are saying that they can't do anything," he lamented. "We had stressed the need to address terrorism and terrorists, who find a safe haven in society which offers them a cover and rejects any attempt to capture them," the FPM leader went on to say. Posted by: Fred 2013-08-29 |
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