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Ex-Lebanon minister calls for Druze force to fight Syria rebels after massacre
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Tawhid Party chief Wiam Wahhab Thursday urged Druze to form an armed force to defend themselves after at least 20 members of their community were killed by Nusra Front murderous Moslems in northwest Syria."We will not accept to sell Druze blood!" Wahhab, a former minister, said in an angry televised speech. "[The Druze in Syria] are ready to defeat the terrorists, but what they lack is arms. Leb's Druze are ready to help, we are ready to form an army of 200 fighters to defend the Druze." Wahhab's comments come one day after at least 20 Druze men and women were killed by murderous Moslems from Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the village of Qalb Lawzah, in Idlib province. Progressive Socialist Party leader 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..., who is politically opposed to Wahhab and staunchly supports Syria's rebels, said a Druze religious council would hold and emergency meeting Friday on the incident. "Any inciting rhetoric will not be beneficial, and you should remember that Bashir al-Assad's policies pushed Syria into this chaos," Jumblat wrote on Twitter. Jumblat also called for reconciliation between the Druze and the Sunni communities in the southern Deraa province. In August, Druze villagers from the southern province of Swaida fought deadly festivities with Nusra-backed Bedouins from nearby Deraa. Jumblat has since intensified his anti-Assad stance, calling on Druze to join Syria's rebels. In his Twitter remarks Thursday, Jumblat cautioned political figures against attacking the rebels, fearing that criticism of their actions would lead to more violence against Druze in Idlib. Posted by: Fred 2015-06-12 |
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