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| Aoun: Those Who Stripped Us of Freedom, Sovereignty Still in Power |
| 2010-10-13 |
| [An Nahar] We were hasty in 2005 when we thought that we regained freedom and illusory sovereignty, but that was incorrect, because those who had stripped us of freedom and illusory sovereignty are still in power, Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah noted on Tuesday. "We must reach a new mentality in governance," said Aoun. Speaking at a ceremony commemorating the "October 13 Martyrs", Aoun rhetorically wondered about "who were the losers and who were the winners" on October 13, 1990 -- the day Syrian forces attacked the presidential palace in Baabda to overthrow Aoun. "I thank France for its intervention back then to stop the massacre," the FPM leader said. "Martyrdom has no meaning if we don't turn it into a major reformative achievement across Leb, but sometimes we lack courage for that and sometimes we lack ethics," he added. |
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