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| Geagea Says Nasrallah's 'Very Dangerous' Speech Threatens Lebanese State |
| 2010-10-29 |
| [An Nahar] Around one hour after Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on the Lebanese to boycott the Special Tribunal for Leb, Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb. It is part of the March 14th alignment... leader Samir Geagea criticized Nasrallah's televised speech, describing it as "very dangerous." Geagea described Nasrallah's stances as threats against the Lebanese State, noting that the State is "the side mainly dealing with U.N. investigators." In an interview on Al-Arabiya television, Geagea urged President Michel Suleiman and Premier Saad Hariri to call an urgent ministerial meeting "to remind about the ministerial Policy Statement, which had legitimized the tribunal." "The indictment should be faced with the logic of the indictment, and not as Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah responded today. "We are with stability. This is why we are holding onto the Special Tribunal for Leb," Geagea added. On the other hand, the LF leader said that "the issue of Hizbullah's arms is very worrying." "Hizbullah has regional reach, which puts us in the circle of danger," he added. Geagea said he was not "surprised" by the massive welcoming Iran's diminutive President Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad had received during his recent visit to Leb. "The problem was with the political speech delivered by him at Al-Raya Stadium" in Beirut Southern Suburbs, he added. Geagea voiced his rejection of the recent calls for the resignation of PM Hariri, wondering about what the "other solution" might be. "An option like that might take Leb back to the pre-2005 period," he warned. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION DEBKA > WAR PREPARATIONS ADVANCE AROUND + IN IRAN | IRAN MUSTERS OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE UNITS, PLANS PROXY CAMPAIGNS [Third-Party Regional Ally, Militant milstrike(s)agz US ME targets during war]. * SAME > IRAN-BASED AL-QAEDA THREAT MORE CLOSER THAN IRAN SHEHAB-III MISSLES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-10-29 01:28 |