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| Kataeb: Justice is Non-Negotiable, Neither before Nor after Indictment |
| 2010-11-30 |
| [An Nahar] The Phalange Party The Kataeb (Phalange) party was founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936, who modeled the party after Spanish and Italian Fascist parties he had observed as an Olympic athlete during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, then Nazi Germany. The movement's uniforms originally included brown shirts and members used the Nazi salute. Despite the party's uniform, its strong sense of nationalism and dedication to a single charismatic leader, the Lebanese Kataeb was not and never became a fascist party nor did it espouse a totalitarian ideology. on Monday called on officials and political forces in Leb to shoulder their national responsibilities "in tackling the impending critical challenges, especially the issue of justice and the Special Tribunal for Leb." In a statement issued after the weekly meeting of its political bureau, the party stressed that "justice, unlike politics, is non-negotiable, neither before nor after the issuance of the (STL) indictment." On Sunday Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on the Lebanese to unite and "protect the country" ahead of the indictment. "What we fear, in light of the Israeli-American plot, is that if we wait until the indictment is issued to begin to close ranks and unite ... it will be too late," Nasrallah cautioned. Kataeb stressed that "the blunt threats being launched nowadays do not scare us, because with all our determination to avert civil strife ... the Lebanese are determined to defend their rights, existence, freedoms and security." "They also put their confidence in the Army Command's pledge about its preparedness and readiness to counter any tampering with the country's security," the statement went on to say. |
| Posted by:Fred |