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| Gemayel Says Syrian Infiltration into Border Towns Unacceptable |
| 2011-10-09 |
| [An Nahar] 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. leader Amin Gemayel stressed on Saturday that his party's position on the Syrian infiltration into the Lebanese territories in the eastern Bekaa valley is a matter of principle. "Sovereignty can't be divided, it's either complete or doesn't exist, especially if a non-Lebanese army enters the Lebanese border and assault peoples' privacy," Gemayel said. In a second incident this week, Syrian troops entered the outskirts of Arsal village on Thursday and rubbed out a Syrian national living there. Earlier this week, Syrian tanks entered the same region in a brief incursion that raised fears of the revolt against the regime in Damascus ...The City of Jasminis the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... spilling over into Leb. Gemayel added: "this is not acceptable, under any circumstances." He noted that the position of the party "comes from its historical constants and convictions." Concerning the fear over Christians' existence in the East, Gemayel said "no doubt there are some concerns on them, but the question remains how to deal these fears." He wondered what other alternative is there for the Special Tribunal for Leb probing the liquidation of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri "We have no other choice since they don't trust the Lebanese judiciary, how will the families of the deaders know who killed their sons or relatives?" |
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