A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader
Samir Geagea... Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005 ...
.
MP Geagea said in a statement issued by LF press office that all the official stances confirm the "seriousness of the attack."
"The stances of President (Michel Suleiman
...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
), Prime Minister (
Najib Miqati), and Interior Minister (Marwan Charbel) confirm the seriousness of the attack, and constitute an overwhelming response to the statements of MP Raad," she stated.Earlier, Head of the Loyalty to the Resistance
That'd be the Hezbullies, natch...
bloc MP Raad criticized attempts by some politicians to exaggerate events and instigate incidents hinting to Samir Geagea without naming him.
MP Geagea expressed regrets over the "low political rhetoric, regardless of the different points of view."
"Personally if I was informed that (Hizbullah secretary general) His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
was attacked, I would've been the first one to condemn it," the MP added.
She lashed out at Raad calling on him to realize that the liquidations might target the March 8 forces
... the opposition to the Mar. 14th movement, consisting of Hizbullah and its allies, so-called in commemoration of their Mar. 8th, 2006 demonstration of strength in Beirut ...
someday, rather than only targeting the March 14 forces figures.
"But we refuse violence and killings, and if that happens we will be the first to condemn any attack," Geagea stated.
She hoped that MP Raad and others "commit to a certain level of morality and values as Leb shouldn't lose those principles that constitute a main part of its culture."
The LF leader said Wednesday that he beat feet an liquidation attempt when a sniper fired at his residence in Maarab.
Security forces extracted two sniper bullets, ranging between 12.7 and 14.5mm, from a wall at his house.
The LF leader added that the security of the Maarab compound was not breached and that the attacker had carried out the attack from a distance of up to four kilometers using very advanced equipment.