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| Sfeir: STL Should Specifically Name the Criminals, Hizbullah is Adopting Control Methods |
| 2010-10-31 |
| [An Nahar] Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir stressed on Friday that the Special Tribunal for Leb should be explicit in naming the suspects involved in the liquidations that have taken place in Leb. He told Al-Jazeera television in an interview to be broadcast on Saturday: "If we want to put an end to political liquidations then the international tribunal should issue its indictment and specifically names those in Leb who committed the crime." "If we want matters to continue as they are, then the liquidations will continue, which would harm Leb and other nations as well," he added. Furthermore, he noted that it would be "worrisome" if Hizbullah were to take control of Leb, saying: "Leb should remain as it was, for all its sects ... and if one were to overpower the others, then that would oppose the foundations upon which Leb is built." Asked whether he believes that Hizbullah wants to control Leb, Sfeir responded with a denial, but noted: "Its methods are forceful and of course, force leads to power." Addressing the possibility of paying a visit to Iran, the patriarch said: "The conditions are not suitable yet to allow us to make the trip." As for visiting Syria, Sfeir said that if the conditions are appropriate then he would head to Damascus. "So far it has not appeared that relations between Leb and Syria are sound because one country possibly seeks to gain interests in the other, which the Lebanese oppose," he continued. "If Syria wants to befriend Leb in order to control it as it wishes, then we do not want this friendship," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |