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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Geagea: Lebanon Facing Struggle between Rule of State and that of Statelet
2011-11-23
[An Nahar] Lebanese Forces
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 ...
stated on Tuesday that Leb is facing a struggle over asserting the role of the state in controlling the country and combating attempts to impose the role of the "statelet" over it.

He said before a delegation of NDU students: "It is a battle between two different points of view, one that calls for the rule of the state institutions and army and the other that does not believe in the state and that opposes the Arab and international communities."

The March 14
Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
-led opposition believes in democracy and freedom, whereas 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 ...
still adheres to obsolete regimes, he added.

The LF leader urged the students to make the choice between the ideology of the state and that of the "statelet".

They should also chose between the rule of force and that of the law and between the state that respects international agreements and one that wants to wage a confrontation with the international community, Geagea stressed.

Posted by:Fred

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