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| Lebanese Government Mum on Alleged Infiltration of al-Qaida Members into Syria |
| 2011-12-25 |
| [An Nahar] The Lebanese government remained tight-lipped on Saturday on Syrian claims that Leb had warned Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... about the infiltration of al-Qaeda members into Syria from its territories. Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour was only quoted as saying that "Leb hasn't officially notified the Syrian foreign ministry about the infiltration of al-Qaeda members to Syria." But he stressed that Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn had made such remarks about the issue. Ghosn said on Tuesday that al-Qaeda members were active in the border area near the Lebanese eastern town of Arsal. Mansour's statement came a day after jacket wallahs hit two security service bases in Damascus, killing at least 40 people, in attacks the regime blamed on al-Qaeda. "The Lebanese authorities warned us two days ago that an al-Qaeda group infiltrated to Syria from Arsal," Syria's foreign ministry front man said. But informed sources told An Nahar daily on Saturday that al-Qaeda began fading after the killing of its chief the late Osama bin Laden ... who had a brief but splitting headache... in May and other leaders in the network. The sources said the Syrian claims that were backed by statements made by Ghosn were similar to the behavior of slain Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy ... who is now napping peacefully in the dirt... . They did not elaborate. Western diplomatic sources also warned Lebanese authorities against "covering up and legitimizing the claims about al-Qaeda's presence in Leb" for fears that such allegations would reflect negatively on the country's stability. In remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper, the sources expressed fear that Leb would be shoved into the Syrian crisis under the pretext of security over the alleged presence of al-Qaeda in its territories. They urged the government to deny the Syrian claims particularly that the international community is closely monitoring the "services" provided by the Lebanese authorities to the Assad regime by arresting dissidents or by allegedly facilitating financial transactions of Syrians targeted by sanctions. 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... telephoned Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... on Friday to condemn the bombings, saying they were aimed at scuttling Arab efforts to end the Syrian crisis. Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... also cabled him condemning the "terrorist" blasts and extending his condolences over the victims. |
| Posted by:Fred |