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 ...
called on Hizbullah to negotiate with political parties in Leb to reach a "historical settlement" over its arms and all the controversial issues amid the developments in the region.
"It may seem a hard step but it's courageous and necessary... The sooner the better because changes (in the region) will decrease the value of its (Hizbullah's) weapons... Until it becomes a burden on it," Geagea said in remarks published in As Safir newspaper on Thursday.
Hizbullah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
reiterated in his last speech that his group, the only party that did not disarm after the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war, would never give up its weapons.
Hizbullah's arsenal has been at the center of the National Dialogue, stalled since 2010 because of bickering between rival parties.
Asked about the cabinet, Geagea described it as a "bizarre government."
Concerning the expected return of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri
Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.
, Geagea said it would be "near," noting that preparations are underway.
He revealed that the March 14
Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
-led opposition is preparing a comprehensive strategy to deal with the upcoming stage.
Geagea considered that the situation in Syria will head towards more complications and escalations, confirming that the collapse of the regime is "inevitable and a matter of time, not more."
"The regime of (Syrian President) Bashir al-Assad can no longer go on... it lost the local, Arab and international legitimacy," he noted.
Geagea refused to announce his position over Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa al-Thani's proposed to send in Arab troops to quell the unrest in Syria.