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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Saniora Slams Hizbullah's Fighting in Syria
2013-05-09
[An Nahar] Head of the Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
bloc MP Fouad Saniora slammed on Wednesday Hizbullah's fighting in Syria alongside regime forces, saying that those seeking to avert the repercussions of the crisis should not send their youth to fight in the country.

He therefore urged 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...
, Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet...
, caretaker Premier Najib Miqati, Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam, and all politicians and MPs to realize the dangers facing Leb.

"They must break the silence and fear and demand that the party withdraw its fighters from Syria," he declared during the launching of a book by the Mustaqbal Movement in response to another by the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
that criticizes the policies of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri during his tenure at the head of government.

Saniora added: "Hizbullah's involvement in Syria is the greatest danger against Leb and its people."

"It should be a priority for the party to withdraw its fighters from Syria in order to protect Leb's civil peace and internal unity," he said.

"The Lebanese people, families, and mothers do not want their children and fathers to fight in Syria in defense of the country's regime," remarked the former premier.

"We take pride in the fight against Israel, but we are ashamed of fighting in the defense of a regime that is killing its own people," he continued.
Posted by:Fred

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