Geagea Says Hizbullah Involved Lebanon in Syria Conflict
Lebanese Force leader Samir Geagea rejected any armed presence for Syrians on Lebanese territories, considering that the situation in the northeastern town of Arsal will deteriorate as long as the conflict in neighboring country Syria is ongoing and Hizbullah is engaged in the war.
Geagea wondered in an interview with Free Lebanon radio why the army doesn't prevent Hizbullah fighters from entering Syria.
“Hizbullah said that it's involved in the war in Syria to prevent ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) from expanding to Lebanon but the results were different.”
Asked about reports saying that the Arsal gunmen, who took hostage of around 35 security personnel, aim at swapping them with Islamist prisoners in Roumieh prison, Geagea rejected the matter.
“This would undermine the authority of the state,” the Christian leader told his interviewer.
He accused Hizbullah of “widely opening the door” before the extremist organization to infiltrate Lebanon.
“The only solution is to build a strong state,” Geagea said.
The seizure of Arsal over the weekend marked the first time that Islamic extremists from Syria carried out a large-scale incursion into Lebanon and raised fears of a further spillover of the conflict across the porous border.
The militants took with them around 35 captives from the army and Internal Security Forces who were in the town's outskirts when the attack was launched last Saturday.
Concerning proposals to extend the mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon to include the country's eastern border, Geagea described the rejection voiced by some parties as a “scandal.”
“The Lebanese army should be able to control the border and prevent gunmen from moving in and out without any discrimination,” the LF leader told the radio station.
The March 14 alliance continuously called on the state to allow the UNIFIL to deploy along the the Lebanese-Syrian border in accordance with resolution 1701.
Geagea refused to engage in dialogue with the Syrian regime regarding the border chaos, saying: “(President) Bashar Assad's regime is the origin of the problem... We will not begin dialogue with a criminal authority that is bombing its people.”
Asked if the Arsal battle would lead to the election of Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji as a president, the presidential hopeful said that he will not back any constitutional amendment to elect a new head of state.
“The Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces represent the majority of Christians and it's natural for the leaders of the two parties to run for presidency,” the March 14 official said.
Geagea called on the March 8 rivals, in particular Hizbullah and the FPM, to attend presidential parliamentary sessions and end the standoff.
Lebanon has been plunged into a leadership vacuum after Michel Suleiman's presidential term ended on May 25 with rival political blocs still divided over a new leader.
The parliament convened nine times to try to elect a successor to Suleiman but failed during the last eight sessions due to a lack of quorum.
Another session is expected to be held on Tuesday.
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over 9 years
Aoun is more coherent, logic and even more secular....
Go have some chupachups mystic it has been a long time...
over 9 years
As a result of Hezbcoaine involvement in Syria the ISIL was created... Short memory ha?
over 9 years
hizbushaitan itself realizes that what Geagea is saying is correct, but they can do nothing else but follow orders from their iranian masters.
hizbushaitan are not idiots, and they realize that while they have to follow the iranian orders to fight in syria, they are creating a huge problem for all the shia community in Lebanon.
and to all those who think that what happened in arsal is finished, think again: the syrian regime is blocking the return of these syrians home, which means they are creating a huge problem for us.
while the previous plans of the syrian regime (samaha) failed, what is happening now makes them happy: this is exactly what they wanted.
did you even wondered whhy is it that during Qalamoun battles, they opened a corridor to Lebanon?????
over 9 years
“The Lebanese army should be able to control the border and prevent gunmen from moving in and out WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION,” .............
Do you M8 folks object to this statement>
over 9 years
Sunni el quaida are also batteling in affrica, hezbos should go there to (given that they are alreaddy in irak...) maybe hezbos are part of universal antiqaida team... We should also have a special team to go battle with christian fanatics in central affrica...
What's ur point bla?
Are u out of chupachups man, have a yellow one...
over 9 years
can someone also tell what holy shrines are available in Yemen, bc thankfully men of God are there supporting Houthis against Yemeni armed forces
needless to say how strategic Yemen is since it shares a border with Saudi Arabia
how huthis surprisingly belong to "The Sect- ma ghayro"
Bc in syria and Iraq, we get it in Yemen there is really nothing except for a geopolitical influence for an axis that spreads evil
over 9 years
even if there is none, HA will make them up.
over 9 years
Geagea wondered in an interview with Free Lebanon radio why the army doesn't prevent Hizbullah fighters from entering Syria.
What an idiot, he's wondering why. Don't u know that the Lebanese army and HA are always side by side? Man plz shut the hell up, go back to jail or just chill out in maarab
over 9 years
when captain baachaalani was killed , hizb was not in Syria ya hakim
over 9 years
so ba3ba3, your saying that MPs kabbara, merhebi and jarrah were right to say that the army is fighting side by sied with HA
assuming this is true, do tell on who's request or advise
what will you tell the mothers of captured soldiers
and how will your save your lame soul when this comes back to bite you
or you think that we will be forever terrorized, really?
over 9 years
You all hizbshayton spotters u r so blind can't even see in front of ur nose so please go n have some chupachups as { imaging Says } n go back to ur country Iran scumbags
over 9 years
And if you want to talk honestly, he's the only 1 who's not afraid to say what's on he's mind or what's really happening! End of story hizbshayton
over 9 years
it is spelled "loser" not "looser. Maybe your autocorrect is switched on since you normally work with 4 languages.
over 9 years
i like using both, if that does not bother you, loser!
over 9 years
Geagea for president!!
over 9 years
and who refused to fight the Syrians during the battle of zahle
and who done insihab takti from bhamdoun to deir el kamar non stop
and turned off all communications with LF hq
and who made all his wars only against Christians
and who returned Palestinians from jounieh port back to lebanons camps
for god s and our true Lebanese forces martyrs sake let someone tell me one fight geagea made with the Syrians when he appointed himself head of the LF , ......none
god bless 10452
over 9 years
Geagea defends ISIL in Syria! Geagea defends neutrality of Lebannon from ISIL...if the ISIL persecuted the Christhians then the neutrality of the Lebannon Christhianity is over! Aoun a President...Gaegea is a member ISIL !
over 9 years
when Aoun sayed to the stupid Ocident to not send guns to the syrian terrorist, the ISIL Gaegea criticided de General Aoun...
over 9 years
FT please call your doctor ASAP you need a prescription for some Pepcid, Zantac or Prilosec they will help relieve the symptoms caused by Geagea announcing his candidacy for president. If you don't have a family doctor call me I can help, I am a Gastroenterologist and I offer my services pro bono to the chronically mahroumeen and their bee2a al hadinat.
One word of warning though, whatever you do, do not I repeat, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, take anything produced by Fneish CO, those are not real medication!!
over 9 years
I wish he did, but this guy has zero political vision or understanding
over 9 years
Plz do u know who is ISIS leader in damascus are (al sham) it is lokmann, do u knoe where he was: in assad jails, liberated in 2011 with nearly 700 of fanatics, how mercyfull assad is...
Now please take ur head out of ur arse man, and go have some...
over 9 years
welcome to the forum:) Are you a secular poster from Portugal?
over 9 years
No u r right assad is too democraticto honest to use takfiri, for chaker el abssi assad just forgot he was jordanian that's why after freeing him he sent him by mistake to lebanon..
As for lokman and the 700 other bearded friends assd was so touched to see them on jail so he just freed them..
Hachem minkara was so nice implementing charia in tripoli mina in the 80s spraying acid on non vield women, assassinating leftist and chraistians... so assad found in him a good modern alternative for takfiri/fanatic hariri and moustakbal that's why he also freed him and sent him back to tripoli...
While all this he kept in jail(until recently) a guy jailed more than 15years ago for winning a horse trail against bassel el assad...
Bravo man, no u r right, u have the only and complete truth.. I wonder how blind we were not to see it...
No more chupachups for u to..
Bass kamen fik tzahet...
over 9 years
Ok man...
Please donnot abuse chupachups anymore..
And return to portugal forum...
Does anyone still take this guy seriously?