Qassem Accuses al-Mustaqbal of Causing Sidon Unrest
Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem accused al-Mustaqbal movement on Sunday of standing behind the latest clashes that left scores of casualties in the southern city of Sidon.
“Hadn't been for al-Mustaqbal ... civil peace and stability wouldn't have been hit hard” in Sidon, he said.
Around 18 soldiers and more than 20 fighters were killed in two days of clashes between Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir's supporters and the army last Sunday.
The fighting in Abra outside Sidon was the worst in Lebanon since the outbreak of conflict in neighboring Syria 27 months ago deepened sectarian tensions.
Asir, a staunch anti-Hizbullah sheikh, himself has not been seen since the fighting along with Fadel Shaker, a once-prominent singer-turned Salafist.
Qassem said “the instigation against the army and the encouragement of strife led to Sidon's explosion.”
“The incidents proved that instigation leads to more troubles and harms the instigators more than anyone else,” he said in reference to al-Mustaqbal.
Qassem reiterated the call for the formation of a national unity government that works for the consolidation of civil peace and stability based on the army-people-resistance formula.
“We don't want exceptional gains, we want national partnership,” he said, adding “we don't want to isolate anyone and the other way around.”
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And now comes the usual blame game from both sides, which solves absolutely nothing and it will just be another rinse and repeat day with zero progress.
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hezballot shia snakes in action right here, the one with ALL the weapons, the ones invading sunni areas, the ones attacking syrian sunnis accuse others of causing secterian unrest, i swear to god if the lebanese christians do not wise up to the iranian shia game they are next on the chopping block after the sunnis
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It is really very simple ... M8 is calling for unity and peace whereas M14 and in particular al-Mustaqbal have been fanning the flames of a new civil war in Lebanon ...
M14 and its' agents have been very busy starting scandalous rumors, backing incitement and sedition through false media propaganda and support of unrest and violence.
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Ring ring, Thanks for proving me right.
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Well you are half right ...
Is that a clown suit you are wearing ???
John Kerry could use one of those ...
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How old are you exactly?
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@ Elemental
Old enough to recognize a clown suit ...
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so 15 it is.
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Seems you don't get out much either, but I'll stop there, won't reduce myself to your low level tactics.
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Overseer, you rock!
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"Elemental 9 hours ago
Seems you don't get out much either"
lol stop flooding naharnet with ur "wisdom" try to get some fresh air, cuz it stinks in here
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wow, your masters train your well. anyhow, it is easy to call for peace when pointing your gun at the country. this statement by mao tse tung describes perfectly hizb iran to a tee "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"
without its weapons, hizb iran has ZERO credibility--with it, not much more.
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The problem is either side uses weaponry to get what they want, which is flawed in so many ways.
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MC,
M8 (Hezb specifically) is everything you accuse geha of (by word and deed).
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Please tell us how M14 are wrong by calling for disarmement in Sida, tripoli, beirut, outside the camps and respect of Baabda agreement.
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(rings the bell)
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"It's not worth trying to get Al-Mustahbal party to the unity conversation. They are all tainted with KSA terrorist cells and once turned they cannot turn back."
Unfortunately this seems to be the case ...
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Aren't you tired of your monologues?
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Ben, It's the only thing he's capable of unfortunately, can't break past his conditioning, that's pretty much it.
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proofs?
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Can anyone tell this terrorist to return to kerbala.mhes no longer welcome on our soil. Moreover, morpholgically he doesn't look an more Lebanese than an a Brit or an ethiopian maid.
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Khomeni can I think.
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Lebanonforever, you're absolutely right. The one's thumbing you down are in denial, and they in turn believe they are infallable.
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That's the tricky part, let's see what answer is delivered.
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the_roar
your problem is that you believed that they went there for that whereas, they went there to do a jihadi business :)
these are extremists like any other extremist and they will do whatever justifying it with religious words.
are they any different from the likes of assir?
they are the other face of the same coin.
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thank you qassem! you made my day with this big joke! hahahaha!!!!
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Thank You.
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Agreed.
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ليك مين عميحكي.
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the daily insults I receive for voicing my non sectarian opinion are nothing new.
whatever you say they will reply: salafi, extremist,... among several other things.
they want to put us Lebanese on the defensive.
extremism from any side is the cause of our status.
as long as all Lebanese do not reject weapons outside the state we will be in civil war mode.
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Absolutely and your last point is the key (Palestinian arms included..... to put phoenix at ease)
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ente kel l 3alam te7ki elle enta plz na2etna beskotak manak akbar wa7ad ta2efe
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A bit intolerant and hateful towards these poor uneducated extremist groups! May be you are behaving like a Neanderthal? Or may be you came to your senses. Aha, so now go further with your recent realization of the "true enemy" of Lebanon and dig in to find out who they are. In response to an earlier remark you made, I do not as a blank statement consider Israel as the "real enemy", though many without considering all the facts would disagree with me. Israel is part of the dilemma whose interests are being advanced and secured by the cooperation of the "true enemies" of Lebanon within our borders.
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The Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and their greed of our water and gas resources in our South makes Israel and enemy. The arming of anti-Government groups in Lebanon, assassinating our good leaders, and exercising hegemony over Lebanon makes the Syrian Baath regime an enemy as well. An enemy can become a friend once the wrongs are corrected.
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These are the groups and countries that we all need to watch out for. Israel has done and is doing everything for their own gain. They are not there for your best interest unless they have something to gain. Those Israelis who care for your interest along side their own (to live peacefully together), have fled their posts and country and living elsewhere because they don't agree with their government's agenda. When I see some 100,000 people being killed whether Syria, Lebanon or Palestine, I have the standing to call these perpetrators out to ridicule them and remind them to go and fight the real enemy, which collectively, we they remind us that it is Israel.
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So the point is, they are not going to fight Israel because Israel is not their real enemy and they are serving each others interests, and will not fight amongst themselves since it would be suicide.
But it is OK to kill their counterparts.
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Zadig, I agree with you 100%.
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Qassem wants civil peace and stability Hizbullah Style... if you disagree with them they intimidate you and if that does not work they kill you. The Iranian militia will provide peace and stability from the barrels of their guns.
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What an idiot he is. I can't believe he's Lebanese. Shame.
Kinda hypocritical don't you think? You're no better, and you too take orders from a foreign power. If it wasn't for this secular garbage Lebanon would be at peace.