Hizbullah Calls for Reasonable Acts: Assassination of Shatah 'Heinous' Crime
Hizbullah described on Friday the assassination of former Finance Minsiter and adviser of ex-PM Saad Hariri, Mohammed Shatah, as “heinous.”
“The assassination of Shatah only benefits the enemies of Lebanon,” Hizbullah said in a statement.
The party considered that the incident “comes in the context of crimes and bombings that aim at spreading chaos in the country.”
Hizbullah urged the Lebanese to act “reasonably and wise” in facing that dangers that confront Lebanon.
The party, which is a staunch supporter of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, said that the assassination also aims at destabilizing the country and its unity.
Shatah is the adviser of Hariri who heads the anti-Syria March 14 coalition, a group which emerged after his billionaire father and ex-premier Rafiq Hariri was killed in a massive Beirut seafront car bombing in February 2005 that was blamed on Syria.
Hizbullah called on the judiciary and security forces to increase alert and unveil those who are behind the assassination.
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These terroristas need to be silenced for good.
over 11 years
Whats stupid is thinking Hizb had no hand in this.
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Yes guest accounts because you are a waste of time to respond to on a daily basis. But on a sad day like this I wanted to make sure I just label you as ignorant.
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“The assassination of Shatah only benefits the enemies of Lebanon"
Hizb of Terror, Hizb of lies and deceit, Hizb of Sectarianism is the only enemy of Lebanon.
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Godbless you and your comment. Hassoun will face god one day, but the sad part is that the decisions that are being taken are not in his hands no more. Bashar and Iran tell him what to do, a puppet more than ever.
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Cold blooded murderers. God will judge you. The strategy of Hezballah is: kill more sunnis, have more takfiris, and it gives them a reason to remain in Syria to fight and die for Bashar el Shaytan.
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. Nice to see explosions in Lebanon again. I hope you kill one another like Syrians. Best wishes, Moses, hugs, kisses, from Israel.
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lol hezballah loves israel most. they cant exist without israel. Thank you israel for keeping HA!!
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FT You are still just as ignorant as I say, the fact you think we support Moses' view is utterly disgusting. Just like when you put us in the Tafkiri camp, you are a ignorant agent for the scumbags who you clap your hands for.
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Moses,
This is the internet, you could be a KSA Moses, a Basij Moses, a Bashar Assad Moses, a Takfiri Moses or a HA Moses........... no one knows.
But one thing for sure is that you are an Anti-Lebanon Moses and may your loved ones burn in hell.
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WOW, what a mindblowing argument.
Did u think they were going to claim responsability for the killing?
Propaganda at its worse, u should have spared u the embarrassement...
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Cedre come on man, of course they were going to claim responsibility for the killing. FT is ignorant and will always be.
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FT is not an ignorant, he is a clever and dangerous propagandist with an agenda.
About his nationality I am not sure though, but with the amount of agents we have in Lebanon, we never know,,,
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@Kezbollah : that's not true ... the assassination only benefits enemies of M14. M8 could very will live without M14 in the picture...
@Southern : on both dahyé bombings you jumped to conclusion without any evidence on the perpetrators... and you took security into your own hands. Don't lecture others in how to tackle judiciary and security issues.
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At least 4 Shatah the army/isf is dealing with it, not some rogue terrorista milicia pointing ak47 at the army getting close to the wreckage.
M14 has 2 react, the politicians r the last barrier be4 democratic lebanese get slaughtered. It'll be too late soon!
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@Southern : "bombings were foreseen" so you accuse Israel without proof ? How do you foresee things ? You have an armed unit of "bessarra" ?
The sides which are "interested to create strife" are known. They are Hezbollah who will go to all extremes to prevent Lebanese parliamentary elections or government appointment or presidential elections. They want to render the lebanese state obsolete. They have the motive, the means and the power to do so...
Why the hell are you still lying for ?
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Hezbollah accused israel to be behind dahieh bombs, it turned out that the authors were people from alqaida that passed through Arsal.
Now hariri is accusing Hezbollah to be the author of that bombing in Dt Beirut, it might turn out that another organization might be behind it.
So instead of waiting the results of the inquiries and knowing for sure whose behind this assassination and really shut their mouth, these kind of speaches accusing others is counter productive and an insult for each of the victims.
May the souls of the victims to be in peace and that all lebanese would stop listening to craps and be united.
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Just like you let the judiciary and security forces investigate other bombings in your dahiyeh. Ignorant
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I don't think hezb did it. It is definitely bachar who wants to create strife in leb by killing moderates.
RIP. Mohamed.
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What is worse is wahad wate ou bala sharaf Ismo FT siding with a regime that has occupied lebanon for 25 years.murdered and still murdering our politicians,raped our country,killed thousands of citizens bass shou el 3amal ,el bala sharaf bala sharaf .
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I am not at HA supporter, but I can see that this act does not strengthen HA - to the contrary, it further weakens their position in Lebanon and makes them more vulnerable nationally and internationally. I do not think they would be this naive. It is the easy answer to accuse them- but maybe not the right answer. It is dreadfully criminal and unfortunate that Mr. Shatah (and the other innocent victims) was the fall guy. I don't think he was the real target as an individual. I believe he was chosen as his assassination was sure/is sure to have serious political and security repercussions. I think the act is part of the primitive sign language that large international players use to communicate to each other when diplomacy has failed. One side is telling the other-final warning- we are ready to destabilize Lebanon unless you fall into line.....
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The Hezbollah spokesperson spoke the truth: "The assassination of Shatah only benefits the enemies of Lebanon". Hezbollah being an enemy of Lebanon, it has benefited from the act.
@bananasplit - Occam's Razor - "when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better".
The line from the assassination to Hezbollah is much straighter. As to assigning responsibility to the party that benefits the most, why overlook the benefit to Hezbollah from this assassination? Subdue a whole nation with 60 kilos of explosives and 5 deaths. It is cheap. It silences those who oppose you. And who will come to the aide of the victim? The US? France? Who? No one. Hezbollah is built up militarily so that the cost of confrontation is higher than any outside player is willing to pay.
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The question is whether or not the Lebanese can or will rise up themselves to throw this oppressor off of their backs. Again, Hezbollah is betting that the Lebanese will simply pack their bags and move away, leaving the country more to themselves and their clients among the Lebanese population. The Lebanese surrender to Hezbollah will not take place in Parliament, but at the Airport.
Yes, Hezbollah is the enemy of Lebanon and yes, this enemy has benefited from this crime, and will benefit until the Lebanese exact the price from Hezbollah for its crimes.
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Filthy militia
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Filthy militia
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With every car bombing and terrorist act the gap widens between "Lebanese" (if you consider them Lebanese) political parties, will the Lebanese be able to bridge this ever widening gap and save Lebanon? Lebanese politicians have been playing reverse Russian roulette for a while. Is this act the last bullet to fill the revolver?
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You are going to have to face the music sooner or later. The sooner you face justice the sooner we can get our country back from terrorists and mass murderers.
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The party considered that the incident “comes in the context of crimes and bombings that aim at spreading chaos in the country.”
wahahaha! as if there wasn't already chaos in the country! LOL
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Chatah's last tweet, posted about an hour before his death.
"#Hezbollah is pressing hard to be granted similar powers in security & foreign policy matters that Syria exercised in Lebanon for 15 yrs,"
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it is in the interest of hezbollah to cover their war in syria... it is in the interest of hezbollah to form a cabinet that obeys them... it is in the interest of hezbollah to stop the STL...it is in the interest of hezbollah to control the next president...
what better message than killing a M14 to tell M14 and the president to be careful and not to go against hezbi desires...! LOL
2telo w mshi bi jnezto. to hell hezballah and hassin. they r killing sunni leaders to cause more takfiris, which will give them a reason 2 keep fighting in syria