Hizbullah: March 14 Campaign Against Arms Leads to ‘Unlimited Strife’

Hizbullah lawmaker Kamel al-Rifai lashed out at the slogan of the March 14 forces ‘The People Want to Topple Arms,’ saying such a campaign would lead to an “unlimited strife.”

In remarks to pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, al-Rifai said March 14 “does not know the harm it is causing to a large segment of the Lebanese” society.

The MP accused the alliance of creating strife despite efforts by the March 8 forces to end friction.

He told the newspaper that accusations against Hizbullah were aimed at disarming the resistance and limiting its capabilities.

Al-Rifai hinted that March 14 was implementing the agenda of the United States which sought to crush Hizbullah during the 2006 war with Israel and the May 5, 2008 decisions taken by Fouad Saniora’s government.

The decisions included the sacking of airport security chief Brig. Gen. Wafiq Shqeir over his alleged links to Hizbullah and labeling illegal and unconstitutional a private telecommunications network set up by the Shiite group on Lebanese territory.

“We won’t allow anyone to drag us into a sectarian conflict,” al-Rifai said, stressing that the plot against Hizbullah was not only in Lebanon but also in the Arab world.