الفيصل: السعودية مستعدة لمساعدة لبنان في مواجهة الارهاب
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أكد وزير الخارجية السعودي الامير سعود الفيصل ان بلاده مستعدة لتقدمي المساعدة للبنان من أجل مواجهة الارهاب التي يتهدد به، مشدداً على ان الرياض ستشارك في اي عمل يصد التنظيما الارهابية.
وفي تصريح الى صحيفة "النهار"، الخميس، أعلن الفيصل انه في حال طلب لبنان المساعدة لمواجهة الارهاب "سنقدمها له".
ولفت قائلاً "ساعدنا لبنان بمبلغ مليار دولار لشراء أسلحة. والأخوة اللبنانيون يقدرون هذا الدعم للجيش اللبناني ونأمل أن يكون لذلك أثر في حماية أمن لبنان".
يُذكر ان رئيس "تيار المستقبل" سعد الحريري اعلن في 6 آب تقديم السعودية هبة جديدة بقيمة مليار دولار إلى الجيش والقوى الأمنية لغرض "مواجهة الإرهاب".
من جهة أخرى وعن الضربة على مواقع "داعش" في سوريا، أكد الفيصل ما دفع السعودية الى المشاركة في هذا الامر، شدد على ان بلاده ستشارك "في أي عمل يصدّ الجهد الذي تقوم به المنظمات الإرهابية، وخاصة منظمة داعش".
وتابع ان "مشاركتنا فيه، وخاصة في سوريا التي يدعي نظامها أنه هو ضد الإرهاب في حين أن داعش لها ثلاث سنوات وهي في الأراضي السورية، ولم نسمع يوماً واحداً أن أطلقت النار بين جيش النظام السوري وداعش، أو بين داعش والقوات الأخرى الموجودة بصورة غير شرعية في سوريا".
ووصف الفيصل تنظيم "داعش" بأنه "شر مستطير يجب القضاء عليه"، مؤكداً أن السعودية ستشارك "في أي جهد يبذل في هذا الإطار للقضاء عليه".
وبدأت الولايات المتحدة الشهر الفائت ضرباتها الجوية ضد مواقع تنظيم الدولة الاسلامية في العراق ووسعت الثلاثاء الفائت شعاع هذه الضربات الى سوريا بمشاركة خمس من الدول العربية الحليفة هي السعودية والامارات والبحرين وقطر والاردن.
ج.ش.

as well as to the lebanese army, but saudi elements in the government refused to accept it.

"saudi elements in the government refused to accept it.". You mean the HA-Aoun one sided government that governed for 2 years without M14 and without 'Saudi" elements in it. You were once good at propaganda, but not anymore.

you guys quit praising the KSA! they are no friends of Lebanon. They are the source of our problems and the so called military assistance to Lebanon has yet to materialize. They are bound by their fanatical view of Islam. Their day of reckoning is fast approaching

Coolmec. The way the kingdom is run internally is certainly fanatical. I agree.
However their attitude and goodwill towards Lebanon keeps on surprising me. Why give 1billion to the central bank in 2006 to prop the lebanese pound? Why give 1B now? why all the infrastructure projects financed here? Minnon majboureen. Yet they do help.

Lebanon first
May I remind you that money given to Lebanon serves only to promote their self interests. It is a corrupt regime bent on fanatical wahabism aimed to propagate such ideology. they are known to always give money bribe friends and opponents alike with the hope that trouble stays away from their border.
Guess what that train of thought worked for a while as their fanaticism is reaching their border finally and soon they will feel the pain of war that they have so generously financed outside the KSA it is coming back to bite them
I shall have no regrets if such fanatical and backwards regime is overthrown

@coolmec
First off, hope you are having a good time.
Second, agreed, Saudi Arabia is not exactly a model for democracy but to be fair, they did put their money where their mouth is to the tune of $4 Billion to our LAF. How bad is that.
Third, hope you tried Bousali's ma3moul, let me know if you liked it as much as I do.

lebnanfirst
show me the money. it has yet to materialize. I only hope the US will step in and if I were a Lebanese politician I shall provide the US bases in Lebanon.

lebanonfirst
I have not done anything yet resting and friends are visiting me. I still want to go to Bohsali you told me about to have some jnaffeh

lebnanfirst
I remember you told me its location. Riad solh square, where is this bohsali exactly?

@coolmec
Just yesterday An-Nahar reported the US will be providing the LAF with 18 UH-2 helicopters worth $180 million paid for by the Saudi $1 billion grant and other armaments worth half a billion also from that same Saudi $1 billion grant.
Don't get me wrong, the Saudi system isn't an example to be emulated, but the Saudi ruling family has always been good to Lebanon and that's all I care about as long as they don't attempt to force their religious beliefs on us Lebanese Iranian style.
The remaining $3 billion are being delayed pending the presidential election outcome. One might disagree with that move as I do but look, it's their money after all. They pledged it to President Suleiman and do not want it to become a gift to Aoun and HA in the unlikely event he succeeds in becoming president.
Latest reports indicate that in the event all out hostility breaks out France and Saudi agreed that an Ariel bridge will be established To drop those armaments directly to the LAF.

@coolmec
On another note, Bouhsali ma3moul location is at the top of Riad Solh square across from a building project. I forget where exactly Amal Bouhsali's location is but just ask any Beiruty and they can guide to to its location for the best knafeh.

Yesterday Egypt was offering help, today Saudi Arabia, where were they in summer of 06, or why werent they offering help to the gazans not so long ago. Do they love us lebanese or the freedom we enjoy that much that they really want to offer us help.

I was thinking exactly the same thing @cityboy! We always think the same. We both are shia extremists and I hope other posters don't think we are the same person.

Citiboy. Repeat after me. I dont care about Gaza. I dont care about Bahrain. I care about Lebanon.

LF, if you dont care about anyone else which means you probably dont care about Saudi Arabia either, then please tell us why Saudi Arabia cares about helping you or lebanon.

Cityboy in Lebanon there are people who do not want to follow neither Iran nor Syria. The government and it's institutions have been weakened and cannibalized by Hizbollah, Syria and Iran. Maybe Saudi are willing to help to avoid that Lebanon is completely sucked up by those terrorist countries and militia.

another day another dollar as flamethrower embarks on yet another day of non stop posting his paid propaganda.

You seem to reward Saudi Arabia for the freedom and relative sense of stability you enjoy in Lebanon. Sorry to say, but if that was your intention, then what a disgrace to the sacrifices made by the true patriots of this country, be they in the Army or resistance. It is because of Lebanese blood that Lebanon maintains its sovereignty, not because of Saudi Arabia. If it were up to Saudi Arabia, we would have had a sheik leading us long ago. By the way got to love how Saudi Arabia promotes stability in Bahrain.

same exactly the same my thoughts are. We both are shia extremists and I just hope people don't think we are the same poster.

Citiboy, Of course the Lebanese army' sacrifices are paramount. But I was not discussing internal Lebanese patriots who sacrificed for their country. I was comparing 2 Foreign countries. One who helps us and one who screws us. One who sends us 1Billion dollars in weapons, and one who sends us 1,000 bombs to create strife here.
Regarding the blood of the resistance. I fully respect the Lebanese Forces resistance who protected parts of Lebanon for a while. And I also respect Hezbollah who arguably protected parts of Lebanon up to 2000. Apart from that, the resistance is depassé, and the latter should be dismantled as it became more of a liability to Lebanon, dragging it into every conflict.
As for Saudi wanting a sheikh here. where the hell did u get this idea?
As for Bahrain, it does not concern me. I dont care about what Saudi does there.

@cityboy
But you do have a sheikh leading you NOW! How is that any better? No need to answer a rhetorical question.

No LF2, I dont have a sheik leading me now. That is an insult. HA is not run by one person, it is an organization that is the backbone of Lebanon. It is what helps to maintain a plural and free government despite what many on here like to think.

LF1, how has HA dragged Lebanon into every conflict. That is a blanket statement which is simply not true. If you are also referring to Syria, thank goodness they did enter Syria. I salute them to this day, how many christians or other minorities have been forced out of their homes in Lebanon, compare that to Sryia or Iraq. You can deny it, but lebanon was part of the Isis program.

@cityboy
Sorry you felt insulted though the facts are the facts. Here is a rundown of some of the top HA leaders:
1- Sayyed Hassan Masrallah - top Sheikh
2- Sheikh Na'eem Qassem
3- Sheikh Nabil Qaouk
I call them as I see them. And, of course, we disagree about HA being the backbone of Lebanon, of Iran, maybe yes, but not Lebanon.

My comment might sound bit controversial in this site, but we all know that Saudi Arabia has a long history in supporting Salafi Jihadist groups starting from the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s against Soviet Union that produced the renowned terrorist group Al Qaeda. Moreover, the same pattern was later on repeated in the Syrian war which Saudi Arabia, Qatar and many other countries in the region financed and armed all forms of radical Islamic groups that eventually ended up into ISIS and Al Nusra.

i'm repeating myself: this guy has no human value...and like what ABBA says:
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
...please go and have some chupachups and leave Lebanon alone...in another words don't touch it with your durty fingers (-:

wolf
I fully agree you. I am looking forward for the day where the troubles they financed in our area will befall on them. Soon I hope they will feel the pain and misery they cause to their arab brothers namely Lebanon etc...

the best way to help is to take all refugees be it Syrian or Palestinian to KSA
btw not even 1 refugee camp in the entire gulf

Lebanon should welcome any country that would help in fighting terrorism and terrorists on its ground..myb they can start by wiping out arsal/ hujeiri/ qualamoun...ect

Flamethrower; You keep exposing them with an incredible wicked sense of humor:)))!! My boss and I wants you to be a guest at our Christmas party

the only way to help Lebanon is to close all refugee camps (Syrian, Palestinian) and take them to ksa where there is none (not 1 refugee camp)

Please slash...and seriously: what do we have in common with saudis ?
don't forget, seriously. thank you

you know what slash...? i knew you wouldn't appreciate my question because you don't want to think that far...money, money, money must be funny in the rich man's world...

Yet the sanctions on Iran never stopped it from supporting HA with Millions of Dollars in cash and military gear.