قهوجي: احكام قبضة الجيش على الحدود مع سوريا يتطلب 2000 عسكري
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أكد قائد الجيش العماد جان قهوجي ان انتشار الجيش اللبناني على الحدود مع سوريا يحتاج الى بعض الوقت، ويتطلب لواء كامل، اي ما يعادل الألفي عسكري من أجل احكام القبضة بشكل أفضل على الحدود.
وأوضح في حديث الى صحيفة "السفير"، انه من الصعب جداً ضبط كل الحدود بشكل تام وكامل، قائلاً أن الافتراض أنه بالإمكان فرض السيطرة على كل متر من الحدود الشرقية والشمالية مع سوريا ليس في محله، لأسباب موضوعية، لا علاقة لها بكفاءة الجيش وقدراته.
ولفت قهوجي الى أن الجيش السوري نشر آلافاً من جنوده على الحدود، إلا انه لم يستطع ضبطها بالقدر الكافي. وحذر من يطلق النار على الجيش أنه سيتم الرد عليه بالشكل المناسب والاسلحة المناسبة.
وأقرت الحكومة في جلستها الاثنين، تعزيز انتشار الجيش على الحدود مع سوريا لمنع الحوادث الامنية.
وعن قول البعض أن دم الشيخين احمد عبدالواحد ومحمد مرعب أغلى من دم قائد الجيش، اعتبر قهوجي عبر "السفير" أن "هذا كلام عبثي بلا طعمة، يطلقه "موتورون"، والآن ليس وقت أن نرد، والاساس بالنسبة إلي هو الحفاظ على دم الابرياء بالدرجة الاولى"، لافتاً الى أن "كل شيء في وقته".
الى ذلك نفى قهوجي، أن يكون الجيش قد أخلى عكار مؤخراً على خلفية احداث الكويخات أو خفف تواجده فيها أو انكفأ عن بعض مراكزه فيها.
وأشار الى أن من يروج لذلك إما أنه لا يرى جيداً وإما يتكلم عن أمنياته وأحلامه، في حين أن الواقع مغاير تماماً.
وقتل الشيخ عبدالواحد ورفيقه على حاجز الكويخات في ايار، بالرصاص على حاجز الكويخات في عكار. وعلى ثره طالب عدد من الاهالي برحيل الجيش عن عكار.
وشدد قهوجي في حديثه الى "السفير" أنه "لم يتم سحب جندي واحد من المنطقة، فالجيش جزء من عكار، وعكار جزء منه، وبالتالي لم تتغير خريطة انتشار وحداتنا هناك، ولم نغادر أي موقع، ولم نعدل في مهماتنا على الارض".
وقال "كل ما حصل أن هناك حواجز متحركة تقام حيناً وترفع حيناً آخر، تبعاً للمتطلبات الميدانية، ويبدو ان البعض أخطأ في القراءة والاستنتاج".
وأكد أن "الجيش لن يترك عكار مهما جرى وأياً كانت الضغوط التي تُمارس عليه، بل أكثر من ذلك، نحن بصدد زيادة قواتنا في المنطقة، من أجل إعادة الاستقرار إليها، وإقفال الثغرات الامنية المفتوحة التي يشكو منها المواطنون".
وأردف قهوجي لـ"السفير"، أن الجيش يرفض اعتماد مقولة الامن بالتراضي وهو لو كان يطبقها فعلاً، لكانت المشكلات التي يواجهها اقل، مضيفاً "لا أمن بالتراضي، ولكن ذلك لا يمنع ان يكون الامن بالحكمة، فنتفادى استخدام القوة حيث لا تفيد، ونستخدمها حيث نجد ذلك ضرورياً، تبعاً لطبيعة الحالة التي نواجهها".
وحصلت اشتباكات ليل الاثنين-الثلاثاء، في منطقة وادي خالد ادت الى مقتل سوريين ولبناني وجرح العديد، ويأتي هذا الحادث اثر آخر وقح ليل الجمعة-السبت في المنطقة عينها وادت الى مقتل لبنانيين وسوري.
08:38 ,2012 تموز 11
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Useless Army with a Useless leader,the army will be observing and can't take any action even incase of violations
11:17 ,2012 تموز 11
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FT no disrespect for the "idea of a national army", but ours isnt to be completely fair and realistic. what is it the army does exactly in lebanon?
11:53 ,2012 تموز 11
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I mean last time we had a strong army FT, its leader ran away in his pyjamas to a foreign embassy ;)
15:34 ,2012 تموز 11
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so we agree in principal on the cause behind why the army is what it is now but disagree on how to go forward from here to deal with it.
the army you are talking about may be the army we had but not the one we currently have. i see no reason to support it.
it is 100% the fault of the lebanese political divides that pushed it here, but we cant support what is supposed to be the pride and protector of the country but has become a career path for aspiring lebanese presidents.
15:34 ,2012 تموز 11
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However, the same applies to every institution in lebanon.
now i ask, what do you think is a solution to make lebanon a country again? (serious question because i cant come up with anything other than let it blow and rebuild)
16:49 ,2012 تموز 11
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BSThrower you are constantly contradicting yourself and here is another fine example. You don't value our army....in your eye's the army serves HA and they are your savior. You know this fact and no matter what you want to say or justify with all that hot air you hold....the army cannot (will not) do it's proper job of protecting the country as long as HA is in the picture - period! If you care and love your country you would voice and support ONE Lebanese force and none other. But you still believe (more like delusional) the resistance is here to save your sorry rear from Israel! Wake up dude....Israel is NOT the threat BUT IRAN/SYRIA are!
10:58 ,2012 تموز 11
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"The army commander warned those who opened fire at the army along the border with Syria, saying the military will not hesitate to fire back with all the adequate artillery."
I'm not going to be negative about this. but let's wait and see. I really hope qahwaji has the balls to do that
11:23 ,2012 تموز 11
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who wants to bet?
I bet you the army will open fire internally only on us lebanese.
they are going there to secure the border for the syrians.
16:03 ,2012 تموز 11
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Assad kills Lebanese and nothing is done, the Lebanese army new name is Bashar army or hozbstan army
12:02 ,2012 تموز 11
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Qahwaji is the product of a compromise with the Syrian and iranian allies in Lebanon otherwise he would not have been accepted at the army's helm.
Not all but most army officers are accustomed to saying at your orders master," bi2amrak seedy", to the powerful in order to get promoted.
This is how we ended up with an army that could watch actionless the thugs connected to hezbollah and to the Syrian allies commiting their crimes while jumping on the throat of those opposing them.
12:38 ,2012 تموز 11
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What most people fail to realize is that the army will not be deployed to the north to confront Syrian violations but to harass those who support the Syrian revolution.
14:03 ,2012 تموز 11
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So it's ok for you and your masters to support the Damascus butcher and the Iranians but no one should dare to support the people of Syria, here you go folks March 8's democracy.
13:09 ,2012 تموز 11
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Why don't you let those who want to defend syrian revolutionaries go to Syria!? and while we're at it, those who want to reclaim Palestine go to Palestine?
When is anyone on this forum going to start thinking about us, first and foremost? Akkar citizens, just like those in Naqoura deserve an army that protects them. Having a porous border doesn't help..
13:25 ,2012 تموز 11
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Gen. Kahwaji is a fine officer/commander.We All need to support the Lebanese army Regardless...they certainly need more Recruits, heavy tanks , APC and other vital equipments including decent Uniforms/Camouflages gear.How can an army operates with 100 M48 Tanks and other T54 AND T55 that can hardly run.The lebanese army will look more Professional if they Wear black/green Undershirt that include the Handsome commander Gen.Qahwaji.Let us stop attacking and criticiszing the Lebanese Army and simply work on finding ways and means to boast its numbers, training and and securing badly needed new hardware(Thaks, APC's etc...)
God Bless the Lebanese Army...
14:18 ,2012 تموز 11
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flame thrower: Iam not undermining the army i am just saying a fact that deep in side of u, u know its a reality, further more we all know how nahr l bared fight ended by under table agreement that lead to the escape of Jond sham leader all of a sudden
14:43 ,2012 تموز 11
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Felow Lebanese , if i may jump in , please take a look at us even syria fired up a revolution in order to become civilised but we the most educated in the arab world dont have the balls to fight for our decency and rights ?! i believe in order to have a decent country and a decent government , we the new generation need to fire up a revolution together united to burn the country down then rebuild it all over again ... or else keep saying the same old shit and arguing on the same Track ...
15:25 ,2012 تموز 11
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FT, how about this army does what it is supposed to do for a change: be a patriotic army and defend the country?
the thing is, they are supposed to defend our territorial integrity, not the syrian territaorial integrity.
although I placed a bet before, I do hope this army will act in a patriotic way, otherwise,....
see, the list of traitors is building up, and the reason is the syrian regime is going down, thus all its agents are trying to help it.
I thank them for coming out so fast, so we know who needs to be judged later for treason.
15:36 ,2012 تموز 11
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I totaly agree with u coz that what I meant as for the army troops big respect for sure but they will do nothen and as u said coz the superiors are bunch of cowards
15:40 ,2012 تموز 11
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"Syrian troops and armed men exchanged gunfire overnight Monday in the border area and shells fell inside Lebanon, killing three civilians and wounding one."
Yet nobody does anything about it but if one shell lands in South Lebanon by Israel, Hizbollah would have gone to war already, unilateraly I may add.
19:41 ,2012 تموز 11
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Flame Thrower, your irrational hatred to the US has clouded your judgement on a lot of issues. To continue to blame the US for our Lebanese misery would be like putting your head in the sand. You know why the US was against giving sophisticated weapons to the army. You want the US to play an active and positive role in Lebanon? STOP SUPPORTING HIZBULLAH! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!
