Sami Gemayel Says Army Didn't 'Enter' Dahieh, Deployed Around It
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Phalange Party Central Committee Coordinator MP Sami Gemayel on Sunday pointed out that the army did not enter Dahieh with the rest of security forces as part of the plan devised for the area, noting that its troops are only deployed around the Hizbullah stronghold.
"The real reason is that the army refuses to enter an area in which it does not have full authority and this is something it cannot tolerate," Gemayel said.
"That's why it refused to be in the joint committee or to enter the area," the MP added.
"Let us not delude people into thinking that the Lebanese army had entered Dahieh, because it is only present around it," he went on to say.
More than 1,000 security forces members and soldiers deployed on September 23 in Hizbullah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut, weeks after the party had adopted strict security measures in the area.
The army, Internal Security Forces, and General Security members set up security points and took over Hizbullah's checkpoints in the area.
According to caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, the task force in Dahieh includes 300 army troops, 100 General Security agents and 400 Internal Security Forces personnel.
The deployment in Dahieh was aimed at ending Hizbullah's controversial security measures in the wake of two deadly explosions that targeted its stronghold in the suburbs.
Among the measures taken by Hizbullah was setting up checkpoints inside and at the entrances of the suburbs.
06 October 2013, 17:44
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what if it "enters" the HA controlled areas! what is this army going to do or change! Let us be realistic about this country and line our expectations with what is actually happening on the ground. The LAF are not what we aspire them to be.
They play "3antr" on some and "3ableh" on others.
07 October 2013, 07:08
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That implies that being just "around" Dahieh would allow them to better monitor the area than being both in and around would. What a ridiculous statement. Also, insulting people doesn't strengthen your comments or make you look witty. It just makes you look discomposed and incapable of civil discussion.
06 October 2013, 19:48
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Thanks Sheikh Sami for giving us the real info, not what they feed us.
So HA is letting the army around dahieh to reduce the demands on their security apparatus, but not giving any real authority to the army to really go on the ground.
06 October 2013, 23:09
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The same Charbel who was egged, covered with tomato and rushed out of the area with help from HA? He experienced army presence and authority in Dahye first hand, or did he?
06 October 2013, 19:56
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"The real reason is that the army refuses to enter an area in which it does not have full authority and this is something it cannot tolerate,"
Who is to blame that the army does not have full authority in Dahieh? Only the army itself.
06 October 2013, 22:58
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what can the national army do against this iranian militia? nothing , of course they won't enter: one = not to get shoot at; two: to let hezbi do their mafia business there...
06 October 2013, 23:10
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You are confusing him with SHN who think all of Lebanon is in Iran.
07 October 2013, 01:05
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Sami stated a position taken by the army weather true or false is honourable. Twits on this forume fell the need to attack Sami out of sheer ignorance and hate. The army in their eyes is good when it adheres and abides by the rules and instructions set by HA, otherwise we will resort to our chant of 'we don't want the LAF we want the Hussain army, we don......................
07 October 2013, 10:03
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Marwan Charbel at it again ... 300+100+400=800, so to make it more than 1,000 the guy must have added the remaining HA members who are controling the show. Or perhaps the darak getting the veggies and frereej
tosbee7on 3ala balad!
07 October 2013, 11:14
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army deployement only in M14 strongholds but no mention of hezbi zones... we got your sense of equality FT ...
hezbi in minds of FPMers can do what they want but others should be monitored by the army... and you call for a strong gvt?
we ask for the army to deploy EVERYWHERE but you? LOL what a farce... "oh! leave the poor hezbis alone in dahiye do whatever they want againt any state decisions"...
LOL hypocrisy at its best... you are the biggest joke on this site poor FT....
07 October 2013, 16:08
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no distortion idiot FT.... when one attacks M8 you automatically point to M14 to avoid dealing with M8 flaws... if you defend hezbis so harshly not criticizing whatsoever the fact that the army cannot enter dahiye means you are ok with it... meaning you agree with a party having its stronghold outside gvt's control.... but M14? waw! no way! you automatically bark there!
typical of FPM who adore deflecting issues to try and look smart... poor thing you are.... proving oce again that the only idiot here is you, microbe.
