Saudi Arabia Considers Dahieh Blast 'Criminal Act', Urges Media to Halt Incitement
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri denounced in a statement the deadly blast that targeted Haret Hreik neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, considering it a “criminal act.”
“Terrorism doesn't distinguish between anyone and the best way to confront it be by constructing a Lebanese national agreement,” Asiri said.
He lashed out at media outlets, calling on them “not to provoke” people and to “restore calm.”
Asiri also offered his condolences to the families of the victims.
On Friday, pro-Hizbullah al-Akhbar newspaper published on it's front page “the Saudi sedition” referring to the blast that rocked Dahieh a day before.
Tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran has affected the situation in the region with the ongoing conflict in Syria a main point of contention, which had largely affected Lebanon.
Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has been locked in a decades-long rivalry with Shiite-dominated Iran.
Gulf monarchies have never made a secret of their concerns about Iranian regional ambitions.
Tehran is a key backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad, of the Shiite Alawite sect, in his fight against a nearly three-year insurrection backed by Gulf states.
03 January 2014, 10:52
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On Friday, pro-Hizbullah al-Akhbar newspaper published on it's front page “the Saudi sedition” referring to the blast that rocked Dahieh a day before.
Please, let's not jump to conclusions and unnecessary accusations! LOL
03 January 2014, 12:01
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no asiri, this is not a "criminal act", it is a TERRORIST act, you know, your leading national hobby
03 January 2014, 11:08
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The KSA has unleashed violence throughout MENA and beyond. Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Syria have all seen increasing violence at the hands of Qaeda.
And of course we can not exclude Lebanon which has seen as escalation of bombings and assassinations over the last few weeks. Ali Awadh Asiri's statements mean nothing ...
03 January 2014, 11:17
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supposing your analysis is coreect, please compare that to the extensive terrorist activites of iran since 1980 in the region and the world.
please stop the BS. people are not stupid you know!
03 January 2014, 11:45
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Of course I am correct ... Terrorism is terrorism and injecting Iran's behavior into the conversation is just an excuse to justify the fact that the KSA is killing more Sunni Muslims in more places now than anyone else except the US\NATO wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US\NATO wars are largely over. The KSA\GCC wars of terrorism have just begun and have already killed hundreds of thousands and made refugees of millions. It is time to stop this carnage. These are the plans of a Wahhabi Satanism ...
03 January 2014, 11:52
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keep up the good work of bs yourself :)
thank you for clarifying how much of terrorists are iran and hizbushaitan.
what you are saying is that now that maybe someone decided to start retaliating after 35 years of Iranian terrorism, we should help you stop them?
flash news to you: we have been suffering from your Iranian terrorism for all that period, and you brought the new terrorist here, so deal with them.
that is IF you are correct.
03 January 2014, 12:00
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Acts if Iranian terrorism are minor at best when compared to the onslaughts of the US\NATO and now the KSA\GCC Wahhabi.
03 January 2014, 12:11
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Iranian terrorism has killed a few thousand at most ...
The US\NATO onslaught killed millions and turned over ten million into refugees.
KSA\GCC terrorism has killed over 200,000 and made refugees out of over 6 million ...
03 January 2014, 11:18
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The Bottom line is: Screw Iran and Saudi Arabia. They are both bad for Lebanon. I wish that both will leave Lebanon alone
03 January 2014, 11:33
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Thanks, Saudi Wahhabia and Islamic Republic of Iran. Both of you sing the Israel tune and yet both of you have caused far more destruction, misery and suffering to your supposedly brotherly Arab countries.
03 January 2014, 13:09
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Next is FlamerInteyeh were the words of the 3akrooteh.
is there a flamerinteyeh in the room?
