March 14 Hits Back at FPM, Accuses It of 'Supporting Militias'
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The March 14 forces on Wednesday condemned “the attempt by terrorist factions coming from Syria to enter Lebanon,” saying they should be confronted by the Lebanese army, while accusing the Free Patriotic Movement of “supporting militias” instead of state institutions.
In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, the March 14 General Secretariat said it deplores “the attempt by terrorist factions coming from Syria to enter Lebanon through the northern Bekaa region and it considers it a blatant violation of national sovereignty.”
It was referring to Sunday's major assault by the Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front against several Hizbullah posts in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Brital and along the entire Eastern Mountain Range.
The general secretariat said the offensive should have been repelled “by the same force by the Lebanese army and the legitimate Lebanese authorities, because the responsibility of defending Lebanon belongs exclusively to the Lebanese state.”
In an earlier statement, the secretariat had said that “border defense at the hands of Hizbullah is rejected,” which drew a scalding response from the FPM's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc.
“O Lebanese, sleep tight and rest assured because the General Secretariat is at the frontiers and hills, … prepared to repulse any attack against you,” the bloc said.
The secretariat stressed on Wednesday that “defending Lebanon is the mission of the Lebanese state and Lebanese army, and no one has authorized Hizbullah to defend Lebanon, not in the North nor in the South.”
General Secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid, who recited the statement, called on the FPM to “reevaluate its political calculations,” noting that “this movement claimed in 1989 that it was defending legitimacy and the Lebanese army, while today it is supporting militias in Lebanon instead of supporting the Lebanese army and the principle of the state.”
Soaid also pointed out that the Brital clashes have “refuted the equation launched by Hizbullah's secretary-general on May 25, 2013 under the slogan 'Whoever wants to fight must go to Syria'.”
“Any clash between the terrorist groups and the Lebanese army would unite all Lebanese behind their national army, while such unanimity is missing when the clash is with Hizbullah,” Soaid noted.
He also questioned the rationale behind “the blast that targeted an Israeli patrol in the Shebaa Farms, eight years after the issuance of U.N. Security Council 1701, to which Hizbullah committed itself in the cabinet meetings.”
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08 October 2014, 17:52
20
How about having the army arrest only the couple hoodlums in Tripoli, then we will send them to the Bekaa.
08 October 2014, 17:53
913
"this shows who is panicking when they see more red fingers than green ones next to their posts .... (:"
08 October 2014, 18:25
912
Read Michel Aoun's (aka Bijama Boy) comments from 2005 and read his from these past 3+ years, and you'll know who the traitor is.
We just need an ISIS fanatic to blow himself up at an FPM meeting, and all of a sudden we have quorum in Parliament and HA will be isolated.
08 October 2014, 19:12
68
This comment is not logical. You never admit to be wrong and to review what you don't know and what you think you know. The enemy destroying Lebanon is inside...and you share responsibility in the destruction of the christians.
08 October 2014, 20:54
67
You must be blind not to see that syria and iran are enemies of Lebanon....not only israel....
08 October 2014, 18:58
96
MEQ: You wrote in an open letter to President Clinton that "The Syrian regime has made an exact science of human rights violations."1 What do you mean by this?
Aoun: They are very well versed and specialized in the torture of people and in the disrespect of human rights. I consider Damascus to be the anti-Geneva; Geneva is the city of the international standards, Damascus is thus the anti-Geneva. There are about thirty or so ways to torture people: fingernails, fire, and so forth. There are people who were in prison who got out -- they were the lucky ones -- after strong political pressure was applied. They tell of these things and many times carry scars on their body.
08 October 2014, 19:02
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A child would know that Aoun is in the camp which wants Lebanon to be an “arena” linked to the Iranian-Syrian axis. Can someone who is up to his ears in a sectarian alliance, the slogan of which is “alliance of minorities,” shift to being equally distant from everyone and to becoming capable of harmonizing among the Lebanese or among those who on one hand want to restore the state and those who desire to exploit the country on another? On this basis, it seems the game which Aoun is playing or the game which someone is making him play, actually hides another game - a game that only alters the nature of the Lebanese system. It’s based on exploiting the basic weakness of he who he calls himself “the general.” This weakness is that Aoun is prepared for anything for the sake of becoming president.
08 October 2014, 19:05
87
I keep telling that the caporal of rabiyeh is corrupt, agent, liar and mentally ill.
More than that: remember my words "he will be the major destructor of the christians in Lebanon"...
09 October 2014, 01:22
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Care to elaborate? M14 are saudi allies who fund isis. Go play elsewhere kid
08 October 2014, 19:33
127
what rubbish... no real lebanese patriot is wishing syrian al qaida (al nusra) defeats hezbollah and then swarms into the bekaa valley! whether you like hezbollah or hate hezbollah... disagree with hezbollah's arms and want only the LAF to defend Lebanon... none wish hezbollah is defeated by al nusra!!! M14 general secretary has embarrassed themselves and the LF is right to ignore this and not comment as all lebanese are sick and tired of the syrian war and syrian refugees! Anyone who sides with the al nusra and isis is against lebanon and the LAF! Elections now please!!!!
08 October 2014, 19:40
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M14 want to protect Lebanon from all danger as much as m8 but want the laf to do it and not illegal militia challenging the sovereignty of the lebanese institutions. Thanks to m14 te laf is being financed and equipped to do so.
08 October 2014, 20:20
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Agree beyond any question, what logic those ignorants can counter this statement? Legitimate Lebanese army only, which we all arepart off. Nothing else.
09 October 2014, 03:15
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@flame. "But now?" Friend it has never been about right now. This call for disarming HA was before they entered Syria and was before they confronted Israel in 2006. What in your opinion makes for the right conditions to disarm? Is not the government and Lebanese majority's call for this to happen for many years and in relative peace sufficient??
08 October 2014, 20:22
58
Man you are not sure about anything... Lebanese army for all. HIZEBOLA only for fanatics and aoun mafia. Rest of us do not want support or want to be part off.
08 October 2014, 20:38
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ur right anony , attacks on the army happened and only true Lebanese stood with their boys except some known traitors that should be hanged
08 October 2014, 20:51
67
You are promoting either to go back to stone ages or partition.
In both cases these are to destroy the future of christians.
08 October 2014, 21:26
67
don t worry anonyme, M8ers new propaganda and what they are brainwashed with is that all those against M8 are de facto siding with ISIS... see how stupid they can be.
but yes, great idea that ALL lebanese parties create an armed force as strong as hezbollah to defend Lebanon! it would be in the M8 logic!
but then again, M8 and logic are two different things!
08 October 2014, 21:30
58
@Texas if you don't agree with them they start insulting. Ignore them man
09 October 2014, 07:13
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Roar; you should ask naharnet to delete you and your fake accounts that you make everyday. You spend your time 24/7 on naharnet posting under different names, insulting people, and spamming the forum. Can we forget your "lebpatriot", "wolf", and your other fake accounts. You are a loser sectarian who is full of hate and jealousy.
09 October 2014, 16:14
20
M14 leaders and there supporters are so sad ... its beyond stupid.
