Amid Hammoud Denies Fleeing Lebanon, Stresses He's 'Under the Law'
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Al-Mustaqbal movement official Amid Hammoud denied on Friday that he had fled Lebanon over confessions by militia leaders in the northern city of Tripoli that he provided them with weapons and ammunition.
In a phone interview with LBCI television, Hammoud revealed that he has been in Turkey since ten days and that he resides there on a “near-permanent basis,” declining to respond to any accusations.
Addressing Ziad Allouki and Saad al-Masri, who reportedly confessed against him before the Military Court, Hammoud said “may God forgive them.”
He also pointed out that he has not received any judicial writ until the moment and that he would turn himself in if summoned by Lebanese authorities.
“He noted that he is under the law, stressing that he is not on the run,” LBCI added.
A report published Friday by As Safir newspaper had claimed that Hammoud left Lebanon “a week ago.”
As Safir said he headed to Turkey after testimonies by al-Masri and Allouki before the Military Court.
The daily alleged that the Public Prosecution issued a search and arrest warrant against Hammoud in the wake of the confessions.
“Hammoud headed on the first airplane to Turkey after he was informed by a prominent figure in al-Mustaqbal of the prosecution's attempt to arrest him,” said As Safir.
“We advise you to leave the country soon because we can no longer protect you,” sources quoted the prominent leader as telling Hammoud.
In May 2014, several leaders of armed fighters in Tripoli, including Masri and Allouki, turned themselves in to the military intelligence ahead of the implementation of a security plan in the city.
Allouki and Masri were the leaders of fighting fronts in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.
The security plan has resulted in the arrest of dozens of gunmen and fugitives in Tripoli and the eastern Bekaa region, but several wanted men have managed to escape, while others remain at large.
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17 April 2015, 11:07
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Why? Did you except m14-owned medias to report it? It's very easy to verify anyway, where is Hammoud? Probably sharing milk and blanket stories with oqab sakr in Istanbul lol
17 April 2015, 11:30
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naharnet reported it ya mooowaten. you keep claiming it s saudi zionist owned ...
but strange because usually you mock naharnet articles when it s written "sources say" LOL but here? no, you do not point this out and give credit straight away! LOL
finally as hezbis arm the other side then why wouldn't others do the same? That is the logic hezbollah has set. if you accept an armed militia then you must accept all of them!
therfore don't be so upset and scandalized and if this man is guilty then let him be trialed like your samaha is!
don't play the offensed "patriot" as M8 do exactly the same thing...
if you are a true patriot then ask for the demilitarizing of ALL militias starting with hezbollah.....
17 April 2015, 11:45
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Why don't you tell geha that naharnet reported it? He saw "As Safir" and his brain immediately short-circuited.
As for "giving credit", you should learn to read before you too get a short-circuit in your brain. I said it is "easy to verify", which implies it still requires some verification and confirmation. Also, google the word "probably" and get back to me.
And finally regarding mustaqbal arming the terrorists, we always knew it but the problem is how you guys keep pretending they dont. Now at least you're admitting that mustaqbal and takfiris are like horse and carriage.
17 April 2015, 11:52
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You're not atheist secular mowaten, everybody here knows you're a Shia sectarian Iranian with an agenda , so cut the BS.
17 April 2015, 11:53
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the day you will ask for the disarmement of ALL militias then you may come to play the patriot...
but as long as you support one side to have an armed militia then you have no credibility in criticizing one side while allowing the other...
that is the logic YOUR milita has set in Lebanon, it is mathematical !
i have warned here many years ago that by letting hezbollah armed then it will only lead to a counter reaction.... we had assir then all the others ...
but you hezbis do not care about Lebanon otherwise you would denounce this and ask for ALL the party to give up their weapons...
17 April 2015, 12:36
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Hezbollah is resisting israel with those weapons, what are your terrorists doing?
And no, I don't support disarming Hezbollah as long as we don't have a real defense strategy and a functioning government (they can't even decide on an electoral law or elect a president, what would they do in a situation of war??).
If you want to use this as a pretext to support arming terrorists who have no other objective than killing Lebanese civilians and soldiers and creating chaos in the country, than go ahead but at least:
1- don't lie and pretend you have nothing to do with the terrorists you arm
2- don't think you're in any position to speak of patriotism, you're just a sectarian tool who's ready to destroy the country just because of your jealousy
17 April 2015, 16:18
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"Hezbollah is resisting israel with those weapons" sure, they are... we don't need them to "resist" = WE HAVE A NATIONAL ARMY FOR THAT ...
especially when resisting now means taking the streets against the state, engaging war in syria (sure they are resisting israel there LOL!)....
"1- don't lie and pretend you have nothing to do with the terrorists you arm" that is deffamation.... i am a normal citizen nothing to do with all this. PLUS i am affiliated to no party unlike you i have no idol or leader: i am totally free! that is why i ask for ALL militias to disarm....hezbollah included! as a patriot believing n only ONE military institution UNLIKE YOU ...
17 April 2015, 16:19
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"don't think you're in any position to speak of patriotism" certainly much much more than a traitor like you who does not want the army to be strong and by encouraging a militia to obey a foreign country and disobey its own... your party pledged allegiance to IRAN never to Lebanon.... so stick your fake patriotism in your ar....
you have no lessons to give me as you DO NOT believe in the state of Lebanon but in your iranian militia ...
17 April 2015, 16:57
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lol keep living in your delusions if you want, but don't expect those living in the south and on the syrian border to place their lives in a corrupt government's hands.
It doesnt only have to do with the army strength, which is what it is, no matter how much I wish it was stronger, politicians affiliated to saudi and the US have consistently prevented it from getting anything that can deter israel. As long as our government is crippled and incapable of taking real patriotic decisions, the real patriots will defend their land by any means necessary, while you traitors, cowards and wishful thinkers bark.
17 April 2015, 18:52
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see mowaten?
if you waited you would have had a confirmation: the guy is still here and all this did not happen, but in the lying mind of assafir.
17 April 2015, 19:20
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"those living in the south and on the syrian border to place their lives in a corrupt government's hands."
thank you for proving that you do not believe in the lebanese institutions... whoever will be in the gvt there will always be an opposition = so your logic is that when you disagree with the gvt then you do not obey it... tfeh. proof you do not believe in the state of Lebanon: traitor....
"As long as our government is crippled and incapable of taking real patriotic décisions" = it is hezbollah which cripples it = you said it: when you do not agree with the gvt you disobey it!
as i ve keep repeating here = you and your likes just spit on the lebanese state and its institutions when it does not suit you...
you are just a pityful hezbi secessionist and traitor, nothing lebanese but all hezbollahi....
18 April 2015, 17:47
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lol geha can't you read?
"In a phone interview with LBCI television, Hammoud revealed that he has been in Turkey since ten days and that he resides there on a “near-permanent basis,” "
sometimes you'd better just shove a shoe in that mouth instead of saying such stupidities :)
18 April 2015, 17:50
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and peace your rant is pathetic and off topic, look up the definition of traitor (or look in the mirror). in any case, believing the government is corrupt and incapable of acting has nothing to do with treason (not to mention it's plain truth)
17 April 2015, 08:42
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“We advise you to leave the country soon because we can no longer protect you,” sources quoted the prominent leader as telling Hammoud."
It appears the prominent Mustaqbal leader called As Safir and invited them to witness his speech with Hammoud and to later publish it.:)
17 April 2015, 09:14
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possible, but at least mustakbal thugs are prosecuted. HA thugs are not.
We want the killers of Hashem el Salman.
17 April 2015, 11:23
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"possible, but at least mustakbal thugs are prosecuted"
like Assir or shaker? or the people responsible for the famous "milk & blanket" project?
you are trying ever so hard to turn a blind eye to reality.
17 April 2015, 11:41
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roro, when will @wolf post again>
Please, activate him coz we miss his contributions
17 April 2015, 09:43
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even if it is true, I don't see where the problem is.
Hezbollah armed Jabal Mohsen to the teeth. The people of Tripoli were and are entitled to defend themselves.
17 April 2015, 09:51
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I thought flamethrower said naharnet is hariri-saudi owned news outlet. Why is naharnet publishing articles that incriminate its owners?
17 April 2015, 11:28
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This is how it should be, the law is above everyone else and anyone breaking it or usurpating it shall receive the dispensation of the law whoever it may be. I personally welcome this news, but would also expect of the law to turn the other side of the coin and cover all the usurpations of the law by members of the Hezbollah led M8 side. The law must remain color-blind and only seek justice, half baked justice provides half baked solutions in which case the nation shall remain in limping state for as long as this dynamic is maintained.
17 April 2015, 12:04
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You're right @peace and this imbalance cannot be entertained for much too long, otherwise it will bite into the very integrity of the army.
