Report: U.S. Media to Publish List of Officials to be Targeted by Iran
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Iran is plotting attacks on politicians and diplomats in several countries, including Lebanese figures, the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper reported on Thursday.
The daily said that U.S. media is expected to publish in the upcoming weeks reports about an Iranian network, which has planned to carry out assassination attempts.
Sources told al-Rai that the U.S. administration obtained information on a list of figures that Iran will target, which includes former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat.
They pointed out that the list includes other politicians.
On April 4, the LF chief was the victim of a failed sniper attack at his Maarab residence.
According to the sources, Iran would “reactivate its agents, who belong to world criminal networks and Hizbullah.”
A Washington Post report on Monday cited unnamed U.S. and Middle Eastern security officials as saying evidence had been amassed showing Iran or Hizbullah were behind plots to kill two Saudi officials, half a dozen Israelis, several Americans and other targets in at least seven countries, including Azerbaijan.
Sources told the paper the plots were seen as part of an ongoing covert war in which Iran also has been the victim of assassinations.
It claimed that activity for the plots abruptly halted earlier this year, when Iran agreed to hold talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear program.
The last round of the talks, between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group comprising the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia, took place in Baghdad last week and ended inconclusively.
The next round of those talks are to take place in Moscow on June 18-19 as both sides publicly harden their positions for what are likely to be extremely tense negotiations over Iran's controversial nuclear program and Western sanctions.
However, Iran's U.N. mission has strongly denied the report alleging evidence existed implicating Tehran or its Lebanese ally Hizbullah in international assassination plots.
31 May 2012, 11:17
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So geagea bent over to pick a flower and the bullets flew over his head. He held two press conferences in one day afterwards where his stories contradicted each other.
On top of this he displayed the bullets takes from the walls where they hit when he was apperntly shot at. Isn't that tampering with evidence and the supposed crime scene???
Heheheh.....I cannot believe how dumb people can be.
31 May 2012, 20:16
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Relax luxembourg bob... The u.s. has published the names that were published by All- Rai... The Kuwaiti paper. It must be true!
31 May 2012, 11:28
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So what all these assassinations will do for Tehran ? If it's to reply to the assassinations of the iranian scientists, shou khass Geagea, Hariri Jumblat and M14 ?
31 May 2012, 12:44
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It is going to be open season in Lebanon for hunting politicians. We know now who to blame before it happens.
31 May 2012, 14:24
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Such news means that they are targeted by their own friends, the US. wa min al 7ob ma qatal
31 May 2012, 14:25
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Oh no the soldiers of the "Faqih" wouldn't commit such crimes! They are angels [from hell]. It is time to stop believing crap loads of conspiracy theories, and start facing the reality that your "divine militia" is. I don't care whether you are with hezbolla or aoun: same lack of brains, different religion.
31 May 2012, 14:42
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bubbaman, you are an idiot and an imbecile just like your name applies.
31 May 2012, 14:55
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Any Chaos in Lebanon, we blame the US first, then Iran if it dosen't benefit the US & Israel. Lebanese, the far far majority are hard wired to think like that. The sad thing is, we can't do anything about it.
The can cause havoc and problems in Lebanon anytime they wish, and nobody can do anything about it! "La raison du plus fort, est toujours la meilleur".
31 May 2012, 14:58
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i love the pictures of your beloved RAT KING Nasrallah hiding in his hole....where he sleeps shits and prays!Long Live The Syrian Civil War!
31 May 2012, 15:22
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Good to see the usual Syrian & Iranian bootlickers have come out of their sewers
31 May 2012, 15:22
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This is, if accurately reported, simply Iran protecting its Syrian investments. Who in Lebanon has been more outspoken against the Assad Regime than Geagea, Jumblatt and Hariri? If the Assad Regime survives, all who raised up their heads and voices against it will be killed by the Regime and its allies, like Iran and Hezbollah. Lebanon is not involved? Such a joke, of course it is involved. Since half of the Lebanese political class is joined at the hip with the Assad Regime, it was fantasy to imagine that Lebanon would not be involved if the Assad Regime were targetted. Either the Lebanese retainers will go down with Assad or they will be compelled to engage in retribution assassinations against fellow Lebanese. It is the price paid by Lebanon for taking patronage money from outsiders.
31 May 2012, 16:00
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The Iranian government is the most evil in the world, and if there is to be peace in the Middle East, three things need to happen. Wipe out the Iranian leaders. Wipe out Bath Assad. Wipe out Hassan Nasrallah and HizbShai'toun. Very simple and needs to be done. Once that happens, the Iranian people will rejoice, so will the Syrian people, so will the Lebanese people and so will the Israeli people. Anyone with half a brain, who looks back on the past 35 years, clearly knows the leaders of what two countries have caused so much trouble and killed so many people, not only in the Middle East, but elsewhere? Iran and Syria, and their proxy Hizbollah. End of story.
31 May 2012, 16:13
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the blood thirsty hate preachers(iran, hizb) havent had enough yet.
31 May 2012, 16:19
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i havent heard of a western regime slaughtering their own children, but i heard of a regime that did exactly that last friday, and guess what? this regime was discribed as the closest to democracy by ur aoun.
31 May 2012, 17:15
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My take on the Photo:
- Al-Hakim Ka'anno Bela3 Baydato
- Al-Hariri Ka'anno halli 7do (Jumblat) 3am bi-Fassi, a'm baram wejjo
- Jumblat, mish 3m ye'adar y'waeff Drat
31 May 2012, 17:18
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Hy guys I am not sure wheater I am right here, but I wanted to ask you if it is possbile to visit Lebanon that summer. I have been following the situation but I can't estimate if it would be too dangerous to travel there. What do you think ?
31 May 2012, 17:25
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To be honest, my brother is visiting next month but he's only staying for a couple of weeks because all the negative input he's getting from family and friends in Lebanon. In short People in Lebanon are EXTREMELY worried.
31 May 2012, 17:32
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ah okay thanks for the information. But is there no chance that things in Lebanon might calm down in the next few weeks ?
31 May 2012, 17:32
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karim_m1, you are just like a little girl that's sooo scared by the monsters of Wahabism, Salafism and every word that ends with "ISM'... don't be so scared little girl, come to daddy :)
31 May 2012, 17:47
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FT Will always defend his mother Country.
El A7la min FT houwe el ahbal Karim callin for democracy and freedom etc etc .
Hizbollah ou Democracy?
Aoun ou freedom ?
long way to go son.
lol
31 May 2012, 18:55
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It is ALWAYS the interest of the US foreign policy and their Arab puppets (and their media propaganda)to turn Arabs against Arabs, Arabs against Iranians, and Shia against Sunnis. WHY? Every poll has shown that MOST Arabs (who are mostly Sunnis) see ONLY America and Israel as Enemies...not Iran. So for years the Pro-Israeli west and their Arab puppets want to distract the Arab masses. The fact that most Arabs have always viewed America and Israel as the enemy shows that not only the propaganda has not worked, but the years of Pro-American Arab rulers are numbered.
31 May 2012, 19:22
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John, nice theory but it's just that...Iran is fueling the resentments of the Arabs against it by Arming and controlling military groups in Arab countries, Annexing Arab lands in the gulf, by inciting riots in Arab countries like the Hajj few years back, Bahrain now, trying to take control of Lebanon through Hizballa etc... in addition to all that, Iran wants nuclear power/weapons at all cost but however I do see how our enemy Israel will benefit from all that but it's Iran’s doing first and foremost...
31 May 2012, 19:55
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Allouchi...the fact is that MOST Arabs (who are mostly Sunnis) STILL consider US and Israel as enemies..not Iran. Yes, there is resentment by some Sunnis toward Iran, but there is much more toward the Arab Sunni puppets, which caused the overthrow of Mubarek, Bin Ali, and Saleh. The Sunnis threw out the Arab world were cheering Iran, Hamas, and HA when they resisted Israeli aggression and their Puppet dictator leaders were denouncing the resistance (like the Gulf kings, King Huessein, and Mubarek).
31 May 2012, 21:45
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Allouchi...the fact is that MOST Arabs (who are mostly Sunnis) STILL consider US and Israel as enemies..not Iran. Yes, there is resentment by some Sunnis toward Iran, but there is much more toward the Arab Sunni puppets, which caused the overthrow of Mubarek, Bin Ali, and Saleh. The Sunnis threw out the Arab world were cheering Iran, Hamas, and HA when they resisted Israeli aggression after their Puppet dictator leaders were denouncing the resistance (like the Gulf kings, King Huessein, and Mubarek).
31 May 2012, 20:13
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anonymetexasusa, I agree with you we don't want ANY form religious or extremists’ government in Lebanon and I don't care where they come from or what they represent..I am just against people who keep using the Wahabism and Salafism to scare us into making the wrong decisions and siding with the wrong movements and also in labeling all Sunnis as Wahabists or Salafists.
31 May 2012, 20:47
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Allouchi, nice try. Wahabism is there and Salafism is on the rise. It's everywhere, and the fact that Geagea is shamefully on the payroll of King Abdallah does not mean that the Maronites are with him. Christians get along pretty well with the Shia, tnx to Aoun's wisdom. What would be the good decisions, besides? voting for Strida and Sami, and calling in Saad from his vacation in Sardinia? Let him be on his yatch or on the Alps, and let Miqati do something about this country. And don't drag Lebanon into Syria's trouble. Get a real program for the next election, instead of fueling Syrian militia on Lebanese soil.
31 May 2012, 21:13
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spartacus, yes we all know that Wahabism is there and Salafism is on the rise that's no news but the vast majority of Sunnis are neither. Aoun keeps using these excuses because he doesn’t have anything else to use, he’s a Hizballa follower and politically corrupt. The tactic to scare us so we follow him may have worked once before when he became PM and then bombed west and east Beirut but now his Sunni scare tactics will not work on most of us but I do see that it works on you which is fine...no biggy...also your dear general Aoun needs to stop blaming everything on everyone else and just man up and do something anything :)
31 May 2012, 21:22
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Anonym, the defense strategy is to be discussed at the national dialogue. if you want Hezbollah to give their weapons to the State, try to be coherent. The North and Tripoli are rearming, the Sunni are ready to show that they are capable to use violence, bravo. This we knew already, and we know that will lead nowhere but toward civil strife. Besides, I think that M14 can have tis own electoral program, instead of waiting for the fall of the regime in Syria as UNIQUE goal and strategy. Saniora, Amin Gemayel (I guess) would prefer a more Lebanese politics, but Geagea and Saad are bending to the Gulf diktat and playing the Salfist card.
31 May 2012, 22:02
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Allouchi...the fact is that MOST Arabs (who are mostly Sunnis) STILL consider US and Israel as enemies..not Iran. Yes, there is resentment by some Sunnis toward Iran, but there is much more toward the Arab Sunni puppets, which caused the overthrow of Mubarek, Bin Ali, and Saleh. The Sunnis threw out the Arab world were cheering Iran, Hamas, and HA when they resisted Israeli aggression after their Puppet dictator leaders were denouncing the resistance (like the Gulf kings, King Huessein, and Mubarek). I find it strange how my replies are printed hours later after the printing of numerous replies of others who only involved in mindless name calling.
31 May 2012, 23:17
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The Iranian and the Syrian regimes continue to use Hezbollah and other allies to fight their battles and promote their agendas in the region.
A struggling Syrian regime and a cornered Iranian regime wish to ignite sectarian strifes in lebanon in hopes to corraborate their claims of fighting extremist sunnis and to create a new hot spot to diverte the worlds attention.
Killing the opposition leaders is one way to achieve these goals.
01 June 2012, 01:12
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To the Zionist Yousef Haddad... The PEOPLE of the middle east hate Zionist occupied America and the NAZI Zionist Jewish state. You zionists are still in mourning over the loss of Mubarek. It does not matter what happens to the lousy Syrian regime or the Iranian regime. AMERICA has been KICKED OUT of Iraq and soon Afghanistan. Also, ALL the Arab puppets will follow Mubarek in the near future.
01 June 2012, 00:53
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At every opportunity, every decent Lebanese should target these criminals who have brought nothing but disasters onto Lebanon. Anyone who terminates these pests should be honored and respected and thanked till kingdom come.
01 June 2012, 00:55
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You or one of your family member or friends might got a scholarship from Hariri's father what a shame that some of the lebanese people are paying this great man like this,
01 June 2012, 01:17
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M8 won the (proportional) popular vote in 2009, even though they lost in parliament. The reason M8 and allies took power in 2009 is because Jumblatt and others switched sides.
