Aoun: Some Sides are Seeking to Break up Army into Militias
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun defended on Tuesday the Lebanese army, warning of attempts to create division among its ranks.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “Some sides are seeking to create division in the army to break it up into militias.”
“We will not let this happen,” he declared.
“We are reliving the period of the 1970s when the army was divided,” he noted.
“No minister can state that this issue is too great for us. Whoever says so can step down,” said the MP in an indirect reference to Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.
The minister had said that the issue of Salafist Imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir is too great for his ministry and government to handle.
Aoun continued: “We do not oppose justice, but we object to its violation.”
“Our past indicates that we have always defended the unity of the army and we reject its slaughter at the hand of fundamentalists,” added the lawmaker.
He explained that the FPM rally from Beirut’s Mathaf area to the Military Tribunal is in protest “against the blackmailing of the judiciary.”
“We are above the executive authority and we are responsible for Lebanon. We will not allow the repetition of the events of the 1970s,” stressed Aoun.
On the arrest of officers linked to the death of Sheikhs Ahmed Abdul Wahed and Mohammed Merheb, he asked: “Can we be informed of what was found in Abdul Wahed’s car? We heard that it contained alcoholic beverages. Were any RPGs found?”
“We are taking this position first and foremost for the sake of the residents of Akkar,” said the FPM leader.
“The justice, security forces, or the army cannot distance itself from Akkar, Beirut, and Electricite du Liban,” he added.
The relatives of the officers detained in the case of Abdul Wahed and a number of army supporters on Monday blocked the Sarba-Jounieh road near an army barracks, declaring that they will not leave before the release of the generals.
The military examining magistrate issued on Saturday arrest warrants against three army officers, who were released last week, in the case of the killing of Abdul Wahed and his companion at an army checkpoint in the Akkar town of al-Kweikhat in May.
Judge Riyad Abu Ghida questioned the three officers and ordered their re-arrest, the National News Agency reported. The three officers were transferred back to the military police jail.
Their release on bail last week along with eight soldiers arrested over the case angered the residents of the district of Akkar where Sheikhs Abdul Wahed and Mohammed Merheb were killed.
Five other soldiers remain in custody.
On the latest protests at EDL, he remarked: “The protesters are violating the law by holding their demonstration at a state institution.”
“Those inciting the workers should be imprisoned,” he stated.
“The issue cannot be resolved without ending the protest and those involved in it,” he said.
EDL contract employees, who have erected tents inside the EDL headquarters in Mar Mikhael, stressed that they would not end their sit-in until their salaries are paid and they officially become full timers.
On Monday, the workers clashed with angry citizens who demanded to end the strike and allow full-timers to resume work normally.
The employees launched a sit-in to call for their full-time employment and the payment of their June and July salaries.
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17 July 2012, 17:37
Aoun: No one has the right to tell me whether I support the army or not. We are the MPs of the nation and we are the ruling power. We can remove them from power if they choose not perform their duties.
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17 July 2012, 17:28
Aoun: We will stage a rally from al-Mathalf to the military tribunal in protest against the blackmailing of the judiciary. We are above the executive authority and we are responsible for Lebanon. We will not allow the period of the 1970s to be repeated.
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17 July 2012, 17:26
Aoun: We are trying to revive the water institutions. We are determined to revitalize Lebanon regardless of the difficulties. The solution cannot be reached until the EDL protest is lifted and those responsible for it are imprisoned.
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17 July 2012, 17:25
Aoun on EDL demonstrations: Those inciting the protest must be imprisoned.
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17 July 2012, 17:23
Aoun: EDL officials announced that the company is on the brink of bankruptcy. We owe debts to Syria, which has not delivered to us 200 megawatts.
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17 July 2012, 17:21
Aoun: We are reliving the period of the 1970s when the army became divided, which led to the formation of militias.
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17 July 2012, 17:20
Aoun: We are voicing our protests for the sake of the residents of Akkar. The army and security forces cannot distance themselves from Akkar, Beirut, and EDL.
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17 July 2012, 17:19
Aoun: The army has the right to interrogate anyone. No one is more powerful than the security. No one has the right for blaming us for defending the army. The army belongs to everyone. It has deployed in Akkar to defend its sovereignty.
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17 July 2012, 17:19
Aoun: What did authorities find in Abdul Wahed’s car? I have been informed that they found alcoholic drinks and RPGs.
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17 July 2012, 17:15
Aoun: We are not objecting to justice, but we are objecting to those violating it. Our past demonstrates that we have long defended the unity of the army.
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17 July 2012, 17:14
Aoun: Temporary detention is made for three reasons: Either over fears of the detainee’s escape, or concern that he may commit another crime, or if evidence at the crime scene is manipulated.
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17 July 2012, 17:13
Aoun: The judiciary is being blackmailed and the government does not take the decision to expand the investigation, but the general prosecutor does. What led to the expansion of the investigation?
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17 July 2012, 17:12
Aoun: Gunmen block roads, terrorize the people, and protect those infiltrating the border, is this normal?
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17 July 2012, 17:11
FPM leader MP Michel Aoun after Change and Reform bloc weekly meeting: Matters unraveled in an unacceptable manner in the arrest of the officers linked to Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed’s death.
18 July 2012, 12:45
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Aoun's current project: alienate the sunnis in Lebanon by dividing the army, whereby he will have his armed militia to reinitiate a Christian war, especially now he knows he will loose the next elections.
18 July 2012, 13:29
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a traitor like FT has no right to comment, especially when he is blind to what is going on around us:
- raad comment of yesterday means hizbushaitan is going in that direction, i.e. take over militarily
- all aoun declarations go in that direction.
- the deteriorating situation of the assad regime ( minister of interior and minister of defense hurt and maybe dead in today's explaosion)
they now know they will loose the next election and they want to keep the power in lebanon otherwise they are history.
17 July 2012, 17:23
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Under his first point "if evidence at the crime scene is manipulated" the four generals were rightly held. Not sure why he was complaining
17 July 2012, 17:34
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He is implying that the sheikh had alcohol in his car???!!! How low can this scumbag get??!!!!
17 July 2012, 17:42
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Funny how all this take it to the street began the day after he and his allies lost the Koura elections where 71% of Maronites voted for the LF candidate.
17 July 2012, 17:52
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Hey I thought the Syrian crisis was over many Tuesday's ago. Why doesn't he talk about that? What about the Koura elections? What about the electricity problem?
17 July 2012, 18:04
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Aoun has been "informed" about Alcohol and RPGs... obviously, to all his followers, it means this is the "divine truth" and no need for proof ! Same as Kezballah ...
"We owe debts to syria" ??? Syria stole billions from Lebanon ... Syria owes US !!!
Aoun wants to "imprison" those responsible for protests ??? This is typical of any tyrant ! People are not allow to protest ...
"No one has the right to tell me ..." : FREE SPEECH MORON ! Anyone has the right to tell you anything !
To all aounies ... wake up !
17 July 2012, 18:05
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"Aoun: The army has the right to interrogate anyone."
What a statement! Now he reveals his real dictatorial and undemocratic views. Years in France and the West and nothing of democracy's basic tenets rubbed on him. For shame.
17 July 2012, 18:12
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WTF!
is this guy for real? does anyone still believe a word he says, especially after this declaration?
17 July 2012, 18:55
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RPGs and alchoholic beverages...now thats a coctail...
I agree with Aoun that no case should be too big to handle for the ministry or government, but on the other hand the situation is extremely delicate regarding the death of Sheikh Ahmed. The issue divides the people along secterian lines, except for the christians who are divided themselves.
17 July 2012, 19:20
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Calling all FPM and Hezballah sheeporters demo tomorrow at noon near Fatneh`s gate to call for the immediate release of our brothers the 900 goats.
17 July 2012, 19:55
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you will soon read something from FlamingTurd and at least two of his other usernames.
17 July 2012, 20:10
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Being lectured by a man who has a long history of hypocrisy and stances that change from day to day to suit his interest is the ultimate insult to one’s intelligence. When will this broken record fall off the record player and spare us its injurious noise?
17 July 2012, 20:42
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I can't wait to see how this Claoun is going to start changing his stances once he realizes that his iranian ally in Damascus Bashar the Neanderthal is going to be killed very soon. What are all these Iranian stooges in Lebanon going to do? I already see how so many of them in our social circle are starting to shift in their positions, i can't even imagine what politicians are saying. haha tick tock tick tock
17 July 2012, 20:55
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“Our past indicates that we have always ran away and left the army to be slaughtered, we owe debts to Syria for that” added the coward.
17 July 2012, 23:15
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Phoenician? More like a syriac (siryene) peasant whos ancestors came certain areas in Iraq. You will never be phoenician, pathetic that you would call yourself that. This sheikh was martyred, paradise awaits him, whereas filth like you will die only to be fuel in hellfire.
17 July 2012, 23:30
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badal ma ydal y7ki w ytbaja7 ma ila faydeh w ywadi jame3tou yeta3ou l tari2 la ydef3ou 3an ljech li hiwi bighina 3an da3mou w akbar min inou ystaghalou l 3imeddd( isem 3ala gher mousama) bi ghayet cha5syeh w gher watanyeh ytloub min 7oulafaeou l moujrmin bi sourya yterkou ahel 3akar ! aw ytfadal ytlob min l jesh l mawjoud hounik yred 3ala l jesh lal souri!!
