Saniora Meets Suleiman, Confirms March 14 Participation at Thursday’s National Dialogue Session
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Head of the Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora confirmed on Wednesday the March 14 camp’s participation at the national dialogue session scheduled for Thursday.
He held talks with President Michel Suleiman to inform him of the decision and discuss the latest local and regional developments.
The former premier explained that his participation at the all-party talks “stems from the values that produced the March 14 forces.”
These values are based on national unity and the authority of the state, he added.
“The state alone is responsible for protecting the nation and not one party or sect of Lebanese,” Saniora said.
“This entails allowing the state to assume the duties of defending the nation, which include deterring assaults and liberating lands,” continued the MP.
“Any serious national dialogue keen on protecting Lebanon cannot but be based on emphasizing the authority of the state throughout the country,” he added.
“No new understanding over protecting Lebanon, such as sharing the military responsibility with another power, should be introduced,” he stressed.
“Any dialogue that does not tackle the possession of arms outside the state’s authority will remain superficial,” he noted.
The March 14 camp had previously boycotted a national dialogue session over the failure to address Hizbullah’s possession of arms, among other reasons.
15 August 2012, 18:12
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Good Move Fouad. We have to talk. Maybe we wont reach any result now. But we will eventually.
Now with the moqdads, the smahas, the zaiters, HA seems like a lesser evel. And HA is in a weak position. The time is better than ever for negotiation.... The question is: If HA gives its weapons, who will garantee to the chiite community that there wont be a revenge on May 7? If Israel attacks, what will we do? How will we hold the thugs with weapons all over teh country? a lot of issues to discuss.
15 August 2012, 18:54
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Israel will only attack if provoked. People who want revenge are barbarians & zou3ran. The ISF has a moral duty and obligation to protect all Lebanese citizens from the wrath of zou3ran. That said, the Party of Satan will never voluntarily surrender its arsenal to the proper authorities because power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Even if Iran strikes a deal on its nuclear ambitions and orders HA to comply, I doubt that they will. A metastasized cancer can only be removed surgically. Dialogue with terrorists is just a waste of dialogue.
15 August 2012, 18:18
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"If Israel attacks what will we do". .??? leb first... why would israel attack if HA dissarms???
15 August 2012, 18:25
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You know, the chebaa issue is not an issue. it is syrian land. The palestinian refugees can be solved by money by shipping them to a rich country. But Israel is trying to take part of Levanthian, our gas field. And this is war material...
15 August 2012, 18:57
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Even enemies can share strategic goals. The forces of good are greater than the forces of Evil. The world will not stand still if Israel decides to deprive Lebanon of its rightful share.
15 August 2012, 19:09
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We WILL be bullied by Israel. Cant talk with this racist supremacist regime. But again, I prefer that israel steals some of our gas wealth to having the state authority questioned everyday by HA. And HA is not our worse ennemy, it is its "underthugs": the Mokdads, the zeaiters, the SSNP, Amal.
15 August 2012, 20:14
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Even if chebaa is lebanese, it doesnt justify the resistance. There are islands disputed between japan and korea. lands between irak and saudi. the falklands are disputed between argentina and the UK. I dont see all these countries having a "resistance"
16 August 2012, 08:54
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No it is not! This can be sorted out in a very civil mater...when there's a will, there's a way...
15 August 2012, 18:29
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Good question Patriot....This whole thing about "Israel" coming to get us is a hoax used by HA to gain support from most these illiterate and poor Lebanese who don't know better. Israel in NOT a threat but HA is the BIGGEST threat since they are merely a branch of the Iranian Republic Guard. HA does not serve Lebanon or it's people but Iran. Plain and simple. Unfortunately you will have these poor conditioned people who have no idea about the true threat to all of us.
16 August 2012, 05:02
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You lost me at "israel is not a threat". Wow at the ignorance.
16 August 2012, 06:13
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Not a threat is correct. Your still frozen in time my friend. The world has changed and not a land of barbarians who can easily conquer other countries. Wow.....I am lost for words with some of the mentality of people here.
15 August 2012, 18:38
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BS- FT You are both right. Israel will not come after us if the HA parameter is eliminated. However dont forget how they reacted with our gas. They will stay our ennemy and They will keep on bullying us. I personally prefer to be bullied by israel and have a couple of billions of gas stolen from us than to have a gang of thugs roaming the streets creating instability and killing our economy.
15 August 2012, 19:57
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You may think I don't know history BSThrower but at least I did NOT freeze in history like you!
16 August 2012, 05:04
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Bandoul, what nation? They are argentinians, russians, germans, yemenis and basicly people from all over the world living on a country that does not belong to them. Go ahead ane defend their evil, may you arise next to them on the day of judgement.
16 August 2012, 06:23
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Palestine belonged to the Jews thousands of years before Arabs set foot there. But I know people like you will never acknowledge that. Both the Palestinians and the Jews have a right to live on that land. The only viable solution is a two-state solution but people like you will never permit that to happen.
16 August 2012, 05:11
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Wow, so now israel is not evil? Lek, who is this bigsami and bandoul? Are you netanyahus son?
