Geagea Accuses Security Officials of Covering Up Iran-Syria-Hizbullah 'Plot' in Lebanon
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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea lashed out on Thursday at Lebanese security agencies, accusing some officials of carrying out an Iranian-Syrian plot undertaken by Hizbullah inside the country.
“If the case of (former information) Minister Michel Samaha, which led to the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan last week fell in the wrong hands, they might have covered the matter up and Lebanon would have witnessed greater havoc,” Geagea said in comments published in the Saudi daily al-Watan.
Under Hasan, the ISF played a central role in the August arrest of Samaha, who has close links to Damascus. He was charged with planning attacks to spark sectarian strife in Lebanon.
The agency was also deeply involved in seeking the arrest of those responsible for a host of attacks and assassinations between 2005 and 2008, starting with the former Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination, for which Hasan blamed Damascus.
In October 2010, the Syrian courts issued arrest warrants against 33 Lebanese figures, including Hasan, for perjury in the case of the Hariri assassination.
The LF leader refused to name the people or sides that these officials are affiliated with, but he indicated that they are “security officials” in Lebanese security agencies.
Geagea said that when Hasan unveiled Samaha's plot, he halted an attempt by Syria to make Lebanon a “mailbox” to regional and international countries.
“The regime of (Syrian president Bashar) Assad and Iran are responsible for the assassination of Hasan, while Hizbullah carried out the crime,” he told the daily.
Friday's bombing killed along with Hasan two other people and the March 14-led opposition and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat accused Syria of the crime.
Geagea pointed out that “Hasan provoked the axis of Iran-Syria-Hizbullah by controlling the security breaches that some of those who belong to parties close to the Assad regime are carrying out.”
Samaha, Syrian security Chief Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk and a Syrian colonel, identified by his first name Adnan, were charged with forming a group to commit crimes in Lebanon.
The three were also charged with plotting to assassinate political and religious figures.
25 October 2012, 14:31
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the truth burns when it approaches the reality...remember imad moughnieh assasination,the same explosives and techniquality,israel or syria or the farsis?same same since iran contra...poor lebanese shia,they are fighting on three fronts now:1)north front: hermel kusair homs2)supposed israeli front(sleeping till time comes)3)and the most dangerous(internal front.....and add to all that the economical front,as iran is just beginning starvation,baril of oil is backing to 80 doll( now 86 from 110)....and fakhamto is driving the storm superbly well...and the guy is waiting by the river....
25 October 2012, 16:42
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the truth does not sit well with the murderors actually.
we need to free Lebanon from traiotrs.
25 October 2012, 16:47
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Low life Farsi BSThrower again defending/worshiping/bending-over to fundamentalist extremist that know nothing more than to hate, lie, fight, intimidate and kill.
25 October 2012, 13:02
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yes he seems to be a sarcastic M14, but what i wonder is why you think its funny FT?
his humor is your serious argument :p
25 October 2012, 13:03
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m8 are a bunch of traitors sold out to the syro/iranians.
at least m14 are Lebanese.
25 October 2012, 13:17
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why dont you shut your mouth ORANGITTA4EVER.....never talk about HAKIM 3alla Raskoun HAKIM...ma 2eherkoun gheirou.....let your AOUN go back where he was....better for him...jaben harab bil pyjama w tarak jeishou w 3eiltou....bil 2alele HAKIM ma harab law 3am bt2oulo 3anou mejrem....where is the proof????...bas houwe mejrem????????....w m3alemkoun min chou byechkehouwe w sehrou el tefol el aboub..yelle ma bya3ref ye7ke kelemtein 3a ba3ed....
25 October 2012, 13:22
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well its not squandering when you are using your power to achieve an objective you have.
second, its not like they are doing anything else.
how about you have him as an equal ally, not one who takes what he wants just because if he doesnt get it, he will drag everyone down with him?
and there is no proof that israel will be bombing us everyday. integrate HA weapons in the army and send the army to the south. hell make an army branch called the resistance branch, but that answers to the government, and no one minds.
HA has dozens of options infront of it to make lebanon a better place without having to go down the path of its either me or them who will stay here. and yet they reject every single one and hold on to the most divisive one
25 October 2012, 13:31
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FT since when Hezb Iran is super power ,dude I dont like Israel at all but please dont try and tell us a bed time story,regarding Hakim he is the man....
25 October 2012, 22:31
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"Hakim" (who's not actually a doctor) is inciting violence right by saying that, and turning a large portion of the Lebanese people against an organization. If he believes that, he should keep it to himself and find other constitutional means to decredit Hezbollah.
As I always say, M14 have some noble goals, but they don't have the right individuals to carry them out.
25 October 2012, 13:46
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questions: why is the media systematically linking this assassination to the Samaha case and not to the Damascus assassination that lead to the death of the top syrian security officials?
why is everybody blaming syria or israel? numerous other intelligence agencies operate in lebanon: russian, chinese, french etc
25 October 2012, 14:13
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yep, it is the Chinese Communist party who perceives the Lebanese ISF as a major threat to their economy
25 October 2012, 15:05
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Sorry Che,
not meaning to be rude... but your line of thought is quite "esoteric" to say the least.
All indications lead to hizbullah - no one else has the logistics for a job of this calibre.
25 October 2012, 15:31
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I'm not trying to defend anyone here. I'm just saying syria, lebanon, israel, iran, m8 or m14 are not the only actors. What's happening in syria /lebanon is involving much more sides: the US and their arab allies, NATO, the BRICS countries and their allies... superpowers are using syria as a battlefield with proxies, just as they did with Lebanon, for strategic and energetic gains...
Are Hezbollah suspects , of course... but they're definitely not the only ones...
25 October 2012, 15:32
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oh and btw it's not che in the pic but castro :) you were not very far off anyway ;)
25 October 2012, 17:28
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So are u saying it might a different group maybe a secret organization like the illuminati behind these attacks to bring forth the prophecy of a new world order and the massacre of abt 6billion people ??
25 October 2012, 22:33
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@tonyfonda
All indications? What indications? Did you visit the crime scene? Did you check the phone records? Did you investigate every aspect of the crime? It is such blind accusations that will endanger Lebanon.
The stupid are sure, while the knowledgable are uncertain.
26 October 2012, 04:19
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It use to b like that. Things have changed over time, we're the only ones holding onto this 60+yr old conflict. It's time to draw borders n move on. Shi3a have the power now to b equal citizens in the sense of state participation, no need for a militia to speak for their rights. Nshallah some kind of weapon faze-out n border demarcation can b agreed on soon.
26 October 2012, 04:20
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It wasn't America, Israel, or France cause wissam Hassan was technically helping their cause. If anything, they woulda sponsored him. The Samaha case only hurts Syria and its allies. The Israeli spies he helped foil were mostly caught by hizballah. It doesn't make sense that the any side would kill its own ppl, y would any politician agree to work with a country knowing that very country will blow u up afterwards?? If Israel wants to creat strife they would go after an m8 figure like berri, not some1 in m14, especially after the countless victims n no civil war. Also seeing that m14 are scared of Syria/Iran not the west, saad went to France to hide, shows who is attacking them.
So it only leaves Syria, Iran, n Russia and china to a lesser extent as suspects. Whoever did this did it for Syrias benefit.
25 October 2012, 14:04
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1. let HA be willing to discuss this option in the dialogue table at least. M14 is not the one saying that option is off the table. its HA saying it, and you know that very well
2. That still isnt proof other than its what you THINK will happen. I think it wont happen, what makes your opinion more likely to be true?
3. Since last election. that wasnt ages ago yeh? that was just a few years ago. and following your reasoning, what do you care then if mustaqbal gets weapons? they're not attacking HA, and if there are clashes, the other side is responding with equal force so they must have the weapons too. and besides, thats what M14 has been saying for years. if one side is armed and practices intimidation tactics, the other side will eventually arm themselves to keep the balance of power. isnt that what nasrallah says his weapons are for? to keep the balance of power with israel?
elak
25 October 2012, 14:31
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Tony, I think you're wrong. It's the French Revolutionist feeling threatened by the Lebanese ISF :)
Cheers
25 October 2012, 14:36
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Flame you seem to be a little confused about the issue at hand. It is not now nor will it ever be the Lebanese people that change to suite a foreign armed entity within it's borders israel,syria or iran.. Therefore it is very rich of you to suggest the burden of peace and stability is on m14 and they must create conditions to appease hezbil irani so they are willing to discuss their weapons.. In this case there will never be a please or thank you. They have al ready discussed the weapons and hizb gave assurances that were never kept. No more chances that was one more chance than they deserved. Stop covering up and making excuses, this is lebanon for the lebanese not for anyone else...
25 October 2012, 15:06
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25 October 2012, 15:11
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Wjeneralik 3an bi defe3 katel atfal bachar mentehek la3rad mejrem l3aser w3an bi defe3 3anno wento mafi 3endkon zaret damir ma3endkon zaret e7ses mabet khafo alla
25 October 2012, 15:41
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Ya orangitta, ya orangitta, please think before you talk. "Hizbullah can never commit a crime, it is a holy party of God" you say. Ya orangitta, this is something only a brainwashed fanatic hizbullah member would say. Really, a holy party of God? Wake up!!! They are a holy party of Iran and Syria! They would never commit a crime? let me give you a few examples: Stealing cars, stealing land, beating people up, drugs, threatening people with death...need I say more? It's not that they don't commit crimes, it's that they are above the law so they don't care.
25 October 2012, 15:41
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I was a devoted Aounist, but after Aoun allied with Hizbullah and now defends them to the teeth, the very party that beat us up and jailed up and attacked us before 2005, I stopped being a Aounist? Why? Because I am not a sheep, I don't believe and do as my "leader" tells me to do, one minute Hizbullah is our enemy and the next they are "a holy party of God". I wish the Lebanese would use their brains more rather than allow themselves to be brainwashed.
Aoun will never be president,he gave up his principles for power, and a man without principles doesn't deserve to be president.
25 October 2012, 22:29
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@joeleb
Before 2008, when did Hezb use its weapons against the Lebanese people and, more specifically, against "Aounists"? No rhetoric, I want you to actually prove and direct to me a clear indication that Hezb committed such acts.
25 October 2012, 16:28
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This guy is the greatest disgrace the world (not Lebanon) has ever seen let alone heard. He is full of evil look slike evil and drips of evil. He has caused much greif for the Christians of Lebanon and continues to dig into their wounds and the bad memories from the war. The people have had enough of this guy thinking he represents the Maronites or Christians because he certainly doesn't or hasn;t done anything to deserve it. He has caused more deaths amongst the Christian Resistance and people more than anybody in Lebanon's history and continues to be used as a tool by his Sunni counterparts in the Mustaqbal & Salafi Party.
25 October 2012, 17:02
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A holy party that drew weopons on its country and so called people....raided the mustaqbal building....plzzzz what holy party is that...more the drug party and devels advocate
25 October 2012, 17:08
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Lebanese People are so blind; you will stay poor all your life. Get a LIFE.... We don't need any army, we don't need any resistence; becuase this country should be like switzerland.... You act like you are a major power with your rockets and strong army..
We just want to Live.... GOT IT....
25 October 2012, 17:09
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Flameshitter don't u ever give up dude innou u keep sticking up for these liers that brainwashed u.....wow give up man no1 cares wat u say and I bet u anything those clowns u support don't really give a damn abt u....the truth is slowly coming out and ur so called party is going down in flames
25 October 2012, 17:19
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Wowowow phoenician u know I always support u just aslong as u don't label all muslims as kouffar cuz we know that HA should be called hizblkouffar and they support the killing of innocents and call them martyrs but true muslims know that its the biggest sin to do that we are not so different then christians just minor differences that's all and HA are discrase to muslims and I personaly call them the devils party
25 October 2012, 17:20
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Geagea has no proof, nothing to back up these accusations, His conspiracy theories are about as plausible as the so called assasination attempt on the wall of his compound. This is actally slander and sedition. In most countries in the world, countries that have functioning governments, he would be sued and probably jailed for incitement. Really, how does he get away with it?
25 October 2012, 17:30
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makhaleh, ALL the Lebanese should be in for a Change!!!!!!!
7eb li badak yeh, ma fi mashkal, bass bala tazalom!
Where is the critical thinking???
25 October 2012, 17:38
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Starsky.....long live the spirit of every fallen lebanese that did watever it takes for this country.....basically march 14....- haven't heard any assassinated member of M8 so screw them all
25 October 2012, 17:42
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i love how some people on this site claim to have the right to accuse geagea of murders during the civil war, albeit that "everyone" commited murders during the civil war, but when someone accuses hizballah whic is an iranian tool with an iranian agenda of murder its blasphemy. funny how the guy placing the bomb to kill harb in badaro was caught red handed and identified as a hizballah affiliate and still people denie it... dont know why you guys waste your time and argue with people like them. spit in their faces and they say its raining.
25 October 2012, 18:08
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It wasn't America, Israel, or France cause wissam Hassan was technically helping their cause. If anything, they woulda sponsored him. The Samaha case only hurts Syria and its allies. The Israeli spies he helped foil were mostly caught by hizballah. It doesn't make sense that the any side would kill its own ppl, y would any politician agree to work with a country knowing that very country will blow u up afterwards?? If Israel wants to creat strife they would go after an m8 figure like berri, not some1 in m14, especially after the countless victims n no civil war. Also seeing that m14 are scared of Syria/Iran not the west, saad went to France to hide, shows who is attacking them.
So it only leaves Syria, Iran, n Russia and china to a lesser extent as suspects. Whoever did this did it for Syrias benefit.
25 October 2012, 18:13
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LOL! so funny to see the aounisits of today prompt to forget what their beloved general said yesterday about hezbos!
remember?
but see how they lick the hezbi boots now because they have the weapons... so i guess that aoun was wrong before he sold himself to them for a few dollars!
25 October 2012, 18:46
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orangita..not sure if you're being sarcastic or actually believe what you are saying...either way.. FUNNYYY
25 October 2012, 19:02
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Aoun, Geagea, Nasrallah, Hariri, Jumblatt, Gemayel, Sinoira, , , , please fill in the gaps I can't remember the rest of them... They are all laughing at you while they sit in their multi-million $ palaces. wake up people. Stop being sheep and falling into their mind control games.
25 October 2012, 21:21
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March 14, this great patriot, Dr. Geagea, in unbelievable, and here is why. I swear to God I kept track of everything he has said and done since he blessedly descended on us from heaven way back when. To be honest with you, the number of times he has been correct, in words and actions, has way surpassed the total count of everything he has said and done to date! If this is not a sign of the blessed's superpowers, I really do not know what is! And I believe this explains the droves of loyal followers and worshipers of the doc. May God bless the blessed! And March 14, believe you me, you are blessed, my compatriots. Lucky you, and miserable are the rest of us!
25 October 2012, 22:01
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the problem with your argument is that it is wrong--no way 1.5 lebanese are behind hezb. You can't use that 57 or 58% of VOTERS who you claim voted for M8 are actually HA supporters. That's called jumping to conclusions. Additionally--Hezb is trying to find a raison d'etre. When asked if Hezb would give up its arms if we made a peace treaty with Israel with them giving up Shabaa, they said they were going to fight for the Palestinians and they wouldn't give up their arms.
If that ever gets solved, they will probably use the 'free Tibet' reason. Bottom line--they won't give up their arms any more.
25 October 2012, 22:25
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Does this man realize what he is doing? Even if he believes that this is the case, why would he publicly say it and destabilize the situation? Honestly, why the hell would a Lebanese organization like Hezbollah carry out a plot that would only energize the opposition bloc and increase internal pressure on it?
This man is politicizing the Wissam al-Hassan's death to advance his party interests. They want the government to resign and seek any means to do it, even if that means politicizing someone's death. March 14 has some noble objectives, but the individuals within it are not intellectual enough to carry them out.
26 October 2012, 04:18
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@gcb1: General Hajj, Wissam Eid and Wissam Al-Hassan were eliminated and punished for protecting Lebanon against destabilizing it.
Hajj was told that Nahr El Bared was a redline by Nasrallah, Eid and Al-Hassan revealed the truth of the plots of the political Lebanese figures.
Our THREE Internal Security guardians were politicized and assassinated. What does it take for your brain to grasp that the killing machine is one and only one and does not differentiate between a Security personnel or political figure? If Israel is committing all these crimes then won't you think it would kill on both sides of the aisle and not just all the anti-syrian outspoken figures.
26 October 2012, 08:03
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gcb.... get a clue dude. Are you for real? That is the lamest excuse ever. No criminal does a crime and thinks that they will get caught. That's like the excuse M8 people used to use about the Hariri murder. They used to say, "look who benefited from Hariri's death; M14 is in power, so M8 couldn't have killed Hariri". That was before the M8 coup, and now HezbIran controls the government.
Let's face it, there hasn't been any repercussions yet for all the killing of M14 members. Threats against Jumblatt keep him in M8 bloc, and whatever "energizing" you are talking about means nothing. Meanwhile the most important security official who has been on the track of the killers has been eliminated. Obviously the benefits to M8 for killing Al-Hasan outweigh the costs of "energizing" M14.
25 October 2012, 22:35
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@phoenician
Your disgusting sectarian extremist rhetoric is shameful and embarrassing. You are a radical religious extremist and you are not much different than those radical Islamists you preach hatred against. Both of you have a closed-minded ignorant mentality. Educate yourself you racist.
26 October 2012, 04:16
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It use to b like that. Things have changed over time, we're the only ones holding onto this 60+yr old conflict. It's time to draw borders n move on. Shi3a have the power now to b equal citizens in the sense of state participation, no need for a militia to speak for their rights. Nshallah some kind of weapon faze-out n border demarcation can b agreed on soon.
26 October 2012, 12:52
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Israel is not aggressing Jordan, Egypt, or the West Bank. Israel reacts when threatened. Why would it agress Lebanon. Before the Lebanese invited the OLP to south Lebanon in the 70's, there were no aggression from Isrel since 1948. Now Israll has withdraws from the South. Was it not for HA building bunkers and massing weapons against Israel, we would not have had the war in 2006.
Neither Iran, nor Syria and their Khizbullah lackey have no interest what so ever to export back the jews from Palestine. Their goal is to keep their tyrant regime against their people alive. Tyrant regime do not last long without instability around them. Iran is destabilizing Kurdistan, Turkey, Lebanon for the sake of the Islamic revolution. Syria's Assads are doing the same.
To live peacefully, we need to distance ourselves from those regimes and look to our own interest as Lebanese: how to reinforce our nation, government, internal security, develop our society and economy.
