Aoun: Asir's Remarks Caused Spat, We Can't Contain Such an Incident Every Time
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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Thursday held security forces responsible for any future security incident, in the wake of the spat that erupted earlier in the day over a controversial visit by Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and his supporters to a ski resort in the Kesrouan town of Kfardebian.
“We overcame the problem but it would be difficult to overcome such an incident if it was repeated,” Aoun said in a phone interview with his movement's mouthpiece OTV.
“Asir insults all Lebanese figures in his speeches and he attacked me as well as (Hizbullah chief) Sayyed (Hassan) Nasrallah and Speaker (Nabih) Berri several times and these reasons prompted some young men to try blocking the road,” Aoun added.
Around 50 protesters from Kfardebian briefly blocked the main road of the mountain town on Thursday to protest Asir's visit. Several attempts by the army and security forces to allow the buses to cross the barricade left at least two people slightly injured.
The road was eventually reopened after the more than two-hour protest.
“Citizens must not block roads in the face of visitors and security forces must take measures to prevent them. We contained the situation to avoid danger and we rose above the shooting on my convoy and the (Tripoli) attack on (Sports and Youth) Minister (Faisal) Karami because we're trying to contain what's happening,” said Aoun, warning that the recent security incidents are aimed at dragging the country into strife.
“We hold security forces responsible for what's happening on the ground and we cannot contain such an incident every time. We thank Asir for his compassion, but we want his rhetoric and love to be like this all the time, not occasionally,” added Aoun.
“We don't want 'another Ain al-Rummaneh bus' and another civil war in Lebanon and what's important is to prevent its spark. All people are welcome but they must have a clean history,” he went on to say.
Aoun also noted that he had called on supporters not to protest Asir's visit to the ski resort.
25 January 2013, 00:08
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yes ! see the propaganda of aoun? based on fear... instilling hatred and division... his hezbi friends do 100 times worse but he never says that for them ! double standards mainly based on fear and hatred for sunnis and all those not with M8....
25 January 2013, 00:11
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yes strange that a FPM candidate lead the protests just for electoral purposes....
25 January 2013, 14:51
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the filthy zionist scum think that general aoun is demented while it's him who is demented and retarded
25 January 2013, 14:53
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the filthy zionist scum pretend that they don't see the clear connection between 2 events
24 January 2013, 21:35
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So Aoun is excusing the acts because of Asir's speeches? Ever hears of free speech ya ghabi?
24 January 2013, 21:55
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This is coming from the man who threatened wesam 7assan with death on television and then his iranian allies carried out his threats and killed him.
25 January 2013, 02:46
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Only one BS here and he is a Flamer, are you still barking here lil flamer?
25 January 2013, 12:44
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If it is true their accusations about Aoun liquidating WH, then he needs to finish them all off. LOL
25 January 2013, 14:56
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the filthy zionist scum want to say that iran killed wissam hassan what an absurd idea
25 January 2013, 22:21
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you're existence along with all your aliases is an absurdity and abomination...but here you are!
25 January 2013, 14:57
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what do you excpect from zionist scum except to twist someone's words in order to spread more lies
25 January 2013, 15:24
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"preaching to the choir" 3a 2ases inno M8 fahmanen ya3ne...go tame your ssnp and asem kanso thugs, and maybe teach them a little, it can't hurt.
24 January 2013, 22:10
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Look @ the pic, He's sad because he forgot to take his lithium pills for his mental illnesses.
24 January 2013, 22:34
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this is exactly how u would look when wahabis clown will control lebanon & area, Zahhet
25 January 2013, 08:26
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Why? Is it because he profess loyalty to a foreign government? He does not, but the ssnp does. Does he maintain a militia with its own command and control and arsenal? No but the ssnp does. Did he storm the Hamra street and burn a tv station? No but the ssnp did? Who used to shout "arade' w marade' w hri'ana din al marade'"? Should I continue?
25 January 2013, 14:59
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no you kill them , as historicaly proven many times
filthy zionist scum
25 January 2013, 15:02
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no no we can't be like them.
we should put him on a display so that people can hit him with tomatoes
25 January 2013, 17:51
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Re your comment telling me to shut up: not up to you and not up to thugs like you - on any side.
24 January 2013, 23:41
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It is very sad that Lebanon's fate could be determined by the thoughts, sayings and deeds of peoples like Aoun and Assir !
24 January 2013, 23:47
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Tfeh on Aoun, I think of him several times a day, I'm usually sitting, sometimes standing.... And one can hear splash or psssss. Where am i? :D
25 January 2013, 15:10
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the filthy zionist scum secretly adores general aoun.
they even have posters
25 January 2013, 05:05
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so now every Lebanese who speaks against us should not be allowed to come into our region?
is this the logic behind what aoun is saying?
or is it that we should deport anyone who differs with us?
if this is the country hizbushaitan and aoun want for Lebanon, then we should deport them!
25 January 2013, 06:17
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Another ideal example when the electricity collector goes to Southern Beirut, he gets his butt kicked same as internal sec forces disallowed by the same people when the former attempt to stop building on illegal lands on the Airport Highway.
25 January 2013, 12:23
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i want all the cultures of the lands be blown about my house as freely as possible , but i refuse to be blown off my feet by any
ghandi
god bless lebanon
25 January 2013, 12:27
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i want all the cultures of all lands be blown about my house as freely as possible but i refuse to be blown off my feet by any
GHANDI
25 January 2013, 13:47
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aoun is in charge of instigating the next lebanese civil war through his stupidity and missteps. the problem with this man is that he thinks that he is the only guy out there with set of human( though i doubt he is) characteristic that no one else posses.it is so sad that some lebanese fall into his trap and allows this madman to lead them into destruction.
25 January 2013, 15:21
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the filthy zionist scum want to accuse aoun of instigating civil war
hahahahahaha
ahahhahaa
hahahaha
only the retarded zionist scum can say something like that
26 January 2013, 07:41
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Indeed Aoun is playing on the fragility of the Christians feeling who after Taef and with Hariri father lost a lot of the power they had. M14 Christians realises that they have to live in good intelligence with the other communities. Aoun and and his follower on the contrary are showing that they are incapable of living and sharing with others. The danger is when you reject the other, the other will reject you.
25 January 2013, 15:13
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Aoun looks like he's going to cry...Is he so terrified of Salafists or just plain stupid...The idiot Aoun and Hizb helped created extremism but attacking the moderates...He deserves what coming to him and his ignorant followers...
25 January 2013, 15:17
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the filthy zionist scum think aoun needs to go to syria to ask permission to stop some islamists take over Faraya.
and he thinks that because zionist entity must ask USA for every stupid move they make
25 January 2013, 15:23
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the filthy zionist scum think that their islamist friend can make aoun cry
