Geagea Calls for Ending Campaign against Rifi: Cedar Revolution Set Berri, his Allies Back 60 Years
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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea praised on Tuesday Internal Security Forces chief Major General Ashraf Rifi, saying that the ongoing campaign against him “is targeting the last free position in the Lebanese state.”
He demanded during a press conference an end to the campaign against him, noting: “His tenure at the Interior Ministry contributed to the international investigations for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and uncovered tens of Israeli spy networks.”
“Do they want to put Rifi on trial? Do they want to try him for increasing the percentage of Christians at the ministry from 30 to 40 percent? Or do they want to try him because the security forces don’t follow Syria’s orders?” he asked.
“Is ISF chief Rifi, who is the most ethical officer, the only person to be blamed for the illegal construction, al-Sharawneh clashes in Baalbeck, and Estonians’ kidnapping?” the LF leader wondered.
Commenting on the incident at the Telecom Ministry building at al-Adliyeh on Thursday, Geagea said: “We don’t understand the ministerial uproar regarding last week’s events. We would have understood it had it been over the Nakba Day clashes or during a natural disaster.”
He added: “It seems that several people have forgotten that the current government is a caretaking one. Some sides now want to perform actions that they didn’t carry out before Cabinet’s resignation.”
Addressing Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi’s statements that he does not oppose amending the Taif Accord, the LF leader remarked: “Lebanon’s system is under constant study and discussion, but now is not the time to tackle the Taif Accord.”
“We have more immediate issues at hand, such as forming a government,” he continued.
On Speaker Nabih Berri’s comment that the Cedar Revolution has set Lebanon back 60 years, Geagea responded: “The Cedar Revolution set Berri and his allies back 60 years, but it sent the Lebanese 60 years forward in freedom and democracy.”
31 May 2011, 14:18
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What do you expect a captain in Mafia Hariri Company, SARL to say? These are the guys who have been bombarding us day and night about the state and its institutions. The whole country knows how serious Rifi's rebellion is, but not this dumbo! dawleh
31 May 2011, 14:20
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Wakaha, this man is a jailbird.. he was released by presidential pardon, not because he served his time, or proven innocent, he should remain quiet. he has no right to talk.
31 May 2011, 14:26
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THAT WHAT WE CALL A CLEAR,NET,PRECISE MESSAGE.
BILAD EL ARZ IS PREVAILING YA HAKIM,ASK AHRAR SOURIYA.
31 May 2011, 15:45
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you know what? lets move rifi AND geagea to judicial investigation, biynesbo ba3ed kteer! what a looser!
31 May 2011, 16:51
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danny and mazen, you two are the idiots. Go live in syria you two dumbbells.
31 May 2011, 16:57
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To danny and mazen, i just want to clear up some points with you :
- Danny, hariri mafia that you are talking about day by day with your crazy general doesnt exist, the only mafia that exists is the one your general's friends have, like Amal and Hezbollah.
- Thanks to Hariri we have had a new airport after the civil war, a new downtown where you and your dumb friends are able to go drink , sing and do your shits every weekends at Gemayze or Monot, and you still arent grateful, who would have reconstructed everything? Elias Hraoui? Emile Lahoud? Berri? it was proven they were even more crooks than Hariri, and did you forget about sisterly syria now?how much we endured for 30 years, of rape, wars, assassination, terrorists, GDP swallowen by the syrians, do you really think only Hariri, berri lahoud, Hraou and all else from then were the only ones to get the money? half of it at least went to the syrians, and on top of that, stop spreading stupidities, you know how much the downtown has
31 May 2011, 17:04
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has cost? or the airport? or the numerous hospitals of the '' Hariri Mafia '' which you so call? more than billions, here in canada, just a small portion of a highway costs more than tens of millions, and BY THE WAY, maybe you ought to ask your general, captain deserter, about who is the second biggest shareholder in Solidere, and it is a christian which is an FPM member, you can go check this out, instead of believing all the lies your master says, as for what happened at telecommunication ministry, ogero's president was given the right to leave by Nahhas, ON PURPOSE so he can do his filthy removal of networks when the president's not here and hand it over to your allies in Hezbollah, because this network was operated privately to get a grab of terrorists, and other security breaches in the country, but of course , those who dont want that asked for its removal, and guess who it is? wake up and stop dreaming with your general he has burned the country he insults presidents, pm's
31 May 2011, 17:12
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insulting presidents and pm's, as well as a part of the lebanese population like the sunnis? your general is not mentally ill, he is so arrogant and wants to get to the presidency whatever happens in the country, i just want you to answer me, if Hariri is a mafia, what is Hezbollah? a resistance? sets up illegal communication networks in the country, and by surprise we have more than 7 politicians and military personnel against Hezbollah that are killed during the past 5 years, cant you see? behind those angel statements of unity behind the resistance is a great devil, not the chiites but Hezbollah, what do you call blowing up Samer hanna in the south? the provoqued july war that costed billions in one month ( now thats A BIG QUICK DEBT not 40 billion in reconstructions and half for the syrians in 15 years of Hariri era ), the May7th events in Beirut and Chouf, the toppling of the governement, although M8 had the best ministeries, what do you call that?
31 May 2011, 17:14
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Cedar Revolution is still popular in Israel & US Congress where it was created.
31 May 2011, 17:19
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The super fortune-teller Dr. Criminal had said that we will miss the days of Patriarch Sfeir as Patriarch Al-Rahi will be even stricter than Sfeir in matters that pertain to Hariri's plots against Christians' rights that are forwarded by none other than Hariri's Christians! Well, it seems Dr. Criminal was high on his own drugs when he came out with that most ridiculous ever forecast of his. min addak ya 7akim?
31 May 2011, 17:21
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Danny and Mazen, and I are the majority. If you do not like it. You go live in Israel or KSA.
31 May 2011, 17:28
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And last but not least, the changing opinions of General, he insults the president and PM mikati, and say they have no authority,and that he wont give them any shares, and when the problem with Rifi happened, he started calling for the president to do something about it, showing you perfect bipolar behaviour, such as how much he said Baroun was inefficient in his post, and right now i read that he said to baroud he should have kept his post and removed Rifi's, your leader doesnt know who to blame or who to beg to save himself and nahhas.
- To Mazen now,
At least Geagea spent 11 years in prison, for most of things he didnt do, maybe kill karameh, but to hell with him he divided the army, he deserved it, what does nasrallah do exept hiding ?
Mazen you should maybe consider retiring in some place near those new parking lots in dahieh, you know, the ones constructed during your '' divine victory '' in 2006 by Israel, put some oil and tan maybe you'll become a real iranian one day...
31 May 2011, 17:38
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You are funny Nabil, you make me laugh , dont you or somebody you already know work or live in KSA? you know what is Aounie's problem? ungratefulness,but soon you will understand when gulf countries will fire you all because of Hezbollah in what deep shit your general put you in, and we will see if your General, or Hassoun, or Ahmadinijadoun will send you cheques, and by the way, if the cedar revolution was created in Israel and the US congress, Hezbollah too , as it is as evil as the zionist Israel, double face, destruction is their only weapon, and non respect for human life.
31 May 2011, 18:10
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Actually Geagea sorry to burst your bubble but Berri, Ramy Danny, mazen and Nabil are all correct without the cedar revolution the Syrian president would still be appointing our presidents, PMs, ministers, MPs heads of security etc like he's supposed to..
31 May 2011, 18:43
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please spend time to check solutions to problems what requested INMEDIATE SOLUTION, like as cabinet formation, and stop of throwing words in the air, like cross fired, to turn people attention, PAST CAN NOT BE CHANGED, BUT PRESENT AND FUTURE YES, SO WORK FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE, THE PAST IS TALE, BAD OR GOD, BUT AT END, TALE, WE CAN NOT MOVE ONE LINE
31 May 2011, 19:20
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If anyone thought Rifi was clean, they have now changed their mind: a testimonial by a person like Mr. Geagea in favor of Rifi is a guilty verdict for him.
31 May 2011, 21:27
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What this anti-Christian loser said in response to Patrirarch Al Rahi is an insult not only to Al Rahi but to all Christians of Lebanon. Therefore, the Maronite Patriarchate should immediately file a law suit against this loser whose slogan: amn al moujtama3 al 7ariri fawka koul e3tibar is proven time and again in his own words. No Christian can go lower than him.
31 May 2011, 21:59
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Beshara al-Rahi slammed Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun and accused the Hizbullah-led opposition of exploiting him to provoke an inter-Christian conflict..
31 May 2011, 22:02
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Pretty much most of what I'd wanted to respond to mazen and Daniel/Danny has already been covered nicely by Pacifier, but I'll just fill in one omission: You kids whine that Geagea (who is not, by a far shot, very dear to me) is a jailbird. Well, what do you think about Aoun then? When the Civil War was seemingly cooling off to an end in '86, he plunged us right back into the worst five years of the killing, when nobody was even fighting for their beliefs but just out of exhaustion and frustration, during his "War of Liberation" from Syria. He was exiled to Paris, and was only allowed return to Lebanon because he claimed to be anti-Syrian. So what do you think of Aoun? The paragon of nobility? The quintessence of trust?
31 May 2011, 22:53
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Those who are against us (Ouwet) should be happy that we are a fun-loving political party now. To all those aholes out there just remember one thing, you can put an innocent man in jail but you can't imprison his thoughts and will. A quote from a very famous movie "I'm brining THUNDER down and hell is coming with me"...
01 June 2011, 02:00
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The sad/funny thing is both of them are right.
Geagea and Berry incarnate Lebanese politics at its worst.
The sooner these 2 stooges and their March 8&14 friends are out, the sooner our youth can start rebuilding our beautiful nation.
01 June 2011, 05:45
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Call Geagea/Rifi/Hariri the coalition of the outlaws: thieves, bandits and criminals.
01 June 2011, 11:12
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well mr geagea our patriach is right and u should listen to him
increasing the christians in fsi 10 % does not stand in comparison to bring back authority to the christian presidency that taef accord took away
