Hariri Slams Hizbullah's Fighting in Syria: Its Involvement is a Crime against Lebanese, Syrians

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Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned on Tuesday Hizbullah's fighting in Syria alongside the Syrian regime, warning that it will drag Lebanon towards the strife that President Bashar Assad had “vowed to spread in the region.”

He said in a statement: “Hizbullah's actions in Syria are a crime against Lebanon and the Lebanese and Syria and its people.”

Hizbullah's fighting in Syria is a form of defense of the Syrian regime and not an act of defense of certain sectarian interests as the party had claimed, he continued.

“Who tasked Hizbullah with defending a segment of the Lebanese people in Syria?” he asked.

“Dragging Lebanon towards the game of death that the Syrian regime has actively sought once again proves Hizbullah's actual role in Lebanon and Syria and demonstrates, through the victims, destruction, and blood, the real purpose of the party's arms,” stressed Hariri.

“The crime of leading Lebanese youths to death in Syria and in defense of a criminal regime is a part of a greater crime of dragging Lebanon towards a bloody regional strife that the Lebanese, starting with Hizbullah's supporters, do not seek,” he declared.

“I therefore call on all Lebanese to express through peaceful means their rejection of this crime,” he stated.

The former premier also voiced his opposition to the Lebanese calls for jihad to aid “the oppressed” in Qusayr and Homs in Syria.

“These calls only help meet Hizbullah halfway in its crime and help justify the party's actions,” he explained.

Islamist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir, the imam of Sidon's Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, on Monday announced the creation of the “Free Resistance Brigades,” urging whoever is capable of heading to Syria to go there to aid “the oppressed” in Qusayr and Homs.

He also called for fundraising in order to finance jihadist fighters seeking to enter Syria “to support our people.”

Also on Monday, Salafist cleric Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi of Tripoli announced that he has decided to “send men and weapons in support of our Sunni brothers in Qusayr.”

He called on "all Sunni men to be fully prepared ahead of sending the first batch (of fighters) to perform the jihadist duty in Qusayr.”

Commenting on the kidnapping of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo Youhanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Iskanderun Boulos al-Yaziji in Syria on Monday, Hariri condemned the crime, saying that these actions “favor the enemies of the Syrian revolution.”

“We strongly condemn this act that contradicts the most basic of humanitarian and moral principles and the values of the Syrian revolt,” he added.

The two archbishops were kidnapped at the hands of gunmen on Monday.

Ibrahim picked up Yaziji in his car from a village on the Turkish border and his deacon was driving the vehicle, NNA said.

“When they arrived at the outskirts of the city of Aleppo, an armed group intercepted them and forced them to step out of the car, killing the driver and abducting Ibrahim and Yaziji,” reported the National News Agency.

Comments 50
Missing abraham 23 April 2013, 15:06

Mr. Hariri.
it's a crime for Hiz. to send fighters to Syria to fight
but it's not a crime to arm and support the radicals in muslim world to fight in Syria, by kidnaping bishops and others.
What a logic

Thumb banima3roof 23 April 2013, 20:30

god bless you saad rafiq hariri! you always speak the truths! and we all realize that the zionists and the shiaa around the whole world are one of the same. they do not work for the benefit of the country that they live in but rather for the country they aspire to return to. for example, the jews and zionists are funded by israel with the goal of preserving the existence of israel. the shiaa, are funded by iran with the goal of preserving the existence of iran!

Thumb dandoun 24 April 2013, 08:52

hahahahahahaahahahahahhahaha 7asad walla d2et 3een ...and we wonder who funds u hmmm, let me guess someone who works for the jews

Thumb banima3roof 23 April 2013, 20:41

flamer boy wow your characters before and after your name do not match. how many times have you been kicked off naharnet. but beggers keep coming back. mish heik? hahahah

Missing abraham 23 April 2013, 21:34

wow strider
you must be a very niave soul
what the hell is going on in Arsal, tripoli and other villages in Akkar region
wake up my son

Missing greatpierro 23 April 2013, 23:53

Where are your proofs that hariri is doing so

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 00:26

Wow I'd love to know how many ppl here are really commenting, and how many are just paid to spam us with propaganda! :/ wtf

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 00:27

Hakim ur stupid.

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 00:29

Strider is awake, just chooses to say stupid things.

Missing maroun 24 April 2013, 10:41

you should not talk ,for someone who takes orders from Damascus and Tehran,should have common sense to stay quiet.

Default-user-icon mustapha o. ghalayini (Guest) 23 April 2013, 15:23

mr coward,saado,u chosed to live in paris,stay there coward....either u fight or u are a leader of the kitchen.sorry mr administrator,i'll understand if u...

Thumb andre.jabbour 23 April 2013, 15:30

All hail Hariri.

Thumb bigsami 23 April 2013, 16:08

So stick t the facts! No one cares if these statements came from Hariri or aliens the point is clear and accurate: WTF is HA meddling in Syria supporting a evil regime? You should at least respond to what is said rather by who says it. At the end of the day it's about Lebanon and it's sovereignty. HA sole purpose is to serve an extremist regime aka Iran and could care less about what happens to our country and it's people - period!

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 16:44

roar- I hate to burst your buble but aoun zero intention to help "HA trust their fellow Lebanese & integrate on equal terms, maybe they will surrender their arms". He allied with them for personal gain. Do you really think HA is going to disarm because of the color of his eyes? look at the situation and tell me what possible motive would HA have to disarm? especially at the time aoun switched sides? sorry bud but the only way HA will disarm is if their chocked off. It starts with syria and finishes when the west decides Iran is getting too close to a nuke.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 19:28

roar- Mark my words. HA will have no choice but to disarm once the syrian border is controlled by someone hostile to them (their own doing on that front) and when iran is neutralized. The west west taking out Iran is imminent. They are waiting on the Iranian people to be fed up with their leader's quest for a nuke. There is no need for a war in Lebanon with HA. Not sure if that's the message that came across from me but was not my intent.
BTW- I love how you and FT always resort to same old answer "my hatred for aoun is blinding me". My eyes are wide open and I view things objectively. think about the questions I asked you. Think about the timing aoun made his mou with HA and tell me how you could possibly conclude that his goal was disarm them?

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 21:09

FT- Fatal flaw in your argument is that HA=shia. maybe one day you will grow up and understand what free will is, maybe then you can realize that everytime I refer to HA I am refering to HA and not an entire sect. the fact that you keep tying the two together is purely out of necessity to make your argument somewhat valid. a day will come when HA will have no weapons and we will see how many of the shia community will vote for them. Last I checked, they run all the elections in that area uncontested.
stupidity- seeing the truth, knowing the truth, but still beleiving the lie.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 21:28

roar- Clearly you know me better than I know myself and therefore you must be right. Clearly aoun has supporters that are christians but does not represent the christians. There are close 300 families that attend my chruch and aounist can be counted on one hand. His popularity, like any other politician will have peaks and valleys and whether you choose to beleive it or not, he has lost a tremendous amount lately. I don't understand how you can speak on behalf of entire sect in Lebanon while living in australia. aoun may have been able to hijack the color orange but only a fool will beleive he can hijack an entire sect. Especially at a time when a decent number of Lebanese are trying to move the country away from sectarian thinking and toward co-existance.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 21:41

ok you caught me. I am not a christian because I don't support aoun. I don't have a choice in who to support and who to call a liar. It is pre-chosen for me due to my sect. glad we settled that argument. thank you for setting me straight.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 21:47

I love the FACTTTTTTTTTTs you presented- how can I deny those facts with so many Ts. It has to be true.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 22:10

FT- My beloved Kataeb and LF are still to this day trying to fill the holes in the heart of the missing soldiers' relatives. Heroes abandoned by a coward and a sellout. You want to compare? Compare actions not stupid made up sects numbers that make you feel better about your sectarian life. Calling me and my family a bunch of burnout wackos speaks once again to your character and not the kataeb and LF.

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 23 April 2013, 22:35

who are you to tell me not put kataeb and LF in the same sentence? your admoration from thousands of miles away? I AM LF AND KATAEB whether you like it or not! please don't come at me with you read on what happened during the war as if is a fact. you must be using the same sources as your facts above.

Thumb andre.jabbour 23 April 2013, 22:58

roar. The only warmonger in the Christian leadership is Aoun. Gemayel or Geagea are against the violence you mention. You're the one metnionning the annihilation of Iran. Not lebanonfirst. People here want to live weapons free. Aoun's allies are doomed to melt down without their only means to impose themselves onto their own sect and the others.

HA is Lebanon's cancer, and it has already reached some of the Christians.... The future doesn't look bright for any of us.

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 00:37

The_roar... Be u glad u don't have to actually live in this country. U have the luxury of admiring hizballah from afar.

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 00:49

The_roar... Aoun wants to integrate ha on equal terms and what not. Meanwhile, a war rages in Syria in which the hizb is fully immersed in, war with Israel is always just around the corner in which the whole country is threatened with total destruction, Beirut always has another may 7 hanging over its head, ha is now openly fighting under Iranian orders, the Syrian civil war is looming ever closer...

Tab now what? What's aouns plan?

Default-user-icon Fratto Djolli (Guest) 23 April 2013, 16:47

Cheikh Saad al-Haribi Telteyn al-Marajil's remote slamming are just as potent as his in-your-face's. And when cheikh al-Haribi slams, nobody dunks but he! wlak chou hal cheikh Saad hayda?

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 18:30

FPM : a few years ago: hezbollah is a terrorist party, syria is a terrorist country they have murdered hundreds of lebanese. assad must be removed.
FPM: today: hezbollah fight for lebanon and are not terrorists, assad must stay in power!

LOL... these are the facts... how credible can this party with no dignity can have? NONE.... and they are still barking lol!

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:12

"-you have proved nothing in your quotes except your blind hate for FPM who are outplaying kiddies like you and M14 eversince aoun returned from exile."

oh! yeah i prove all the time that your aoun changed his positions and ideas.... easily verifiable by all the reports and magazine articles and interviews he held before getting married to the hezb....

you just don t want to see how unscrupulouus your orangina is to get power otherwise your world of lies would fall apart... pityful you are pityful you ll stay!

Thumb andre.jabbour 23 April 2013, 23:01

Orangina is owned by coca cola..... I knew it, he's a sellout!!!

Missing maroun 25 April 2013, 03:29

i pity the fool ,with people like you in lebanon we will never have a free and sovereign country ..no person in the right frame of mind will support a dictator or an militia.and a demented general...

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:25

" Therefore, it is imperative that Syrian withdrawal be
accompanied by a complete disarmament of all armed elements.
Only the legitimate armed forces of Lebanon can be entrusted
with providing security to the Lebanese people."

ALL armed elements your general said including hezbis, NOW? he doesn t seem to want it... and he did not change? come on sissy boy, see how IDIOT your posts are? lol

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:34

crying? LOL... i am just stating facts, now if it disturbs you it is none of my business....
you do not like to read truth about aoun? or are you ashamed? lol....

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:41

"You being close to the top of that list." waw thx!

i did not know that reading truths about aoun disturbed you that much.... lol!!

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 22:07

seems you like to distort the truths too the roar...

"They have a great track record of Bowing to Syria whilst it was in Lebanon & all of a sudden puffed their chests & screamed obscenities at Syria"
1/ M14 did not exist when syrians were in lebanon.
2/ those who bowed to the syrians also are part of M8 now and are still bowing. at least M14 has the dignity now to say stop to the syrians unlike M8. so who is more respectful?
3/ remember what aoun said :(seems you quickly forget too when it arranges you) he said that ALL lebanese politicians under the syrians HAD TO obey or else DIE... but i bet you d have died if you were them, no, tough guy?
so M8 are still bowing to the syrians they still go to damascus like in the old days... and you respect them? LOL.....

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 22:15

poor FT... only is blind those who do not want to see.... keep in your dreams naive FT.... and bring chaos to lebanon with your hezbis friends then you ll be proud i guess...

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 22:53

why doesn t aoun go back to the USA, tell them how much he loves them, cry for their help to disarm the hezbis like he did for the syrians.... lol

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:30

"Lebanon must be saved, because
it is right to save Lebanon; a nation which cherishes American
principles and human values that we all believe in.....
Madame Chairwoman, the true nature of the Lebanese people
is love of freedom and affection for America" aoun in 2003 ( NOT 25 years AGO SISSY BOY....)

and now what do sissies like FT say? they spit on the USA ... so whether your aoun was a true hypocrit at the time , and he just cried in front of the USA by taking down his pants or he is hypocrit now... in both cases you see why he has no dignity and you with him?
lol.... pooor FT.... facts once again speak against your FPM propaganda...

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:47

lol ... just read FT post insulting me while i didn t even addresed to him... say that to him too if you are honest which i now doubt.

seems you are no better than him and double standard too...

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 22:08

"People that continually show them no respect in the first place. That's the truth peace."
oh let us cry.... snif... just read this page and tell who resorted to insults first, tough boy.....

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 22:17

LOL if 1988 then 2003 now? he stops saying it LOL... see how ILLOGIC you and your aoun are? he even praises them! waw! what a great evolution!
i guess he was wrong all those years repeating the same thing and now he and you have seen the light! praise hezbis!
pityful losers....

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:36

lol the roar... people like FT only deserve to be addressed that way it is the only language they understand... when you have no dignity there is no shame in talking to them at their level...

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 21:45

oh and the roar: FT using "idiotic" "habeel" "kiddies" when addressing my post which was not addressed to FT (but he seems to be outraged by the truth) is ok by you? he tries not to look tough? LOL... you too seem biased and double standard too....

Missing people-power 23 April 2013, 22:25

Amazing how everything Peace says is spot-on truth and facts; meanwhile sissy boys Fifi and "the_bore" come across as whining cry-babies.

Missing peace 23 April 2013, 22:49

"M14 take things out of context, things that are age-old and apply them to the present"

lol that is why you and aoun always refer to the civil war....

Thumb ousama.ben.laden 23 April 2013, 23:05

أنظروا إلى قمة التخلف. تنتخبون نواباً و نوابكم إما يعيشون في الخارج و يصرحون تصاريح تدخلكم في فتن و يتقاضون معاشات لجركم للفتن أو يخرجون عن القانون . و تريدون دولة. إدهبوا و تعلموا معنى الدولة قبل أن تدٌعوا بأنكم أبناء دولة و قبل إبداء آراءكم الساخرة و التافهة.

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 01:03

I don't disagree with ur comment. And I hope u go to hell with bashar.

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 01:04

Learn to cook, don't rely on talking.

Thumb dandoun 24 April 2013, 08:24

ohh..am sry did i offend you ..oopppsss that was not my target, but for sure i'll keep u in mind with ur advice :) thank u ...cant even think of anything to tell u ...am sure if i wanna learn cooking ill visit ur kitchen.. am sure u can provide enough milk ..

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 01:05

Ur scum. Die with bashar.

Missing beirutbastard00 24 April 2013, 01:09

U guys r all stupid

Missing peace 24 April 2013, 13:35

as usual when FT feels he cannot justify or go against facts he flees the page like a real little coward he is....