Al-Mustaqbal MPs Say Baabda Declaration has No Value for Nasrallah

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Al-Mustaqbal bloc lawmakers criticized on Thursday Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for allegedly backing off from a deal reached between the rival political leaders last year to keep Lebanon away from the policy of regional and international conflicts.

In remarks to Future TV, MP Ammar Houri said that Nasrallah “has announced his party's withdrawal from the Baabda Declaration.”

Nasrallah said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime militarily, warning that Syria's "real friends," including his group, were ready to intervene on the government's side.

He also acknowledged that members of his group are fighting inside Syria.

During their first national dialogue session in over 18 months, Lebanon's political leaders agreed in June last year to spare Lebanon the negative repercussions of regional tensions by adopting a dissociation policy.

But the March 14 alliance has accused Hizbullah of violating the so-called Baabda Declaration by sending fighters to Syria to help Assad's regime in Shiite villages near the Lebanon border against the mostly Sunni rebels.

Hizbullah members are also reportedly active in the area of the holy Shiite shrine of Sayida Zeinab, named for the granddaughter of Prophet Mohammed and located south of Damascus.

Nasrallah said his fighters had a duty to protect the shrine. Rebels have captured several villages around it and have threatened to destroy it, he added.

According to Houri, Nasrallah's acknowledgment was a sign that the presence of Syrian regime troops in the region of Homs - mainly the town of al-Qusayr that borders Lebanon - and the area of Sayida Zeinab was weak.

“Nasrallah has told us that the regime's army has no presence there and that this situation does not bring comfort to its (Syria's) allies in Lebanon and Iran,” Houri told Future TV.

Another al-Mustaqbal MP, Ahmed Fatfat, echoed similar remarks, telling Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) that Nasrallah's statement was an “official announcement that the Baabda Declaration has no longer any value and that the dissociation policy towards Syria is a huge lie.”

“Hizbullah has turned its resistance weapons into a regional militia arsenal that executes Iran's orders,” he said.

“The state should take an immediate decision to deploy the army on the entire border with Syria to separate Lebanon from the raging fire in Syria,” Fatfat added.

His press office said in a statement that the lawmaker made the same appeal during a meeting with President Michel Suleiman at Baabda palace on Thursday.

The criticism of both Houri and Fatfat came a day after al-Mustaqbal movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri said that Nasrallah has completely “written off the Lebanese state” and substituted it with the party.

“The most dangerous remark by Nasrallah was not his position on the Syrian revolt or his undying defense of President Bashar Assad, but his suicidal link of the fate of Lebanon to that of Syria,” he said in a statement.

Comments 21
Missing maroun 02 May 2013, 10:41

Lebanon has no value to Nasrallah let alone a declaration.

Thumb geha 02 May 2013, 11:35

nasrallah and his cronies the fpm and all others have lost all credibility with Lebanese people and across the world.
due to that, they already lost.
it may take some time to materialize, but their loss is now certain.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 15:32

This is the very reason why the elections this year are so vital. Should the election law this year be massaged so that Hezbollah's ally, the FPM can win seats in parliament though it loses them in the popular vote, this would bring the March 8 Coalition a Majority and hand the institutions of the Lebanese Government to Nasrallah. It would also give the March 8 the upper hand in selecting the new Lebanese President in 2014. Hariri has said that Nasrallah has substituted Hezbollah for the Lebanese state. True, de facto, and if the Orthodox Plan is adopted, then de jure as well and the fate of Lebanon will be sealed and joined with the fate of Assad in Syria.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 15:35

This is not the first time for Aoun to make this same strategic error. In 1989, when the world turned on Saddam Hussein, Aoun made of himself the ally of Hussein and this led to the US Green light being given to Hafez al Assad to come into Lebanon with his air force and end the interim prime ministership of the Little General, his flight into France, and led to 15 more years of Syrian occupation.
Aoun has a penchant for picking losers. First Hussein, now Bashar al Assad. And who pays the price for Aoun's strategic blunders? Lebanon and the Lebanese, every time.

Thumb geha 02 May 2013, 17:12

to all
it seems like m8 guys have lost it: they realize their loss after nasrallah speech, thus they resort to insults :)
let us not indulge answering these fools.
it will take time for them to readapt to the new situation.
they were hoping for an Iranian/US deal, and they realized it will never happen. instead iran is depleting what is left from its monetary reserves and hizbushaitan has cut any possible future ties with everybody else in Lebanon and in the region, and they know the orice to pay will be extremely high.

Thumb geha 02 May 2013, 17:12

price not orice :)

Thumb geha 02 May 2013, 17:58

for those who care for a good analysis of what is happening:
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/revisiting-karbala-in-syria

Thumb geha 02 May 2013, 18:39

apology accepted.
but I believe you should apologize to all on this site as you insulted everyone.
as for your comment about attacking one side: well that is entirely correct!
hizbushaitan is a state within the state executing an Iranian agenda, having all of Lebanon as hostage, and now alienating the region. what do you expect from a true Lebanese? to say bravo?
I am sorry but I cannot, and I have a need to point what is going wrong in my country, and hizbushaitan is wrong.

Missing youssefhaddad 02 May 2013, 18:23

Hezbollah fate and future are tied to the Syrian regime. The Iranian Regime's survival depends on Assad's survival. No wonder then if Hezbollah is involved in Syria.
it is up to the Lebanese Shias to decide if they want to be dragged into these Regimes' fights or if they want to return to their Lebanese surroundings.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 19:11

Seems that I have touched a sensitive nerve with Josephine and the oracle, Mr. Flamethower so as to draw ad hominim attacks rather than to challenge the history presented in my post.
Unfortunately girls, this is the history. Aoun was taking war surplus captured by Saddam from the Iranians. Saddam had Russian made weapons and Iran had US made weapons left over from the days of the Shah. Saddam was selling the captured weapons. Jordan bought some, Lebanon bought some and Aoun was the interim PM at the time. He was dealing enough with Saddam in August 1990 that as the US ramped up to the First Gulf War and sought Assad's alliance, Assad exacted the price of occupation and Aoun gave Assad the perfect argument to make to the US - Aoun was collaborating with Saddam Hussein.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 19:11

The rest is history. I lived it back then, you guys are trying to justify how your savior is driving Lebanon into the ground. Try that on someone else, or keep doing it here and I'll keep putting the facts in your face.

Thumb geha 02 May 2013, 19:13

your arguments do not stand: armed salafis are the creation f hizbushaitan, either they are armed by them (for some part) or they are the result of the actions of hizbushaitan.
whatever they are a minority. this is why I have always insisted on supporting moderate sunnis: they are our guarantee in Lebanon.
salafis and hizbushaitan are both extremists and will drive Lebanon into sectarian war.
as for what is going on in Syria, everyone should have stayed out of it.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 19:15

And sorry I am not a member of Mustaqbal or any other Lebanese political party because there is no such thing as a Lebanese political party. There are a lot of dicani, each has his own little political shop and makes their living off of it, but none are political parties.
I do find it ironic that Aoun is insisting on the Orthodox Gathering plan to insure that only Christians vote for the 50% of Parliament who are Christian deputies.
Where did the 50% Christian Deputy allotment come from? It is from the Taif Accord. And where did that come from? Rafiq Hariri and the Saudis, yeah those guys. So Aoun as he preaches against the Wahabis and the biggest Wahabi of all, Hariri, is making his uncompromising stand on Saudi ground. Haaaaa. They are all such a joke.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 19:28

@roar. Read your history Mr. Roar. Aoun was taken out on October 13, 1990. The Gulf war didn't get started until January 17,1991. Lebanon was not the award to Assad for joining the alliance that took out Saddam. Assad used the US need for Arab allies as a convenient excuse to fully occupy Lebanon and Aoun's conduct made Assad's path that much easier. History shows that the Syrians did little more than sit in their tents.
And to answer your question, I assume you are referring to when the Syrian Army fought the Lebanese Army in 1990. No, at the time I was with Aoun. Too bad he was not with his army, but deserted his post.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 22:49

@Mr. Roar. Maybe you should read recent history, like your own post. You said: "Syria was given the green light as a reward for it's assistance to the allies in the Gulf war."

Fact, the US Invasion did not happen until January 17, 1991. Everything up to that point was preparation of the US force and the securing of UN Resolutions to justify the Iraqi Assault. When you say "reward for assistence in the war" that means that the assistence was rendered and then the award granted. Words do mean something and these were the ones that you chose.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 22:49

As we all know of the Assad Regime, it never gives anything before it gets what it wants in the bargain. This was true in Lebanon in 1990. Assad got Lebanon before it lifted a finger to assist in the Gulf War. And Assad got his request a lot easier because Aoun did two things: (1) He was giving assistance to Saddam well after August 1, 1990l; and (2) he had threatened to rocket the American Embassy at Awkar in the name of the People of Lebanon. The US has not forgotten either strategic blunder.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 19:35

@Flamethrower. And your documents Mr. FT. Where are those, are are they all photoshopped like every other document le Generale petite puts out. History is history. It is not subject to change. Aoun was either a liar during the period of 1990-2006 when he professed to be a Lebanese nationalist, or he is a liar now since 2006 that he is doing all in his power to destroy Lebanon for his own selfish gain.
Herd mentality?? is that what you think this is? A herd of animals is a mindless grouping of beasts who mindlessly follow the bell cow, or their own need to feed their belly. What are Aounists if not that. You my friend are in the mindless herd, following a guy who clearly is mendacity personified.

Thumb beiruti 02 May 2013, 19:40

@josephani, your post makes my point about cows in a herd. Thank you.

Missing idris_gray 02 May 2013, 20:35

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.....

Missing maroun 03 May 2013, 04:44

josephani..did you honorable?..more like coward,traitor and deserter...

Missing maroun 03 May 2013, 04:44

say*