FSA Strongly Condemns Dahiyeh Rocket Attack, Disavows Its Secretary's Threats
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The rebel Free Syrian Army on Sunday condemned “in the strongest terms” the morning rocket attack on Beirut's southern suburbs, distancing itself from a threat by an FSA official that the “fire raging in Syria will spread into Lebanon.”
“We condemn in the strongest terms the act of sabotage and terrorism that targeted Dahiyeh and reiterate our commitment to Lebanon's security, sovereignty and stability,” Fahd al-Masri, head of FSA's Central Media Department, said in an interview with MTV.
In another interview with Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5), Masri strongly denied any role for the FSA in the rocket attack, describing remarks voiced by FSA secretary Ammar al-Wawi as “irresponsible.”
“I will telephone Captain Wawi and rebuke him for his remarks and I will ask him to withdraw his statement, because we have nothing to do at all with the launching of the rockets,” Masri added.
He described the incident as “deeply worrisome,” noting that “it confirms what we had revealed about an Iranian plot to make bombings in Shiite areas to cover up for Hizbullah's failure in (the Syrian town of) Qusayr.”
Earlier on Sunday, FSA secretary Wawi called on President Michel Suleiman and the Lebanese government to “put an end to what Hizbullah is committing in Syria or else the fire raging in Syria will spread into Lebanon.”
“The Syrian people will not stand idly by regarding what Hizbullah is doing in Syria,” Wawi said in an interview with LBCI television.
“Should the Lebanese government fail to stop Hizbullah, there will be repercussions against Beirut, Tripoli and the Rafik Hariri International Airport,” Wawi said, claiming that the airport “has become a corridor for Iranian planes that are shipping weapons to Syria.”
He added: “Our honorable people in Lebanon from all sects will not stand idly by regarding what Hizbullah is doing in Syria, and therefore there will be repercussions, such as what happened today in the rocket attack on the southern suburbs.”
He warned that “in the coming days, we will do more than that, and this is a warning for Hizbullah and the Lebanese government.”
Four people were wounded on Sunday morning in a rocket attack on Beirut's southern suburbs. The Lebanese army said in a statement that a rocket was fired at a car dealership near the Mar Mikhael church and another landed in the Maroun Misk neighborhood.
The incident comes just hours after Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed "victory" in Syria, where Hizbullah fighters are engaged in fierce battles against Syrian rebels in Qusayr.
26 May 2013, 17:48
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it is called logic dude... just look at how strange this launching was staged! it speaks for itself!! LOL
26 May 2013, 17:49
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LOL so it is good for a political party and a militia to act in the name of the state, spitting on its declaration of disassociation..; LOL a very strange concept of a state you have... the hezbi way i guess.
nasrallah is the president of lebanon. how arrogant you hezbi lovers can be....
26 May 2013, 17:51
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oh! and i didn t wait for this man to speak to say the exact same thing way before he did... jsut read my previous posts:) i am not a repeating parrot like you are mowaten....
26 May 2013, 18:45
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"what's so strange about this rocket launching? and how does it speak for itself? pls explain."
just read my previous post... too difficult? LOL
26 May 2013, 18:47
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Considering that the grad rocket fire originated from near Aitat in the Chouf Mountains southeast of the targets in Dahyieh, I do not know how this could be the work of the FSA. The Chouf is not a hot bed of support for the FSA as for example, is Akaar. Nor is the Chouf a hotbed of support for the Assad Regime. This is Walid Jumblatt country and Jumblatt is wanting to stay away from this conflict.
26 May 2013, 18:51
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How does a grad rocket launcher get into the hands of "vandals" in Lebanon anyway. This was not a criminal act, but a political one. The Assad Regime has a modus operandi of engaging in incitement. It plants the bomb that it blames on the opposition. Is funds and fields Islamic Fundamentalists so that it may claim that Islamists are fighting against it. This is the mindset of the arsonist and the fireman, it is bipolar and misdirectional.
No doubt the Nasrallah speech has a connection to the rocket fire, but the rocket fire was not a suppressing fire, it was to further incite the people and give emphasis to what Nasrallah said. So who fired the rockets, the one's who benefit most. Hezbollah operatives who infiltrated into the rural areas near Aitat and shot the rockets, conveniently leaving one in the woods to make sure the authorities found it.
26 May 2013, 18:51
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How does a grad rocket launcher get into the hands of "vandals" in Lebanon anyway. This was not a criminal act, but a political one. The Assad Regime has a modus operandi of engaging in incitement. It plants the bomb that it blames on the opposition. Is funds and fields Islamic Fundamentalists so that it may claim that Islamists are fighting against it. This is the mindset of the arsonist and the fireman, it is bipolar and misdirectional.
No doubt the Nasrallah speech has a connection to the rocket fire, but the rocket fire was not a suppressing fire, it was to further incite the people and give emphasis to what Nasrallah said. So who fired the rockets, the one's who benefit most. Hezbollah operatives who infiltrated into the rural areas near Aitat and shot the rockets, conveniently leaving one in the woods to make sure the authorities found it.
26 May 2013, 20:25
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waw! FT ready to put the security of lebanon at stake for 8 people.... courageous FPMers who find lame and stupid excuses to justify the hypocrisy of hezbollah.... pathetic
26 May 2013, 22:21
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Oh you mean they kidnapped foreigners like that Hizb Allah supporting clan did last year?
26 May 2013, 23:24
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oh! FT already forgot samaha who was about to set off bombs in akkar villages to throw the blame on salafis? LOL.... not possible huh?
