Hizbullah Says Jammo Assassination Highlights Threat Facing Lebanon, Saniora Slams Murder
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Hizbullah on Wednesday condemned the “terrorist and heinous” assassination of prominent Syrian pro-regime figure Mohammed Darrar Jammo in southern Lebanon, a Hizbullah stronghold.
The party said the incident “increases the belief that the criminal hand that is committing massacres in Syria does not differentiate between those fighting in the battlefield and those struggling through their words and stance, the thing that exposes the inability of the killers to confront an argument with a counter-argument.”
“The heinous assassination crime that targeted struggler Jammo -- who had raised his voice high to express his free stance and honest word – highlights the approach of elimination that governs the behavior of the groups of violence and terror who claim to be seeking justice and freedom while exerting efforts to stifle every free opinion that contradicts with their interests and desires,” Hizbullah added.
It warned that “this terrible crime must raise the alarm in Lebanon and push us to look for the most appropriate way to confront these terrorist groups before they become out of control … which would threaten safety and stability in Lebanon and in the region.”
Hizbullah called on Lebanese authorities to “take all the necessary measures immediately in order to arrest the terrorists and bring them to justice and to pursue the conspirators and instigators to hold them accountable and protect the country from the evil of any new crime they might be plotting.”
Meanwhile, head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, ex-PM Fouad Saniora, condemned Jammo's assassination, describing it as a “crime by all standards.”
“The assassination or killing of any Lebanese, Arab or foreign citizen is rejected and the killers must be identified and held accountable,” Saniora added, noting that the March 14 camp “had suffered assassination crimes committed over political differences.”
“We reject this approach and we reject the use of violence and weapons against civilians,” Saniora added.
He also condemned the roadside bomb attack that targeted a Hizbullah convoy on Tuesday in the Bekaa region.
Jammo was assassinated by armed men at his home in south Lebanon early Wednesday, his wife and witnesses said, in the first such killing on Lebanese soil.
He is a pro-regime Syrian political commentator who often appeared on Lebanese television to defend the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Witnesses said the 44-year-old official was shot as he arrived at his home in Sarafand, southern Lebanon, at around 2:15 am.
His wife Siham Younis said his "friends in the (ruling) Baath party in Syria had warned him (on Tuesday) by phone that he needed to be careful."
Lebanon is deeply divided between opponents and supporters of Assad, a rift that has intensified since the open intervention by Hizbullah on the side of the regime.
17 July 2013, 19:31
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“increases the belief that the criminal hand that is committing massacres in Syria does not differentiate between those fighting in the battlefield and those struggling through their words and stance, the thing that exposes the inability of the killers to confront an argument with a counter-argument.”
Yislam Timmak HA ( Hells Angels) for these beautiful historical words. I recall you saying exactly the same words when Jebran and Pierre were silenced by the same takfiris! On those occasions, you even went further than mere condemnation of the horrific acts of terror... you distributed sweets to mourn the "martyrs". Our Islamic secular resistance is always true to its values. God Bless them....
17 July 2013, 19:42
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Hizbullah Says Jammo Assassination Highlights Threat Facing Lebanon............
Just look at the flag and the three heroes on that flag. How is it possible those people be concerned about the threat facing Lebanon - Each one of them (and others not pictured) was and is the threat facing Lebanon.
17 July 2013, 19:50
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Because these people you are mentioning were a threat facing Assad not Lebanon. But when the victim is himself is a threat for Lebanon then HA speaks.
17 July 2013, 19:54
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Hezbollah aka hezb Ebola will brought nothing but misery to this country.
Tfou 3aleyon.
17 July 2013, 21:03
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Yes, we hear them, but we don't fear them because we're legit. They aren't.
The only resistance in Lebanon is us, we're resisting the terrorists.
17 July 2013, 21:06
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and HA still wants to be part of the new and every government? Which means Lebanon as a nation will be at war with and inside Syria. WOW
17 July 2013, 21:13
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Here is my impulsive reaction to this news.... No Prime Minister should accept being assigned unless and until HA withdraws from Syria. The President should declare a State of Emergency and rule with an iron fist. The Parliament should be dissolved. The President should call for outside intervention asking for assistance to regain control of the State. This is beyond belief!!!!!!
17 July 2013, 21:20
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.... The United Nations Security Council issued resolution "May 7" asking Lebanon to immediately cease all hostilities inside Syria and to respect Syria's territorial sovereignty. The resolution also called upon Lebanon and its Islamic resistance to withdraw to pre june 201 lines. Lebanon has yet to issue a public comment. Meanwhile, Lebanese and acting Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adnan Mansour, accused the United Nations of being "biased" by siding with the Talibani-Israeli-Takfiris.
17 July 2013, 22:30
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"Hizbullah called on Lebanese authorities to “take all the necessary measures immediately....:"
It is truly sickening. They ask the state to assume its responsibilities when it only suits them. I mean the contradiction is amazing! If the State were to assume its responsibilities they should have not allowed you to enter Syria in the first place. The army should have fired at every one of you and at your convoys!!!
18 July 2013, 02:58
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Saké JP Aoun CAN u Stills jeep this rediculous alliance with Hezbollah
18 July 2013, 05:16
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Benzona don't take it the wrong way bro, but u scare me a bit. Something really weird about u.
Btw, u know there are Jews in Iran yea?
17 July 2013, 21:05
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Where was the condemnation when Gebran Tueni was assassinated or is it only pro Syrians who get a 21 gun salute. Miserable vermine the whole lot of them
17 July 2013, 23:00
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"Hizbullah Says Jammo Assassination Highlights Threat Facing Lebanon". And all the assassinations by HA in Lebanon are not considered threats to the country but rather Gods orders, right? May everyone of you rott in hell! You destroyed our country, people and all in the name of Iran! Tfeh!
17 July 2013, 23:22
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The only functioning body in Lebanon is HA. The rebels were always present in Lebanon, violating our sovereignty by smuggling weapons across the border. We need to mop them up and HA is doing just that. Its funny how many Lebanese blindly support some idiot just because he is part of their "sect". The only party that calls for coexistence, a pillar of the Lebanese identity, is HA.
18 July 2013, 03:40
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Or to those who want to open a night club or sell alchohol in areas they control (but undeclared as welayat elfaqih land).
18 July 2013, 03:43
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Supporting an idiot just because he is part of their sect is exactly what HA supporters do. Assir is a fringe element and no major party supports him.
The reason HA is the only functioning body is because it had the muscle and the finances to ensure that the Government/Satate/Army will never function as they should. Why do you think they insist on controlling all decisions in the country? The answer is .... to ensure that they remain the only functioning body.
18 July 2013, 20:30
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Right... Because before the formation of HA in 1985 the Lebanese state was fully functional. The Southerners were protected, our army was capable of repelling foreign attacks, social services were at all time high, and health care was efficient. Which Lebanon were you living in? The state has always been broken, outside of maybe a window between the mid 60s to mid 70s.
18 July 2013, 20:26
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That was scrapped in the 80's. You should read the Manifesto and open letter. HA admitted in their early stages that was the goal, but later recognized Lebanon's diversity would make such a goal impossible.
So, since that is true, I can once again claim they are for coexistence.
18 July 2013, 02:16
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It is wrong to kill someone for expressing their opinion. If all Jammo has done is publicly defend the Assad regime, then killing him was wrong.
Having said that, Hezbollah and Syria's allies and agents have killed so many that they should just shut up, and accept the fact that they're just harvesting what they've sown.
18 July 2013, 05:17
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Also, according to the know-it-all NostraGabbyMarch14, the bottom line is that the "ASSad" regime has fallen every Wednesday since 2005 and still. Yet, NostraGabbyMarch14 continues to have the... well... umm... duh... indecency to continue with his out-of-this-world BS on Naharnet! We see here the influence on this Nostra of the other Grand Nostra of BS, NostraDrArreet7akeh. I suggest that this Nostra be taken... well... umm... duh... for a joke. Keep up dem predictions, gabbaguybo.
18 July 2013, 09:05
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The threat of arms use Hizbollah is holding against the lebanese, has led us to talk about this organisation as though they are just another ordinary legitimate partner in daily political life, going on with their 'business as usual ', partners to whom ordinary negotiations rules apply , under the shadow of the law, and full sovereignty of the law. In fact the criminal gang called Hizbollah, is trying to normalise its ties with the country, by bullying other political parties into partnership, dimming the light on the criminal activities they have been responsible for over the years, and moving from pure sophisticated elimination of local political rivals, to the bigger playfield of regional politics, with the backing, financing , support, and directives of the basij terrorists.
18 July 2013, 12:19
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i hear indeed. i hear you guys justifying the murder of a journalist, i hear you try to divert the subject, i hear you failing to condemn the assassination of someone who's only weapon was his pen.
i hear you failing the principles and values you claimed for yourselves in every possible way.
18 July 2013, 14:44
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18 July 2013, 18:15
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Omg there's so many Israelis on this site, it's disgusting!
Ya NAHARNET MODERATORS!! Stop censoring Lebanese speech, while allowing the enemy to spew their hate!! Have some dignity plz.
19 July 2013, 12:10
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you call yourself M11er and yet you sound more 14 than 14. those accusations against HA and FPM are baseless and unrealistic, even most M14 supporters know it. only the most extreme-minded ones keep repeating it to create a feeling of hatred against M8.
besides that, don't project on me your own feelings to justify yourself, contrarily to you i never felt joy for any assassination and i dont know anyone who supports M8 and rejoiced. FYI, those assassinations harmed M8 and the country in general much more than they harmed M14.
