Miqati to Critics: International Law Gives Legitimacy to Resistance
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Caretaker Premier Najib Miqati has snapped back at his critics, who accused him of having a toned down approach on the European Union decision to blacklist Hizbullah's military wing.
“There has been a misinterpretation” or “bad intention” in claiming that Miqati made a statement in harmony with the EU's latest decision, the caretaker PM told As Safir daily published Thursday.
Miqati said on Tuesday that the Lebanese community is keen on committing to the international legitimacy and preserving the best of ties with the EU states.
This remark drew the criticism of some of the members of the Hizbullah-led March 8 alliance.
But Miqati stressed in his remarks to As Safir that the EU is not part of the “international legitimacy.”
“It is a regional entity similar to the Arab League and does not constitute part of the international legal institutions set up by the United Nations,” he said.
The EU decision targets only Hizbullah's military wing or the so-called resistance which has always been “a sacred right enshrined in international law,” Miqati told As Safir.
Article 51 of the U.N. Charter provides for the right of countries to engage in self-defense, including collective self-defense, against an armed attack, he said.
The article states: “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.”
Miqati promised to “work hard with EU states to review the decision out of our keenness on Lebanon.”
The blacklisting entails asset freezes and paves the way for possible travel bans on members of Hizbullah's military wing. The ministers hope it will also curtail fundraising.
But implementation promises to be complicated since officials will have to unravel the links between the different wings within Hizbullah's organizational network and see who could be targeted for belonging to the military wing.
25 July 2013, 08:06
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Yislam timmak Miqati and May God give you more hair on your shiny bald head for speaking the truth. Yes, the Islamic Secular Resistance aka HA (Hussain Army) is a "sacred right enshrined in international law". You certainly deserve a shrine of your own for adding legitimacy to our resistance as it liberates lebanese-infested "border" villages deep inside syrian territories such as Homs and Aleppo and for performing Jihadist duties in cities across the globe from Thailand to Bulgaria. Your popularity among your constituents is at an all time high. Bless you Bless you....
25 July 2013, 09:14
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Instead of a shrine, i suggest Miqati be the next face on a new lebanese note similar to what the British have recently done with Jane Austen for the new £10 note.
25 July 2013, 11:07
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RFT
It seems that you have taken some advice of some of your friends from Naharnet's posters' . You seem to be a bit more anxiety free due to the psycho medications you have obviously been taking . Your " Split Personality disorder" seems to have subsided .. A little bit . But continue on my Lebanese friend with your medications , it seems that it has had a " Slight" good affect on you , as far as your posts' are concerned that is !
25 July 2013, 09:51
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That is not the case with HA they are armed not in self defence but rather to accomplish wilayat al fakih using the resistance as an excuse to achieve their goal, scum the lot of them.
Partition please.
25 July 2013, 13:26
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@cedre
Its simple, Christians get old Lebanon (phoenicia) the western mountain range from north to south and the rest will devide the rest which is already segregated anyway, HA north east and sunnis south east, and our mother tongue which is aramaic is been well and truly revived in Israel by tje catholic maronite community which will replace arabic that we have adopted since the 17th century,enough is enough.
Partition please.
25 July 2013, 15:15
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"Article 51 of the U.N. Charter provides for the right of countries to engage in self-defense, including collective self-defense, against an armed attack, he said."
THis said the right of COUNTRIES, not armed groups sponsored and controlled by a foreign country. In any case, there is no part of Lebanon that is under foreign occupation so the reason for their existence is in question also.
25 July 2013, 18:58
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My point is actually valid--you coming and trying to tell me that from half a world away getting your 'information' from tayyar, al akhbar, and al manar is comical.
26 July 2013, 00:51
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honestly dude, do you think I looked at YOUR posts and mess of others to get any information? Get a clue--you are easy to dismiss because you are too far from the situation to be relevant.
In any case, most of the politicians here do what politicians around the world do, which is to say things which suit them at the time (or don't get them killed) and then change as the wind blows. Look at your blowhard general friend--oh yeah, here is a link too http://www.10452lccc.com/aoun%20excerpts/aoun.scandles17.6.09.pdf
25 July 2013, 20:32
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is it that hard to believe that if a law gives a resistance legitimacy. that so called resistance will lose all legitimacy when it starts getting implicated in multiple terroristic acts against opposition and civilians?
25 July 2013, 22:53
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If what I read in the article concerning Article 51: “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.”
Then, I can only assume the State of Lebanon attacked the country of Syria via Hizthrowup. And if that is the case, then any "collective" groups fighting in Syria that are labeled "terrorist" organizations can be considered "resistance" groups. Sound right?
