Asir: Mustaqbal War against Us Led to Abra Battle, Christians Must Hold Aoun Accountable
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Fugitive Islamist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir on Monday appeared in a new audio message -- the second after the Abra battle -- in which he lashed out at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and noted that Iran “has turned itself into an enemy of the Arabs.”
“Attacks against us are countless and do not need any evidence. They have attacked us in our institutions, centers and mosques, and their evil has targeted our brothers in Syria, contrary to what (Nasrallah) claimed about turning Iran and the Shiites into the enemy instead of the Zionists,” Asir said.
“Iran -- with its hateful, criminal Velayat-e Faqih (Iran's form of Islamic rule) policy -- has cooperated with the Great Satan (the U.S.) to slaughter us in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it gave you (Hizbullah) the green light to occupy Lebanon through your weapons and lately the mask has fallen in Syria … Iran has proclaimed itself as the enemy of the region,” the fugitive cleric, on the run since the army overran his Abra headquarters on June 24, added.
Criticizing Nasrallah's Quds Day speech, Asir accused the Hizbullah leader of seeking to rally Shiites behind his rhetoric “after the mask fell off in the region.”
“Enough with using Palestine for your own interests, as Palestine is cursing you, just like (Syria's) Qusayr and Homs did,” Asir added.
The Islamist cleric also blasted Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, accusing him of “resorting to blind incitement” and of “using his spiteful media outlets night and day to incite against the Sunni community.”
Asir attributed Aoun's “incitement” to his “lust for presidency” that was “blocked by (former premier) Saad Hariri.”
“Remember how he has incited against the Syrian revolution and how he has stood by the butcher against the victim and how he is still justifying the crimes of Nasrallah and his murderers who entered Syria to slaughter its people, especially in Qusayr and Homs,” Asir added.
“When the fire reaches the Christian areas, Christians must hold Aoun accountable for these stances,” he went on to say.
Asir accused the army's Commando Regiment commander Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, Aoun's son-in-law, of inspecting the conflict zone in Abra in the wake of the clashes to “steal the limelight” and “because of his ambition to become the next army commander.”
The fugitive cleric also launched a tirade against ex-PM Saad Hariri and “some al-Mustaqbal leaders who did not hesitate to fight me and distort my image.”
“What was the harm I caused you that prompted this campaign? Ever since we rallied in downtown Beirut in support of our beleaguered brothers, Saad Hariri and his associates started to describe me as an extremist,” Asir added.
“What happened in Abra was the normal result of the fierce war waged against us by the al-Mustaqbal movement. Why was this ferocious war waged against Ahmed al-Asir? Once through pressuring journalists to distort my image, once through contacting the Saadnayel Municipality to ban my demo and another through (Sidon MP) Bahia Hariri telephoning some muftis and telling them 'we want to besiege al-Asir,'” he went on to say.
Asir also criticized Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea over “cursing” him as part of their “cajolery and blandishment,” noting that he is “confident” that their supporters “do not approve of such a behavior.”
In his previous audio message on July 4, described the deadly Sidon clashes as a plot aimed at ending his presence.
According to an army statement, the clashes erupted after gunmen loyal to Asir attacked a checkpoint near his mosque in “cold blood” and "for no reason."
Eighteen soldiers were martyred and 20 others were wounded in the attack and in the fierce clashes that ensued. Twenty of Asir's gunmen were also killed in the fighting.
The fighting in Abra was among the worst in Lebanon since the outbreak of conflict in neighboring Syria 27 months ago deepened sectarian tensions.
It highlighted widespread Sunni resentment against the army, accused of siding with Hizbullah and being selective in its crackdown on armed groups.
05 August 2013, 22:07
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why is that lunatic's rant even news? i know some monkeys in zoos that have more interesting things to say.
ps: nice try, whitewashing mustaqbal by saying they led this campaign against you HAHAHA we all know they were the political cover that allowed you to exist for so long.
pps: how come such a nice man became the target of such a national conspiracy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNkkEUGogY
must be iran again
06 August 2013, 00:37
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i don t like either side , or any politician in Lebanon. but 2 wrongs don t make it right .
06 August 2013, 11:31
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anonymetexasusa
It seems you are misinformed. You need to diversify your news channels :)
You need to read more reports, and find out who was with Al Assir before/during the clashes with the army. You will find out that a close friend of Bahia and who was in continuous contact with her before/during the clashes.
You need to ask yourself how he was able to bring in so much weapons into a mosque (which is supposed to be a place of worship). The name you will find is Ashraf Riffi... through a well know arms dealer in Tripoli. Is Ashraf Riffi HA or FT??
You also need to evaluate the Lebanese legal system - there is none.
05 August 2013, 22:08
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Assir,please send the best regards to the best lebanese singer fadl shaker ,and tell him that me like a singer i looove his voice :) and all lebanese too
05 August 2013, 22:10
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I am very surprised he didn't include Flamethrower and mowaten in his list or even the fruit vendors in Sidon. Surely they must have had a little stake in his downfall.
05 August 2013, 22:18
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This guy needs to join the 21St Century. The day for this sort of medival drivel from clerics claiming some mantle of public policy maker is passing from the scene. Go to your Mosque, learn from your Koran and teach your people how to submit to God's will and not to yours.
05 August 2013, 22:34
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The fugitive cleric also launched a tirade against ex-PM Saad Hariri and “some al-Mustaqbal leaders who did not hesitate to fight me and distort my image.”...................
Yet, M8 posters on this site insist that Mustaqbal nurtured, financed and protected Asir. Even more, they accuse all of M-14 of that.
05 August 2013, 22:57
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Well, if he had launched a political faction like Hezbollah did, he would have taken lots of votes from Future as people are disappointed by their softness. We want justice for all assassinations that occured as of feb 14 2005..... The STL keeps being postponed because they fear Damacus' reaction toward its Israeli ally.... Meanwhile, Sunnis are fed up....
05 August 2013, 22:35
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Ever since we rallied in downtown Beirut in support of our beleaguered brothers, Saad Hariri and his associates started to describe me as an extremist,” Asir added.................
Yet, M8 posters on this site insist that Mustaqbal nurtured, financed and protected Asir. Even more, they accuse all of M-14 of that.
05 August 2013, 22:37
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“What happened in Abra was the normal result of the fierce war waged against us by the al-Mustaqbal movement. Why was this ferocious war waged against Ahmed al-Asir? Once through pressuring journalists to distort my image, once through contacting the Saadnayel Municipality to ban my demo and another through (Sidon MP) Bahia Hariri telephoning some muftis and telling them 'we want to besiege al-Asir,'” he went on to say..................
Yet, M8 posters on this site insist that Mustaqbal nurtured, financed and protected Asir. Even more, they accuse all of M-14 of that.
Is it Brainwashing that causes them to make such false accusations, or are they following the lead of the Master manipulator SHN?
05 August 2013, 22:44
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It comes to me naturally that, if HA, the Hariris, and a lot of Lebanese have worked against you ... just perhaps, the problem may be you.
05 August 2013, 22:48
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“When the fire reaches the Christian areas, Christians must hold Aoun accountable for these stances,” he went on to say."
It seems implied that his followers are preparing to target Christian areas. Good to know.
05 August 2013, 22:54
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I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Aoun is only Christian on the ID.....
06 August 2013, 00:21
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I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. MOOOOOSSSTTT CHRISTIANS ARE ONLY CHRISTIAN ON THE ID!!!
wait... do I have any proof of that?
yes I do.
If you are Christian, go to your bookshelf, and pass your finger on your Bible.
Dust you say?
If you believe the Bible is the word of God, and you let it gather dust, then you do not care for God at all.
But there's a chance... You can pick it up, wipe the dust, and open it, and REAAADD.
Start with the New Testament. Learn from it, and live by it.
This country will be a much better place if you did.
God bless you.
06 August 2013, 02:35
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And now you disappoint me servant of Jesus. You aren't serving him as you should. Remember what Luke says «37"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned». Yet here you are judging me, saying that Lebanon would be better if I did read it.
Anyway, you didn't get my point. NOBODY is born Jewish, Christian or Muslim (or Buddhist, chinthoiat, etc...). Faith is something you DON'T inherit. It's something you embrace. By his past action, michel Aoun killed a lot of people, and supported and keeps supporting terrorists. Tell me where the bible says to behave in such a manner.
Yalla kheir. Even if you're not Muslim, eid Mubarak for Wednesday... We're all brothers... That's what's Lebanon special.
06 August 2013, 03:13
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May God bless all of you that mean well.
May God curse all of you that mean evil.
06 August 2013, 12:05
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@benzona
1- I was not justifying Aoun, I was simply saying that most Christians are only Christians on id.
2- in the passage recorded in Luke 6:37, the word "judge" (KPINETE) and the word "condemn" (KATADIKAZETE) are used in poetic parallelism, which means that it means judging/condemning. My statement about Christians is a wake up call and not a condemnation.
3- benzona, you felt judged, and I was not even talking about you specifically. Maybe this should actually encourage you to daily read your Bible and ask God to change your heart (I also need to do this very regularly).
4- I do serve Jesus. And I am a sinner. I love Jesus BECAUSE he loved me when I was still a sinner.
06 August 2013, 12:07
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.. continued
But me telling you Christians aren't reading their Bible does not make me a judge, but someone who is speaking the truth. If all Christian leaders would obey the teachings of Jesus, we would see them united, focused on Jesus, not hating others or each other, serving one another, serving the Lebanese people, obeying laws and promoting Justice and Mercy and Grace in our economy, politics, and judicial system.
06 August 2013, 12:07
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We are called to love our neighbor as ourselves. This means if I am a Christian, I love Nasrallah, Hariri, Geagea, Aoun, Jumblat, Arslan, Berri, everyone. Yes, everyone. yes, even Syrians, Palestinians, Israeli zionists. But as a follower of Jesus, I am also called to speak the truth and to speak against injustice, whether political, social, or economic. This means I also JUDGE the actions of all the above mentioned, and speak up when someone is doing evil, without hating the man or party or side, but rather remembering that I too am a sinner and do evil. But I am called to expose evil where it is, and to encourage good when it is done wherever it is done, even in my enemies. This means that I do not SIDE with people 100%, but rather side with what is righteous and just 100%.
06 August 2013, 12:08
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I rally the world against the brutality of Israeli military, I speak against the rockets shot from the Palestinian side, I speak against the never ending expansion of Israeli settlements in Palestinian land, I speak against Hezbollah fighting, I cry whenever any bombing happens, whether it targets this side or that side, I encourage actions for good change done by any politicians, even those I least agree with, and I do everything I can to express my love to everyone around me in this country and around it, even in the midst of being hated, shot at, and bombed.
I dream of Christians following Jesus like this. This can be done. Go and see what Jesus poke. With him, we can change the world one person at a time, one law at a time, one loving deed at a time, one cry for justice at a time.
God bless you.
05 August 2013, 22:53
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He's got the same vocabulary as Nasrallah the other terrorist. Another thing they've got in common....
3alam zbélé, so are their respective supporters.
05 August 2013, 23:18
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why are people still talking about this guy--Let him go back to hiding like the cowardly rat he is while hypocritically telling your followers to fight.
05 August 2013, 23:34
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Hey asir ,eliinate our cancer called HA & Nasralla and followers and make peace with lebanese ppl & Army ,and lets live in peace .trust me its worth it dont do the same mistake like HA did ,look how everyone hate them.learn the lesson
06 August 2013, 10:49
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lol, yalla he's coming to save the world, just wait until his beard grows back (he had to shave it when he escaped in women's clothes) and he'll be back like terminator
05 August 2013, 23:52
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LOL, Asir trying to criticize Hariri, Geagea, and Jumblatt to make it seem like they are not all allies and in bed together.
They are all part of the February 14 Saudi-Wahabi coalition. They are allies to the bone. This bearded terrorist thug isn't fooling anybody.
06 August 2013, 00:31
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This is the best phrase asir said from his whole article,وتابع متوجها لنصرالله "كفى متاجرة بفلسطين ففلسطين تلعنكم كما لعنتكم القصير وحمص خالد ابن الوليد".nasralla is cursed ,and no one like him
06 August 2013, 01:45
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This character straight from the 11th Century is completely delusional.
Why? Why so many nutcases in such a small country?
And why is he still making news? Why give the floor to all these hate and war mongers? Let their barks remain within the walls of their homes.
Let us live in peace.
06 August 2013, 01:50
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Helicopter:
" Because he is a moderate and you are not. Because he is for Lebanon and you are not."
Are you friggin' serious right now?
06 August 2013, 03:02
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that's for the idiots/propagandists that want to link m14/assir and the sunnis and all anti-HA/Iran...
06 August 2013, 05:34
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Flamethrower your no different from asir.. ypu hae read your tirades for years on this site. You never have any real solutions just blind accusations and conspiracy theories. Mastaqbal has lost control of Tripoli. Im from Tripoli.. the jihadists and the fantastics have taken over..
06 August 2013, 09:28
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he is trying to clear al mustakbal from his crimes;) bass 3a min?
06 August 2013, 10:01
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Where is your " proof" ya propagandist?
You want people to believe that asir is a mustakbal employee so you resort to manipulating the info.
Your game is not even subtle.
If I was your employer I'd ask for my money back!
06 August 2013, 10:51
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lol anonyme that's a nice one, footage edited by HA and all... too bad israel admitted it was their footage though. but here's a shekel for your efforts
06 August 2013, 10:52
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It is FT's full time job to tarnish m14 and associate them with Assir/Tafqiris/Nusra and all kind of other crap everyone despises...
This is called PROPAGANDA!
06 August 2013, 14:43
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Ah yes! And Zionists! If its already tarnished, why are you exhausting yourself then...retard!
06 August 2013, 10:55
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What's with stupid religious bear....come on ppl go shave gosh...I think Lebanese are the most disgusting nationality I met in Canada ......u guys r sick in the brain...u get married to your own cousin..wtf..n u r still in war .....wake up come see the business in DUBAI....I feel sorry for you.
08 August 2013, 13:06
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Wow I am surprised at your very modern approach. Two things I would like to ask you. Why are you even on this site in the first place? Do you know the meaning of the word bigot?
I am British and I found Canada to be a very tolerant country but you are pretty much no more than a discarded turd, you irrelevant idiotic bigot.
06 August 2013, 11:46
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Nobody agrees more with the Sanni al-Asir Bou Ka7feh than the Christian Sanni Dr. Arreet 7akeh whose strong and unwavering principle vis-à-vis amn al moujtama3 turned out to be the biggest 3amaliyet art 7akeh on the massi7iyeh but instead true for the Sannis and the ma7roumin Druze of Walid Jumblat, aka yalleh darbo lal 7abib metl akl el zbib. alla yer7amak ya bassel. takbir
06 August 2013, 12:24
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Assiro! the christians asked u nothing! so please get off their case!
u r the biggest hater of christians, so cut the crap already and mind your own idiot fadl chmandar!
06 August 2013, 18:10
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and i'm always at your imagination and capacity to fantasize. not very long ago (actually in this very page) you were demanding proof and went all legal on me, can you provide proof for your allegations that israel and HA collaborated? I will use your word: either provide proof, or keep your mouth shut.
08 August 2013, 13:24
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Phoenix I am sure you know. The problem with Lebanon is that they do not all believe in the same Lebanon. It seems everyone has their own version of Lebanon. My Lebanon, his Lebanon, hers etc... It's absurd to think that this will change now. It had the biggest chance to succeed before the many wars we've had with each, when animosity between everyone was still not ripe yet. After years of wars and sectarian conflicts how can we expect things to just disappear, like hatred and suspiciousness etc... Lebanon unfortunately is a failed state. It cannot possibly survive as one nation. The proof is in front of us. We have not had "peace" for more than a few years in the history of our beloved land. We have not been able to govern ourselves for longer than that if at all, someone had to tell us how to do it or do it for us through "our leaders".
08 August 2013, 13:25
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We lack leaders and conviction. It aches me knowing that our country is nothing more than a wasteland for people to dump the world's malicious problems in and for us to pick it all up and magnify it to destroy ourselves.
Let there be a country with true leaders and a real state then maybe the laws that exist, which btw many are pretty good, will be implemented and justice will prevail. In the meantime we have lousy leaders, Lebanese people who hate each other for something as personal as religion and a failed state. There is no hope!
