Berri Sees 'Israeli Hand' in Dahieh Blast, Urges Vigilance
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Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday blamed the deadly bombing that targeted Dahieh earlier in the day on “the hand of organized crime and terrorism,” saying “it is undoubtedly a black Israeli hand.”
“This crime only serves the Israeli enemy, which has been plotting to undermine the elements of national unity that were the elements that led to Lebanon's victory in 2006,” Berri said in a statement.
“This bloody crime, which aims to stir strife among the Lebanese, requires the Lebanese and their spiritual and political leaders to show vigilance and unity … in order to confront the challenges that have been imposed on our country,” he added.
At least 14 people were killed and 212 others wounded in a car bombing that rocked Hizbullah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday, according to state-run National News Agency.
The blast went off on the public road between Bir al-Abed and Ruwais.
Later on Thursday, a group calling itself the Brigades of Aisha Umm al-Moemeneen claimed the bombing in a YouTube video and threatened further attacks.
15 August 2013, 22:43
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Ouffff what a mafia. They all agreed on pointing out the least likely.
Samaha anyone? Do you think he was alone?
16 August 2013, 10:36
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The HA people have learned well how to lie like their Iranian masters
16 August 2013, 12:40
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less likely? why? doesnt irael have an interest in igniting sunni/shia strife? dont they have an interest in avenging the botched commando infiltration last week? dont they have an interest in marking the 2006 anniversary with a black stone? or maybe you think they're not capable of driving a booby trapped car to dahiyeh?
15 August 2013, 22:45
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It is no coincidence that the Bir al Abed bombing occurred on the anniversary of the July War, while today's massacre of Dahyeh's residents occurred on the anniversary of Nasrallah's annual victory speech (to be held tomorrow), and just days after the Israeli botched raid in South Lebanon earlier this month. It is no coincidence that these bombings began right after Hizbullah's role in liberating al-Qusayr , for which it was punished by the EU [and the treasonous GCC regimes] with a terrorist labeling, ironically. This is not an attack on Lebanon's Shia, even if its aim is to provoke sectarian strife; it is an attack on the resistance for confronting the US-Israeli scheme in our region, whether in Lebanon or Syria or Palestine.
15 August 2013, 23:12
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thumbs down for the video??? how come?? these are you al qeada hero's in Syria beheading two children. You're not cheering anymore eh?? Idiots
16 August 2013, 00:02
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Cui bono "to whose benefit?", literally "as a benefit to whom?" is a Latin saying which is still used.
It is a Latin adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be.
16 August 2013, 00:12
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Oh shove it Berri-Berri! Your buddies from Hizb brought the war home to us, so quit blaming others! A gang of child-murderers getting a taste of their own medicine; oooh, baby got a boo-boo? Quit nagging and take responsibility for your own mass-murders and the consequences. RIP the innocent victims in Da7yeh...
16 August 2013, 00:18
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Bahman, Sahel, Rassoul Aazam & Zahra hospitals need blood donors for the lads in Beirut...
16 August 2013, 00:50
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The group claiming responsibility for the bomb, the Brigades of Aisha,said that Nasrallah is an agent of Israel and Iran. Why would Israel participate in this if it harms its agent? Berri doesn't explain this.
16 August 2013, 01:29
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Berri, Jumblatt and Sulieman all saying it must be Israel that set off the bomb. It's is all cover. No one wants to say or acknowledge that it was Sunnis from Syria who are aggrieved by the actions of Hezbollah in Syria. This would be an acknowledgement of an inconvenient truth that Hezbollah has embroiled Lebanon in that war.
To say it was Israel plays into the Hezbollah narrative, but it is fantasy. Those who set off the bomb know who they are, that these political actors are trying to hold the country now by engaging fantasies is testament to how far down the slippery slope Lebanon has now slid.
16 August 2013, 02:07
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For once I agree with the blame-game.
For once, the politicians smarter than the people. People are dumb, anyhow.
Israel...of course. Who else.?
Just a damage-control scenario.
Be smart , guys.
16 August 2013, 02:12
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Its easy to blame Israel,of course sleiman birry and the rest are not interested to make things worste and to blow up the situation between sunnis & chi3as already tense so they go and blame the zionist as usual, wata mess in this country,vraiment dommage, is there a possibily to send nasralla & followers to Iran ? Cuz if us the lebanese wont get rid of HA in anyway possible, honestly we will never ever see peace in lebanon,croyez moi mes freres ,this is an epidemic called hizballa....alla yisa3idna
16 August 2013, 03:35
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Politic of dirt,politic of garbage all over lebanon ,trust me fellow lebanese if you send nasralla- berri- jumblat- assad to hell ,we will really see the peace and prosperity and quietness between us and syria Israel and all the rest of of our neighbors in the middle east.....just imagine !!!!!
16 August 2013, 12:48
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i dont think so, all we'd see is isrsael taking the opportunity to attack and invade, as they did before HA existed. no, the real solution is when we'll send the zionists back to wherever they came from, and that day is coming.
16 August 2013, 13:29
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You dont know wat ur talking about ,and no day is coming,because the zionists that ur talking about got some buttons that they can push if necessary and they can send all of us to hell ,so shut it and dont under estimate Israel and these zionist and think well before u comment ,and u can trust me with that,us the lebanese we are professional on bla bla bla.....but we dont see
reality ,the zionist that ur talking about are ready for yom el dinn ,,and when the time is right and they will feel the real danger they wont ask me or u and we will both feel that all lebanon is missing oxygene and no one is able to breath if u know wat im talking about ,so i suggegst
3od 3ala janab and dont talk just for talking cuz no one knows wats going on trust me.
16 August 2013, 14:05
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The zionist never invaded lebanon WITHOUT REASON go read and learn history !!!!! And ur forgeting smth,Israel is a nuclear power country so before u send these zionist back ,they will send all of us to the stone age,and beside the point (not that i sympatise the jews) but if u read history u ll see that israel existed more then 2 thousands years ago my friend ,before the palestinians and before the arabs nations arrived in the area ,and they have their 2 temples in Jerusalem,so where u want them to go back ???? I guess it is their promised land !!!!
16 August 2013, 09:44
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If we are to play this game, we can also come up with a "far fetched" analysis. OK, this is a twisted ploy by Iran and H.A. to self inflict injury, blame Israel and hope to give the resistance legitimacy and keep it alive.
16 August 2013, 12:47
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the problem with your scenario is it makes absolutely no sense. that attack stains HA's image, it challenges it ability to protect the people which is its fundamental goal, and it never needed that to have massive popularity among its supporters. all that is even without considering that HA never failed to protect civilian lives in its rules of engagement.
16 August 2013, 17:08
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I don't think you understood his point. Vincent is stating that blaming Israel is "far fetched" and he gave another "far fetched" analysis. If you believe one, why not believe the other? his point is they are both ridiculous.
16 August 2013, 09:47
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I think everyone is missing the point. If they don't say Israel is behind it and instead confirm everyone's nightmare which is Sunni terrorist did it then what the result will be is the beginning of a new civil war between Sunni and Shia. What choice do they have to put out the flames but to lie in unison?
16 August 2013, 13:02
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So Berri, Jumblatt, Suleiman, Charbal and Nasrallah all claim that Israel is responsible for the car bomb attack.
Must be the first time all of them have a common purpose, that is to divert blame from themselves, and who better than to blame Israel.
16 August 2013, 15:56
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Well, even if we accept the M8 version of history that it was Israel who bombed Dahiye. Why now? Maybe because Nasrallah was on television bragging about how he blew up two Israeli soldiers who crossed the southern border earlier in the week.
If we all know that Hezbollah is vulnerable right now with all of its fighters in Syria, don't you think that the Israelis know that and more??
Could Nasrallah's unilateral decision to blow up two Israeli soldiers have resulted in a retaliation where over 40 Lebanese are killed?
If so, the point remains the same. Nasrallah is a disaster. He is a merchant of death and brings only death to Lebanon, either by his illadvised adventures in Syria, or by poking the 5th largest army in the world just now.
