Mustaqbal Bloc Praises Abbas' Arrest, Says Achievements Highlight Failure of Autonomous Security
Al-Mustaqbal bloc praised on Thursday the army's “great security achievement” in arresting fugitive Naim Abbas, adding that this proves that autonomous security and illegal weapons "do not protect the Lebanese."
"We salute the security forces' great achievement and particularly the army's arrest of terrorists that were planning dangerous criminal acts that could have threatened the lives of innocent civilians and harmed Lebanon's stability,” the bloc said in a released statement after the MPs' weekly meeting.
The statement continued: “We consider that this experience underscores that security forces are capable of achieving major steps when they are allowed to do so and when they decide to take their mission seriously.”
"We hope this energy continues and reveals the criminals that planned and executed the assassination of (former Finance Minister) Mohammed Shatah and those that targeted the mosques in (the northern city of) Tripoli.”
These achievements prove that if security forces were supported, embraced, equipped properly and covered with a political decision, they can protect the Lebanese and civil peace, the MPs considered.
“What happened yesterday also proves that autonomous security, security zones and illegal weapons cannot protect the country or the Lebanese.”
On Wednesday, the army announced the arrest of a Palestinian leader in the Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades.
Naim Abbas is described as the group's number two man in Lebanon.
The army also defused around 100 kilograms of explosives, several rockets and explosives belts placed in a black SUV that was parked in Corniche al-Mazraa neighborhood, where Abbas was arrested.
On the eve of the ninth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination, al-Mustaqbal lawmakers considered that this year "there is a strong hope that justice is near.”
"The Special Tribunal for Lebanon's revelations in the trial sessions remind us again of the dark phase that Lebanon has gone through during the Syria occupation,” they said.
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