Ghosn Criticizes Verbal Attacks Against Army
Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn slammed on Wednesday verbal attacks on the Lebanese army by certain people he refused to name, stressing that it is the only institute that is able to safeguard the Lebanese people.
“This is the only institute that will guarantee (the security of) the Lebanese and will safeguard them,” Ghosn said in an interview with al-Manar channel.
He urged those who are carrying out strong rhetoric against the army to reconsider their stances.
“We are trying to avoid sedition,” Ghosn said.
He wondered how a Lebanese can call on an uprising against the army.
Last week, Mustaqbal bloc MP Khaled al-Daher accused some members of the army of adopting the same repressive approach as the Syrian security forces in their crackdown against anti-regime protestors.
He cited what he called “hateful and revengeful practices” against Sunni and Christian areas that support March 14 in the north.
Daher also criticized Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji, saying he has failed in his command of the army because he did not preserve the military’s dignity when security and military forces came under fire in the town of Lassa and a Maronite cleric was attacked.
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