Aoun: South Unrest Coincided with Campaign Accusing Hizbullah of Seeking to Wage War with Israel
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun noted on Tuesday that the firing of rockets from Lebanon to Israel coincided with the campaign against Hizbullah accusing it of seeking to launch a war against the Jewish state.
Commenting on his ties with the party, he said: “Political and work incidents happen.”
He made his statements after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting in Rabieh.
“We have national goals and telecommunications, energy, and water are a necessity for the people,” he added.
Furthermore, he said that drilling for oil in the Mediterranean has also become a necessity.
“We represent the people and we work for them and not for our own personal interests,” the MP stressed.
Asked about the repercussions of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon, the FPM leader replied: “If there are to be any, then they are in Akkar.”
“Whoever is speaking of a buffer zone for the Syrian refugees in Lebanon is achieving it in Lebanon,” Aoun stated.
“I hope all sides would pay attention to this issue,” he said.
On France’s accusations that Syria was behind Friday’s attack against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in Tyre, he remarked: “The West has begun resorting to political accusations after 2005 due to the March 14 camp’s strong ties with the French government.”
On Friday, five French soldiers and two civilians were wounded by a powerful roadside bomb that targeted a UNIFIL patrol in the southern coastal city of Tyre.
On Sunday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe accused Syria of being behind the incident, saying that it employed Hizbullah to carry out the attack.
Syria and Hizbullah have denied the allegations.
In late November, a rocket was fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, prompting the Jewish state’s army to warn Beirut to work to prevent similar attacks in the future.
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