March 14: Hizbullah, AMAL Shut down Zahrani Plant to Increase their Control of Lebanon
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The March 14 General Secretariat condemned on Wednesday Hizbullah and the AMAL movement’s shutdown of the Zahrani power plant, accusing them of committing militia practices aimed at harming the Lebanese state.
It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “It was an attempt to increase their control over the legitimate state institutions and create more closed security and economic zones outside the state’s control similar to the zones that Hizbullah has created.”
“Will the Lebanese soon find themselves before an independent Hizbullah power network similar to its telecommunications network?” it wondered.
The statement noted that Energy Minister Jebran Bassil’s accusation against Hizbullah and AMAL of being involved in the shutdown “does not exempt him from his political duties to exact strict measures to punish the assailants.”
“If the minister is incapable of taking such measures, then he should resign and clear the way for someone who is capable of translating his statements into actions,” said the March 14 General Secretariat.
Addressing the developments in Syria, it urged the Arab League and international community to speed up measures that would ensure “the liberation of the Syrian people from the clutches of oppression and terrorization.”
Bassil condemned on Monday the shutdown of the Zahrani plant, describing it as an attack against state institutions.
He said during a press conference: “We will not remain silent over the incident.”
“I urge the security authorities to hold those responsible for the shutdown accountable for their actions. Remaining silent over the incident is a crime,” he said.
Electricite du Liban said the shutdown came on Friday in protest at the transportation of a major MVA power transformer from the plant to Sidon.
07 December 2011, 15:51
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shutting down zahrani the way they did is a clear act of aggressiom towards all lebanese. the message is that we are at their mercy!
they dream of taking the whole country hostage but they forget they do not control anything with these weapons.
soon they will discover the wrong choices they made and they will be begging for mercy :)
lebanon is for all lebanese and not the way they want it.
07 December 2011, 15:53
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What did Mafia Hariri of Rafic Syria, Syria's best rafic, and his Christian Sunni tails do since 1989? Collaborate with every enemy of Lebanon? Ferment sectarian strife? Perhaps, reduce their control of Lebanon? Where is Gabby to illuminate us?
07 December 2011, 16:00
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calls to close the syrian and iranian so called embassies will start coming up soon.
these 2 embassies are filled with spies and anti lebanese.
07 December 2011, 16:25
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Hzb El Kzb & Erhab and their illiterate, deaf, mute and dumb followers are a bunch of terrorist thugs who cannot convince anyone of their idiotic logic and immoral ideology so they resort to terrorizing them into submission instead.
07 December 2011, 17:13
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Hizbullah and Ama simply leave! Go to your damn Iran and live there.... Just leave Lebanon. and go you uneducated, filthy, and dirty, and ignorant people. Nasrallah and Berri both deserve to be hanged, especially that stupid nasrallah! Just Leave Lebanon, and GO...How about you put yourself in a trash bag, and put you in a container, and ship you to iran!
07 December 2011, 21:25
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zumbarak you d better revise your history and find out who were in power since 1989 instead of blaming M14 for all the problems in this country... look towards your beloved M8 leaders also...
reading your binary comments , you want to make us believe that M8 leaders never ruled the country and always were honest patriotic and obeyed the law....
never stole a pound from the citizens and never corrupted anyone!
you d better re read your stupidities before commenting...
typical populist comment made by an extremist...
07 December 2011, 22:56
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@ Sam, they will never leave and go to Iran because over there the Iranians will employ them as waiters and janitors but here they are terrorist with guns who oppress others and take whatever they want by force.
08 December 2011, 05:28
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"Since 1989 they ruled and did nothing" Well Let's see, an Airport called Rafik Harriri International Airport was built, Cell phones and Internet came to light in Lebanon with cheap prices, OGERO installed land lines and every village and town in Lebanon gotten public and street lights, downtown Beirut was rebuilt until Hizbollah sent the same car that destroyed the US Marines building to hit Harriri's car. Oh one more thing, M14 rebuilt every Bridge and Electric Transformer that Hizbollah destroyed with their mini-weapons games with the Jewish state in 2006.
