Al-Asir’s Sit-In ‘Continuous’, Osama Saad Refuses ‘Targetting Resistance from Sidon’
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The Imam of Sidon’s Bilal bin Rabah mosque Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir stressed that he will not suspend the sit-in that he has been staging in the city until his demands are met.
Al-Asir met Sunday with a delegation of Sidon shopkeepers who informed him that 450 merchants support his demonstration, urging him not to cancel the sit-in.
He said that the people of Sidon can tolerate hardships “but they refuse living without their dignity.”
For his part, Popular Nasserite Organization head Osama Saad and his supporters distributed flowers on to passengers returning from the South to Beirut.
Saad told MTV that “this step comes to reassure our choice of resistance” adding that the arms issue “should be discussed exclusively within the framework of a Lebanese defense strategy.”
Refusing to comment on al-Asir’s sit-in, he told Al-Manar Television that “we will not allow anyone to make Sidon a stage for targeting the resistance.”
Al-Asir told the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat earlier: “The sit-in will be followed by future steps that I will not disclose.”
“We have not yet seen any tangible steps that would help incorporate non-state arms in a national defense strategy,” he added.
Asir is demanding an end to the “hegemony of illegitimate arms,” saying that he will not put a stop to the Sidon sit-in until this goal is achieved.
“We have no doubt that Hizbullah is not pleased when a small number of Sidon residents become the talk of the country,” he said in response to a question that the sit-in has not affected the party.
Sources close to Hizbullah meanwhile condemned to the daily An Nahar in remarks published on Sunday the “fundamentalist approach adopted by Asir.”
They accused Arab intelligence of supporting the cleric “in order to create strife in Lebanon.”
“We are aware of such plans and we will not be lured into the trap,” they stressed.
Concerned sources also told An Nahar that the Army Command has taken the decision to prevent the demonstrators from blocking any part of the international road in Sidon.
The army has deployed patrols throughout the city to facilitate the people’s transportation, they added.
Furthermore, they did not rule out the possibility of security measures being taken to force the protesters to reopen the road and restore traffic on the main road in the city.
They noted however that such a decision requires an official decision, stressing that any security action will resort to peaceful measures.
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel had stated on Saturday that he is personally handling Asir’s sit-in in, saying that he is optimistic that the case will be resolved soon.
Asir had started his open-ended sit-in three days ago in protest against the “non-state arms in Lebanon.”
01 July 2012, 11:19
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but Hezbollah occupied downtown Beirut for four months in 2006 and got away with it. If the government failed to do anything in the case of Hezbollah, why should they do anything in Saida?
01 July 2012, 11:24
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A civil war is coming to Lebanon. May 7 didn't do the job. All the events in Lebanon are not a coincident. They are planned (of course the lebanese have no say over their destiny) and the idiots keep falling for it all the time. Lebanese people like the army when it is agreeable to their terms.
01 July 2012, 11:35
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The 7th of May was due to the 5th of May when al Mustaqbal and Jumblatt were acting on Israeli orders to weaken the resistance and they had thousands of armed Salafis in Beirut.
In 3 hours Beirut was cleaned and everything was handed over to the Lebanese Army. Their media created the herioc "300 Jumblatt Fighters" that held out against Hezbollah, this fantasy so that they can save face.
The People, Army and Resistance is protecting our country, why is mustaqbal, jumblatt, salafis and the rest of the feb14 Christian pocket change attacking them to please Israel?
01 July 2012, 12:52
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I agree with the above comments: war is coming fast to lebanon.
hizbushaitan went too far and the result of their actions is a complete uproar within the young people of m14.
with or without their leadership they are training fast, and I know of several graduations of large numbers already finished.
a spark of any sort will ignite the whole country and have unprecented effects.
tripoli is nothing to what is in store now.
the only way to difuse the situation is for hizbushaitan to deliver immediately their weapons to the state.
01 July 2012, 20:28
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Give me a good reason why would HEZBALLAH deliver their weapons?
01 July 2012, 22:15
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Hezballah does obey the constitution but others don't seem to obey as these various parties try to cover their dirtiness and weapons by asking Hezb only to hand in their weapons.
02 July 2012, 00:18
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tell your masters to read and abide by it then.
and when Lebanon is completely liberated, you will be happy :)
01 July 2012, 16:01
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Exceptions, exceptions and exceptions.... are the root cause of the issue. What this guy is asking for is what all the Lebanese has been asking for..what's the root cause of the Tripoli clashes, May7, Nahr EL Bared and all camps. it is the fact that there is an exception for certain groups to carry weapons under the slogan "Bo3Bo3 Israel, zionist, imperialism and Bull s." Run behind the Army and strengthen its defense strategy instead of being on the payroll books of the Iranians and KSA. This is the root cause of the issue, no one wants to be unemployed.
01 July 2012, 21:09
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It's not "all Lebanese has been asking for" , ok? it's what you "14 march" , unfortunately what you called yourselves and divided from the rest of the political parties, are asking..
All political parties have weapons, ALL, Do not deny it.
Ever seen rockets directed inwards?
For strengthening the Lebanese Army, i agree with you..but in what case when the government is always in debt? The Americans donate some humvee's that consume alot of petrol, and at the same time gives Israel the latest weapon technology, cosider the F-35, What are the Americans thinking about ? playing a one-player chess game, get my point?
01 July 2012, 21:35
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antilebanese: as long as your beloved militia keeps its arms why shouldn t other parties re arm in reaction? that is the logic set by your militia! if you accept one single party to be armed you should accept all the parties too!
get the logic?
and M14 is asking for ALL the illegal weapons to go to the army, ALL: understand?
your persian militia just weakens the state of lebanon thus making israel happy to be next to a weak state... indirectly your militia helps israel... get the logic?
why shouldnt lebanon sign a peace treaty with israel? oh! yes your militia would be unemployed and would disappear...
01 July 2012, 22:11
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anti peace:
Am sure you can't wait till you sign an anti-peace treaty with Israel. Good luck bro.
learn to say Lebanese, not persian..
and no, Israel is happy to be next to a corrupted country where some various "m14 parties" Don't agree with other parties on this case which REALLY HELPS Israel, otherwise it's afraid of Hezballah's powers and Lebanese army combined, Do you understand English?
Recall history (if you have a memory), Who was oppressed by constant violence from Israel in Lebanon that in return sought the solution of arms and weapons to defend itself?
01 July 2012, 23:54
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"it's afraid of Hezballah's powers and Lebanese army combined, Do you understand English?"
LOL... complex of superiority and typical hezbi arrogance...
the facts are here to contradicut all your lies but i don t want to waste time to talk to an antilebanese man who believes more in a party than in his state...
your fall will be all the more harsh, and i ll be laughing all the more at your chiwawa arrogance! LOL
02 July 2012, 00:27
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btw, please do not sterotype as "typical hezb arrogance" because it's one opinion and it's not arrogance.
I'll be more than happy when you seek unnecessary refuge in Israel like your former fellows, one of them cleaning the people's sh*t in tel aviv and has two daughters still in lebanon working as singers or in prostitute business..
Thank you peace, I hope you see peace if you stay in this mentality.
02 July 2012, 00:33
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"Jabal10..." : Guess what ?!
I can't man because it is the cause of all the problems in Lebanon!
They are working days and nights on how to invade the country in different ways
Palestinians (main problem?) would'nt have come to Lebanon in the first place if there wasn't for Israel ;)
02 July 2012, 00:56
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Lebanese, Israel is not the cause of all the problems in Lebanon.
WE THE LEBANESE are the cause of the problems in Lebanon. Stop blaming others for our incompetence as a nation.
WE chose politicians who were corrupt and incompetent.
OUR politicians accepted the Cairo agreement which created a Palestinian state in Lebanon.
WE killed each others during 15 years.
WE allied ourselves with foreigners against each other, and we still do.
And the list goes on.
Stop blaming Israel and Syrian and Iran and America and whatever. The culprit is the Lebanese people.
02 July 2012, 01:03
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I call for peace with Israel as well. Now that Lebanon is completely free, we can normalize relationships and start negotiating 500.000 one way trips with the Palestinian Authority. I can't wait to visit the holy places...
01 July 2012, 16:03
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this rat is the legitime new born of may 7..and war will never happen again in lebanon becose the strategic balance in the region has already been shifting.
01 July 2012, 20:26
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Yes @independence, you're right,"thugs,occupied,claim resistance"-nice claim you got. You're seriously retarded.
Let me ask you, do you remember the incidents of ain al remaneh in 2009?
And what about the incidents in taree2 el jdedeh recenty? Please tell me they were not thugs..
01 July 2012, 21:42
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this man is dangerous , as dangerous as it s chia counterpart from dahiye...
01 July 2012, 21:48
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Hizb may not like what this guy is going (or don't care), but the people of Saida definitely do not like it. If this guy wants to do a sitin, do it at a Hizb stronghold, not a Sunni one.
Someone get the firetrucks and remove this wannabee filth off of the road.
02 July 2012, 00:11
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Where is the rule of law? Forcibly move him and his gang or arrest the SOB.
02 July 2012, 00:14
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The Asir guy has my support for now, just like for any politician. During Aoun's war against Syria, I was supporting Aoun until he did a Jumblatt move (turned his jacket inside out). If this Asir becomes a nuisance to the entire country then I'll review my posicion. The guy reprents many Lebanese, some of them dont vote at all (m14/8). A pacified country obviously is a civilian country. We have two competing military powers in charge of our defense, one is more than enough. Perhaps if we continue in this path we should disarm the official army and save lots of taxpayers money. Well, you see this isn't logical at all.... Twisted country.
02 July 2012, 01:20
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the second sit in will be on the coastal road of iqlim el kharroub and nahme.. and nobody can open one road by force...all the roads or nothing
02 July 2012, 02:12
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Go willing, I am personally going to pluck Assir's beard hair by hair.
02 July 2012, 16:23
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I don't trust a guy with a beard!
Hezb refused moderate sunnis...now this crap is comming their way...my oh my...poor Lebanon... land of the extremes...
