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Geagea Condemns Syria Church Attacks, Urges 'Deterring Extremist Groups'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea strongly condemned the attack on two churches in Syria on Thursday evening, calling on the Free Syrian Army to “deter extremist groups.”

"These extremists harm Christians and Muslims alike and are offensive to the values on which the Syrian revolution was based,” Geagea said in a released statement.

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Geagea Says Hizbullah Holds onto Plan to Control State's Strategic Decisions

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea slammed Hizbullah for rejecting serious dialogue on its arms and said it was too early to discuss about his possible candidacy for the presidential elections next year.

In an interview with Rose El Youssef Egyptian magazine that will be published on Saturday, Geagea said: “Hizbullah is not ready for any serious discussion on the state and holds onto its doctrine and political project.”

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Berri: Absolute Majority of Political Leaders Welcomed Dialogue Initiative

Speaker Nabih Berri said Friday he will start making contacts to assess the results of the meetings that the members of his parliamentary bloc held with top officials to explain to them his initiative aimed at ending the country's political crisis.

In remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper published Friday, Berri expressed relief that the “absolute majority of the political forces that the committee has met with has backed the initiative and the return to the (national) dialogue table.”

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Geagea Says Berri's Dialogue Initiative 'Will Not Lead Anywhere'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stated on Tuesday that Speaker Nabih Berri's proposal to hold national dialogue sessions is “not helpful” and that it will not be beneficial.

"I thank the speaker on coming forward with his initiative although I don't think it will be beneficial,” Geagea said after meeting with a delegation of Berri's Liberation and Development bloc.

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Geagea: Autonomous Security Phenomenon Greatest Danger Facing Lebanon

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea slammed the phenomenon of autonomous security in Lebanon, saying that it undermines the authority of the state, reported An Nahar daily on Monday.

He told the daily: “This is the greatest danger facing Lebanon.”

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Geagea: Hizbullah Wise Enough Not to Get Involved in Syria if Military Action Taken against it

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea ruled out the possibility that Hizbullah and Iran would retaliate to a U.S.-led strike against Syria, reported As Safir newspaper on Monday.

He told the daily: “I assume that Hizbullah and Iran are wise enough to avoid slipping into a large-scale war.”

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Geagea Slams Suleiman's Critics: We Won't Accept Any Cabinet Not Endorsing Baabda Declaration as Policy Statement

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday strongly defended President Michel Suleiman against his critics, rejecting the postponement of the presidential election and any cabinet that does not endorse the Baabda Declaration as its Policy Statement.

“State institutions are suffering near-complete paralysis and constitutional junctures have been postponed until further notice from Hizbullah and Syria. The chaos of arms and the series of bombings are undermining security and the economy is in a miserable situation,” Geagea lamented in a speech commemorating the “martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance” during a ceremony organized by the LF in Maarab.

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Geagea Doesn't See 'Same Hand' in Tripoli, Dahieh Blasts: We Can't be with Hizbullah in Same Cabinet

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Monday his political camp cannot join a cabinet comprising Hizbullah ministers at present, noting that he does not endorse the “hypothesis” that the Dahieh and Tripoli bombings were orchestrated by the “same hand.”

Asked in an interview on Future TV how to put an end to the series of bombings that have rocked several Lebanese regions, Geagea said: “The state must address the situation, as currently the state only comprises President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam, who must form a serious cabinet that should not be crippled, paralyzed or under the influence of intimidation.”

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Geagea Urges Obama to Act over Chemical Weapons Claims in Syria

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized in an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama his inaction in Syria after an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus which the opposition says left hundreds dead and provoked revulsion around the world.

“Syria's regime forces led by President Bashar Assad are currently engaged in ethnic cleansing, mass rape, systematic torture, (including of infants) leveling of cities upon their inhabitants, and, last but not least, using highly virulent nerve gas, causing mass civilian casualties,” Geagea said in his letter to Obama.

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Geagea Criticizes Security Council's 'Shameful' Stance over Ghouta Massacre

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized on Thursday the United Nations Security Council's stand following the bloody massacre of the Reef Damascus town of Ghouta.

"What is shameful after Wednesday's massacre is the U.N. Security Council's dealing with it, despite its gravity and horror,” Geagea said in a released statement.

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