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Geagea Hits Back at Nasrallah, Says Berri Could Retain his Post if he Joins March 14

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday snapped back at Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and stressed that the March 14 alliance would only bring Speaker Nabih Berri to the speakership if he falls out of the March 8 coalition.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel “Aoun is no longer the top Christian leader in the country,” Geagea told several local newspapers in response to a televised speech made by Nasrallah on Monday.

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Aoun Not Ready to Give up Power to March 14 but Doesn't Reject Cabinet Change

Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said Saturday that the March 8 alliance is not ready to give up power to the March 14 coalition that is rejecting to sit at the same table with the ruling majority.

“We are not ready to give up power to people who claim they won't sit at a single table with us,” Aoun said in an interview with al-Nour radio station. “We have made many compromises to sit with them at the table.”

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Geagea: Supporters of Apostolic Exhortation Cannot Back Assad, Killers in Govt.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stated on Friday that the current conflict in the region does not center around Sunnis and Shiites, but Syria and the conflict over establishing a democratic regime instead of the current one.

He said during a seminar in Maarab on the Apostolic Exhortation: “Those who support the Exhortation cannot back Syrian President Bashar Assad and the killers in the (Lebanese) government.”

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Geagea Rejects Assad's Remarks that Syria is 'Last Bastion of Secularism'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Thursday noted that Syrian President Bashar Assad is trying to “scare” Christians by claiming that Syria is the "last bastion of secularism, stability and coexistence in the region."

In an interview on the pan-Arab satellite TV network Al-Jazeera, Geagea called on Syria's Christians to "take part in the revolution in their country."

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Egyptian FM Meets Senior Officials: Lebanese Must End Own Crisis Themselves

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr arrived in Beirut on Tuesday for a two-day visit to meet with senior Lebanese officials and stress his country's support to the resumption of the national dialogue among the political foes.

He kicked off his visit by meeting with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in Maarab and later Speaker Nabih Berri and Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel.

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Geagea: Hollande Avoided Meeting Cabinet, a Prelude to its Isolation

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said French President Francois Hollande's meeting with President Michel Suleiman during his visit to Beirut reflected a French stance that Paris rejects to deal with the current cabinet.

In an interview with al-Joumhouria daily on Monday, Geagea stressed that avoiding any meeting with the cabinet members will gradually lead to isolating the government, and only then will the officials become convinced that their cabinet is impossible to remain.

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Franjieh: We Must Know Who 'Betrayed' al-Hasan, Suleiman Stance on Samaha Case Extreme

Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh on Friday said one should not ask who killed Intelligence Bureau chief Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan but rather who “betrayed” him.

“We must not ask who killed Wissam al-Hasan but rather who betrayed Wissam al-Hasan, and usually those who betray are the allies,” said Franjieh in an interview on al-Manar television.

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Geagea: Era of Settlements with Other Camp is Over, Govt. Represents the Killers

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday announced that “the era of settlements with the other camp is over,” noting that Prime Minister Najib Miqati's government “represents the killers.”

“We want to stop the killing machine that is targeting us. Assassinations have become a trivial thing and unfortunately some officials are calling for dialogue as if nothing happened,” said Geagea in an interview on Future television.

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March 14 Forces to Issue Political Statement on Next Phase in Lebanon

The recent meeting for the March 14 forces that was held at the Maarab residence of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Saturday reached an agreement on a number of political issues and steps that they will undertake during the upcoming phase in Lebanon, reported the daily An Nahar on Tuesday.

It said that a statement listing the principles and issues they agreed upon will be issued within days or this week.

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Report: March 14 Officials Agree during Maarab Meeting on Steps to Tackle Next Phase in Lebanon

A number of leading March 14 camp officials met at Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea's Maarab residence on Saturday in order to address the local and regional situation, revealed the daily An Nahar on Monday.

It said that the leaders tackled in depth the latest developments, especially in light of the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau chief Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan, and reached an agreement on the main measures that need to be taken during the next phase in Lebanon.

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