Wahhab Brushes Aside U.S. Asset Freeze
Tawhid movement leader Wiam Wahhab brushed aside on Friday a decision by U.S. President Barak Obama to extend a 2007 freeze of assets against him.
The decision is “meaningless,” Wahhab told Voice of Lebanon radio station (100.5), saying “it didn’t affect me in 2007 and won’t affect me today.”
He added that the Lebanese cabinet headed by PM Najib Miqati and Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour should resolve the issue “because it is an aggression on Lebanese sovereignty and democracy.”
“The Lebanese state should protect us,” Wahhab said, adding “this decision is a clear interference in Lebanese affairs.”
On Thursday, Obama extended a freeze of assets on four personalities for allegedly threatening stability in Lebanon and seeking "to undermine Lebanon's legitimate and democratically elected government."
A White House statement said that "certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms transfers to Hizbullah that include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems, serve to undermine Lebanese sovereignty."
The decision also targeted Assaad Hardan from the Syrian Social National Party and Syrian officials Hafez Makhlouf and Mohammed Nassif.
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