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Geagea: Hizbullah Weapons are Biggest Cause for Strife

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday said Hizbullah weapons are "the biggest cause for strife."

"They say that the issue of false witnesses will cause strife in Lebanon. No. You are a cause for unrest. Hizbullah weapons, to us, are the biggest cause for strife," Geagea said at a press conference from Maarab.

"The events that took place May 7 and the events of Borj Abi Haidar. Let us refer these events to the Judicial Council before we refer a crime that did not occur," he said, stressing that false witnesses do no exist.

Geagea believed that the "real purpose" of the Opposition and its allies in Lebanon and outside Lebanon is that they do not want the International Tribunal.

"The aim at raising the false witnesses' issue is to destroy the International Tribunal," he said.

Geagea insisted that "we cannot talk about false witnesses before the trial is concluded, "adding that "there are no false testimonies."

He said the investigating judge is the only person entitled to describe fake witnesses as "false witnesses."

"Isn't it normal to doubt those who promoted Abu Adas' tape," he asked.

Geagea believed that demands to refer the false witnesses' report to the Judicial Council are "not innocent


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