MP Geagea Hits Back at Raad, Says Assassinations Could Target the March 8 Forces
MP Strida Geagea slammed on Wednesday Hizbullah MP Mohammed Raad, saying that he could’ve had the minimum amount of “credibility and morality” before criticizing the assassination attempt of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.
MP Geagea said in a statement issued by LF press office that all the official stances confirm the “seriousness of the attack.”
“The stances of President (Michel Suleiman), Prime Minister (Najib Miqati), and Interior Minister (Marwan Charbel) confirm the seriousness of the attack, and constitute an overwhelming response to the statements of MP Raad,” she stated.
Earlier, Head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Raad criticized attempts by some politicians to exaggerate events and instigate incidents hinting to Samir Geagea without naming him.
MP Geagea expressed regrets over the “low political rhetoric, regardless of the different points of view.”
“Personally if I was informed that (Hizbullah secretary general) Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was attacked, I would’ve been the first one to condemn it,” the MP added.
She lashed out at Raad calling on him to realize that the assassinations might target the March 8 forces someday, rather than only targeting the March 14 forces figures.
“But we refuse violence and killings, and if that happens we will be the first to condemn any attack,” Geagea stated.
She hoped that MP Raad and others “commit to a certain level of morality and values as Lebanon shouldn’t lose those principles that constitute a main part of its culture.”
The LF leader said Wednesday that he escaped an assassination attempt when a sniper fired at his residence in Maarab.
Security forces extracted two sniper bullets, ranging between 12.7 and 14.5mm, from a wall at his house.
The LF leader added that the security of the Maarab compound was not breached and that the attacker had carried out the attack from a distance of up to four kilometers using very advanced equipment.
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