Aoun Condemns Baabda Attack: Suleiman Must Not be Criticized in Such a Debased Manner
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun criticized on Friday the rocket attacks in the Baabda region on Thursday, saying that they were a message to President Michel Suleiman and the Lebanese army, reported al-Mada radio.
He told the radio: “It's true that I oppose Suleiman's views, but he should not be criticized in such a debased manner.”
“I do not agree with his positions, but the presidential palace in Baabda should not be attacked,” he stressed.
“Suleiman is still a national Lebanese symbol and the rocket attack therefore target all the Lebanese people,” said Aoun.
“Several people want to spread chaos in Lebanon, but that can only be possible through local accomplices,” remarked the MP.
On Thursday, two rockets were fired in the Baabda area with one landing in the garden of the Freiha villa that is located near the Officers' Club.
The second rocket landed near the Khashoqji castle in al-Yarzeh.
No one was injured in the incident.
The attack came on the same day that Suleiman gave a speech on the occasion of Army Day in which he criticized Hizbullah's involvement in the Syrian war in support of President Bashar Assad's forces.
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