Change and Reform Urges 'Practical Solutions' to Refugee Crisis, Real Neutrality
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The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called for “practical solutions” to the social, economic and security problems created by the Syrian refugee influx, urging real “neutrality” in the Syrian conflict.
“It is not enough to say that you're against the issue of Syrian displacement and that it poses dangers. It is not enough to demand funds from foreign parties. Those who want to confront it must propose practical solutions, such as our suggestion on closing the border,” said MP Ibrahim Kanaan after the bloc's weekly meeting in Rabieh.
“If anyone has an alternative solution to stop the daily drain, let them tell us about it, as these theatricals and attempts to deceive the Lebanese people do not benefit anyone,” he added.
“We are speaking in the name of all the Lebanese ... and they must decide whether they are with the state or against it,” Kanaan went on to say.
He asked: “Who is undermining the neutrality? Can we preserve neutrality through backing a certain camp in Syria and through keeping our border open and our security vulnerable?”
Kanaan described “anyone saying that the issue is dangerous while refusing to back our proposed step” as “a partner in the crime.”
They would be “conspiring against Lebanon,” he added.
Separately, Kanaan said: “We also discussed the campaign of lies waged by those who have claimed that the telecom ministry is obstructing the work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon,” which is probing the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.
“Who speaks in the name of the STL? The official spokesman Marten Youssef issued a statement saying that cooperation with the government is good and he lauded this cooperation,” Kanaan noted.
“The smear campaign must stop as the public opinion is observing everything and your lies cannot survive for two days,” he said.
Turning to the tragedy of the Lebanese asylum-seekers, Kanaan said the municipalities' revenues “must only be utilized by these municipalities, not by any other party.
“This issue has to do with confronting a major social threat and we have recently witnessed the boat incident in Indonesia. There is despair over the lack of development, the squandering of public money and corruption,” he added.
Kanaan pointed out that the municipalities' revenues can create a lot of job opportunities.
“Start building the state, not through 'occupied minds' but rather through a common initiative. This must also apply to the issue of the new cabinet which must be formed through local initiatives and it must address the priorities,” he said.
Twenty-eight Lebanese asylum-seekers died as their boat capsized off Indonesia on Friday while seeking to sail to Australia.
Many more are still feared missing.
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said there were 68 Lebanese, including children, on board the ill-fated vessel and that 18 survived the ordeal while at least 29 were still missing.
Most of them hail from the impoverished district of Akkar, where thousands of Syrians have also sought refuge from the 30-month conflict that has wracked their country.
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01 October 2013, 17:08
Kanaan: Start building the state, not through "occupied minds" but rather through a common initiative. This must also apply to the issue of the new cabinet which must be formed through local initiatives and it must address the priorities.
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01 October 2013, 17:07
Kanaan: The municipalities' revenues can create a lot of job opportunities.
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01 October 2013, 17:07
Kanaan: The municipalities' revenues must only be utilized by these municipalities, not by any other party, and this issue has to do with confronting a major social threat and we have recently witnessed the boat incident in Indonesia. There is despair over the lack of development, the squandering of public money and corruption.
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01 October 2013, 17:05
Kanaan: The smear campaign must stop as the public opinion is observing everything and your lies cannot survive for two days.
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01 October 2013, 17:05
Kanaan: Who speaks in the name of the STL? The official spokesman Marten Youssef issued a statement saying that cooperation with the government is good and he lauded this cooperation.
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01 October 2013, 17:04
Kanaan: We also discussed the campaign of lies waged by those who have claimed that the telecom ministry is obstructing the work of the STL.
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01 October 2013, 17:04
Kanaan: Anyone saying that the issue is dangerous while refusing to back our proposed step is a partner in the crime and conspiring against Lebanon.
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01 October 2013, 17:02
Kanaa: Who is undermining the neutrality? Can we preserve neutrality through backing a certain camp in Syria and through keeping our border open and our security vulnerable?
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01 October 2013, 17:01
Kanaan: We are speaking in the name of all the Lebanese ... and they must decide whether they are with the state or against it.
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01 October 2013, 17:01
Kanaan: If anyone has an alternative solution to stop the daily drain, let them tell us about it, as these theatricals and attempts to deceive the Lebanese people do not benefit anyone.
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01 October 2013, 17:00
MP Ibrahim Kanaan after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc: It is not enough to say that you're against the issue of Syrian displacement and that it poses dangers. It is not enough to demand funds from foreign parties. Those who want to confront it must propose practical solutions, such as our suggestion on closing the border.
01 October 2013, 17:17
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Can someone explain to me why all the syrian workers I know are going to Syria to celebrate Adha, while all i hear about refugees is that they are increasing? How come workers go to syria while refugees stay here? Did the refugees like it here and intend to stay?
01 October 2013, 18:14
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totally correct... but as usual M8 want to exaggerate thing and pretend that it is only M14 that is fighting against assad arming all the rebels, fighting with them and so on.... real hypocrits they are when everyone knows what hezbis are doing there against the state's will as usual! so who is not respecting the state? their closest allies! LOL
01 October 2013, 18:37
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lol, gotta love the understatements and omissions.
a couple of dozens fighters? by all reports they were thousands.
some sunni arms smugglers? sorry to disppoint you, but oqab saqr is not sunni, although he is an M14 member of parliament.
01 October 2013, 18:39
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and what about allowing al qaeda to take over arsal and covering for them? what was the reaction when the minister of defense warned two years ago that they were infiltrating arsal? M14 screamed and yelled and denied this "sectarian" accusation and played victims. now we all know he was right, and M14 representatives never tried to do anything about it, always covering for al qaeda elements.
01 October 2013, 18:41
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HA sending fighters to take out aggressors in border areas, after they took hostages, massacred villagers and fired rockets on lebanon is "bringing the war to lebanon"
but M14 importing al qaeda in lebanon was definitely to preserve lebanon.
01 October 2013, 18:44
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"...by all reports they were thousands"????
Please provide a credible link.
01 October 2013, 18:52
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momo- the border village/holy site protection train sailed months ago. you only look foolish by using that excuse these days. No one is buying it anymore. HA has moved on to a new excuse. they are fighting tacfiris that are planning on invading Lebanon after they win in Syria to eat our children. that is why Assad must win and that is why they are there. get with the current propaganda program or you will be fired for being a bad shil!
01 October 2013, 18:56
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especially the holy site thing as a lame excuse ! assad said he didn't need any help that he was under control of everything just before hezbi entered the game!
hezbis went there just to secure the road to the sea between damascus and lattaquie... not to protect anyone... if so why did they never lift their fingers when the syrian army bombs akkar? aren't people from there lebanese? oh! no wait ! they are mostly sunnis so no need to protect them.... LOL
01 October 2013, 19:47
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Tex- don't get me wrong, I've been enjoying the comedy show for quite sometime now(sad that so many lives are affected by this). But why stop there? did you forget the exploding propane/gas tanks? or the brand new Mercedes that only catch on fire in south Lebanon and nowhere else? how about the exploding tires that are heard tens of kilometers away?
01 October 2013, 20:31
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lol i see i struck a nerve, you all went bonkers :)
you asked for a link? i shouldnt bother providing you with any, since everytime i ask you guys for links for your insane accusations and parachuted "truths"
but i'm the bigger person here, so here goes:
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/blood_brothers1
"Huraira is not Syrian but Lebanese; one of an estimated 300 to have taken up arms against the regime next door."
i chose this article since it is now lebanon, the moustaqbal mouthpiece. you can't accuse it of being anti-sunni, can you?
that is dated october 2012, so if now lebanon gave an estimate of 300 at that time, you can be positively certain the numbers were higher, and probably doubled or tripled since.
oh and anonyme: thanks for reminding us all that the so-called lebanese MP saqr is hiding in turkey for fear of facing justice in his own country.
and in case you werent aware, turkey is the logistical headquarter for the war against syria.
01 October 2013, 20:32
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you asked for a link? i shouldnt bother providing you with any, since everytime i ask you guys for links for your insane accusations and parachuted "truths" >you never give me any<
01 October 2013, 20:40
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momo- As I stated. that ship has sailed and you are not current! your article is from October of 2012. Here is something more recent. A speech in May of this year by the most infamous mole of our time.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/84448
try and stay current man, you are losing it!
01 October 2013, 21:24
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anonymetexasusa, for the sake of lively debate I must insist that there are many sources and some even credible.
The 'milk and blankets' excuse is ridiculous.
01 October 2013, 22:25
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anonymetexasusa, my post below is directed to your last post regarding mine. Cheers!
01 October 2013, 22:32
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Typical Momo:
Says.... "by all reports they were thousands"
When we ask for a link, his article estimates the number to be "300"
The article was in October of 2012, so he makes the false claim that:
"you can be positively certain the numbers were higher, and probably doubled or tripled since"
No momo, you cannot be "positively certain" of this false claim.
You said "by all reports they were thousands", and.....
YOU LIED!
02 October 2013, 12:22
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lol people-power, i take the most pro-M14 source, with its own estimate being 300+ a year ago (and i remind you that was way before quseyr and the implication of HA) and you still manage to hide behind your finger.
you know what, please remain in your lies, that's all you have to hang on to. that's the true truth habboub, i confess:
"some Sunni arms traders&smugglers have been busy making big bucks selling some old rusting weapons & ammo to the rebels, and couple of fanatic sheikh have in successful in deluding about a couple of dozens of Lebanese Sunnis to go fight in Syria"
this and some milk and blankets, that's all.
02 October 2013, 12:34
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False witness momo:
1. You said "by ALL reports they were thousands"
2. I asked for a link
3. Your link estimates 300, not thousands
4. You are a lying, exaggerating, propagandist
For someone who says ALL reports they were thousands, and then he can't even find ONE report showing more than 300.... Do you see what a fool you are?
02 October 2013, 13:05
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ya pipo-power i told you this is the true truth, only a couple of dozen poor deluded lebanese went to fight assad, and they were only armed with milk and blanket. what more do you want? i can also confess that i personally killed over 3,467 babies in syria, by stealing their milk and blankets, because i am a very very bad person.
please keep shining your light on us pipol, dont let facts and other stupid things like logic get in the way.
02 October 2013, 13:29
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If you are going to be irreverant, and irrelevant, at least try to be funny. Your attempts at humor have fallen flat.
02 October 2013, 13:35
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oooh i'm so sorry pipopo, i really wanted to make you laugh and bring happiness to your heart, but once again i have failed. i'm such a loser, should i throw myself out the window? please let me know what to do, i need your light
01 October 2013, 18:16
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Southern... First i hope u and ur will never get displaced and if u do i hope that u will get treated better than the way FPM and co treated syrian refugies (they were denied camps bc it would have proven that something was going on in syria, they kept saying that there was nothing in syria and that we donnot hv syrian refugies in lebanon (only nazhin not leg2in) for more than a year, depriving them from appropriate shelter and humanitarian aid for that long and mow that they r everywhere they can find a shelter, living in awfull conditions, trying to survive as they can everybody wakes up and act more racist than ever.... I really wish it will never hapen to u
01 October 2013, 19:40
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Solution: camps for the refugies, were they r listed in so we know who is in there, medical and social support funded by UN or any other country but for sure suppervised from UN so that no one can take advantage of their curent situation ( it is easy to buy people when they r hungry) teachers to avoid letting the youngs on the streets....
01 October 2013, 18:19
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Secondly southern, lease stop focusing on wahabit saudi moustakbal song, u look just like the iranian, islamist, hezbollah song on the other side... Really bro, try to be a litle constructive... Don't wanna look snobbing the conversation or so but it is really getting borring..
01 October 2013, 19:33
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This one the blaming HA for the martyr who were going there searching for a better life was a politization far from being accurate if u want my opinion... I accord u this one for sure, not saying that 14march are good, they do a lot of mistakes and act really dum sometimes, but HA has a big part to do with what lebanon is into now... And that even u cannot deny it (i guess)
01 October 2013, 18:29
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quite honestly, in reading the statement it appears as if it was delivered to HA and FPM and not M14. I mean everything he says applies to them 10 fold more than it applies to anyone else. But then I realized that the act by the belief of what applies to others does not apply to them and it all made sense.
01 October 2013, 20:58
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Southern sorry if i guessed wrong but i thought that a party who spread comunication nterwork all trough lebanon, control the airport, spread his men therough tbe capital city and mont lebanon to pressure politicians, engage in civil clashes(7ayar), cover men wanted by international tribunal , protect a man who was filmed while booby trap was put in an MP elevator from going to justice, engage openly in syrian conflict (first to protect shiite on the border, after for protecting us from takfiri like the resistance history: we fikr for our emprisoned man in occupied palestine, then for mazer cheb3a then tilal kfarchouba then as long as the israely theart exist....), i thought that a religious party ideologicaly linked to iran who act as it can do whatever he wants well i thought that such party has at least a litle to do with our shitty curent situation... But i might be wrong...
01 October 2013, 21:02
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But again to say that HA is responsible of the seath of our compatriot in indonesia is dumm
01 October 2013, 22:18
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I don't know much about it so will therefor not debate anything here, just wanted to see where the arguments and such go if that dead-end statement was annulled.
Though I'll just say that Okab was very flexible regarding his help, asking rebels how much of what they needed, and that he complied, and does so to this day in Turkey. I'd also like to mention Arsal and Tripoli in general and not go any further.
I hope to see some good debating here when I wake up, thank you for the effort in advance.
