Al-Mustaqbal Condemns Sidon's 'Criminal' Attack on Army, Urges Probe in the Incident

إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية W460

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday urged authorities to uncover the details behind last week's attack against the army in the southern city of Sidon.

“We call for intensifying investigations to reveal what happened in Sidon on Sunday and for prosecuting those who planned the attack,” the bloc said in a released statement after the MPs' weekly meeting, stressing that what happened in the port city is rejected.

“Those behind the attacks are criminals,” it said.

The MPs assured that they stand beside the state's institutions and especially the army “to face any terrorist act against it.”

“The army's weapons must be protected from attacks carried out by militias.”

They, however, condemned representing Sidon as a city that is “above the law.”

Addressing Hizbullah-affiliated media outlets, they said: “We remind you of the historical role Sidon has played and preserved throughout time.”

Sergeant Samer Youssef Rizk and four gunmen died on Sunday evening in near-simultaneous attacks on two army checkpoints in Sidon – one of them involving a suicide bomber.

In the first attack, an unidentified attacker hurled a hand grenade at an army checkpoint on Sidon's northern entrance in the al-Awwali area, prompting troops to retaliate, which left a gunman dead and a soldier wounded.

Soon after the army intensified its patrols in the area, another attack targeted one of its checkpoints in the Sidon suburb of Majdelyoun.

Al-Mustaqbal accused Hizbullah again of being responsible for the tension in Lebanon.

The bloc explained: “The party's involvement in the battles in Syria, its invasion of Beirut in 2008 and of Abra this year, and its protection of criminals and attackers breed terrorism.”

They called on the state is to stand in front of “all those opposing national consensus,” also urging security forces to prosecute the army's attackers and prevent any group for getting involved in “illegal fighting” in Syria.

On March 14's latest meeting in the northern city of Tripoli, the MPs said that conclusions of the talks that the alliance and Tripoli's residents support religious coexistence and are with implementing the adopted security plan and the law.

"Tripoli also demands the prosecution of those behind the bombings that targeted the two mosques,” they reiterated.

Separately, the lawmakers demanded President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam to quickly form a cabinet of non-partisans and to resume national dialogue sessions.

Comments 10
Thumb benzona 17 December 2013, 18:36

Of course Future condems such attacks. of course the army is hostage of hezbollah. we must respect the LAF, but at the same time we have higher expectations from the army. we want them to arrest Eid and acolytes.

Thumb benzona 17 December 2013, 18:51

ya khafif, the syrian christians have no say in the matter, they isolated themselves from the conflict. so did the Syrian Sunni Kurds. As of the alawites, they controle the helicopters and aircrafts that bomb blindly civilians and rebels; why would they need to resort to suicide bombings? The sunni rebels have little firepower, their suicide bombings are a desperate move to reach some targets because their light machine guns are ineficient against battletanks. you can twist facts as much as you like, but deep inside you know that the involved alawites/chabihas and co are criminals. So are the silent people, silence kills. and as they say in french "qui ne dit mot consent". they're indrect accomplices.

Thumb ice-man 17 December 2013, 19:09

benzona.... mind if i ask you a question? Do you think flamethrower's gold tooth shines when he smiles?

Thumb ice-man 17 December 2013, 20:34

benzona..... look: flamethrower and mowaten are marching against discrimination!
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/110328-macedonian-prostitutes-march-against-discrimination

Thumb benzona 17 December 2013, 20:40

thanks for the precious link ice-man!

Thumb lebaneser 17 December 2013, 22:36

Sunni this and Shiia that, Christian this and Alawi that! What a bunch of sectarians all of you. Honestly shame on you. Such shamefully retarded behaviour. No wonder we remain a lousy country. Grow up and look past your religions for once damn it

Missing watan-libnan 17 December 2013, 22:47

Every time something happens some one condemns this or condemns that , is condemning the only the these people who are elected to do something to benefit lebanon know how to do, if thats the case we don't care about their condemnation we want them to get lost.

Thumb lebaneser 17 December 2013, 22:54

watan-libnan I agree with you. They are all and I mean all fantastic at condemning while the country has no government, an extended parliament and most probably no president in a few months. They should most definitely get lost

Missing watan-libnan 17 December 2013, 23:08

In regards to the government and president its obvious to all to see that no government or president will be elected because of whats happening over the border .

Missing cowboymicho 18 December 2013, 02:14

Well then stop arming them harriri.