Geagea Says Army Hasn't Identified Nature of Maarab Drone: Efforts to Assassinate Me are Ongoing
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea warned on Monday that his assassination would have major repercussions on the March 14 forces and Lebanese policies in general.
He told al-Arabiya television: “Preparations to assassinate me are ongoing.”
He confirmed media reports that spoke of drones flying over his Maarab residence, saying: “The espionage planes are part of a policy of intimidation against the March 14 camp.”
He stressed however that such methods will not intimidate him “as they will not succeed in assassinating me.”
“They will try to assassinate me again seeing as such a development will have major repercussions on the March 14 forces,” Geagea noted.
On the surveillance planes, he said that he had first noticed it some 15 days ago, adding that security personnel at Maarab noted that the sound generated by the plane differed from normal planes and its course also differed from regular ones.
The mysterious plane flew over Maarab on January 8 at around 12:30 am, he revealed.
The plane flew over the residence for a few minutes, but the suspicious activity prompted the state security forces at the facility to contact the Army Command to inform it of the development, said the LF chief.
After the necessary investigations, the Army Command failed to determine the nature of the plane.
A similar incident took place on January 14, but the plane hovered over Maarab for about two hours between 5:30 and 7:30 pm at a relatively low altitude, Geagea stated.
He consequently directly contacted Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji.
Qahwaji said that the plane “was definitely not a Lebanese one."
"And I personally believe that they were not Israeli surveillance drones as they usually fly over the South and the Bekaa, not over this specific region," Geagea added.
“Military experts informed me that it was unlikely that the plane was Israeli because the drones do not usually hover over a region for a long period of time,” he continued.
Qahwaji pledged to Geagea that he will follow up on this issue.
“I believe that the army will be able to determine the identity of this plane the next time it flies over Maarab,” he remarked.
Geagea suspected that the mysterious plane is linked to telephone threats that have been made against numerous March 14 officials.
Geagea escaped an assassination attempt by snipers as he was taking a walk in the garden of his Maarab residence in April 2012.
20 January 2014, 19:12
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that is why Doc Lebanese army needs a good radar system with anti aircraft missiles
20 January 2014, 19:39
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This reminds me of his previous attempted assassination.
I am sure Jesus/God/Mary/Mar Charbel (whatever he prefers) will protect him again by presenting him an even nicer flower to conveniently pick.
20 January 2014, 19:42
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@ice-man
I have my doubt it was English :)
these days nothing that makes sense is coming out of disturbed m8 guys :)
they are seeing their whole world crumbling around them and they are not realizing where did their divine victories go :)
20 January 2014, 19:44
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The LAF will not incriminate hizbullah even if it has proof that they are flying the drones.
20 January 2014, 23:50
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Careful Ice-man... the_snore looks hungry, he might take a bite out of you.
20 January 2014, 19:59
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ya toura ya toura.... who has little teleguided toy planes and like to fly them over the territory of the ennemy of pals?
21 January 2014, 06:39
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it is a public fact that Hizbullah has several ayoub drones which it already flew twice above israel.
21 January 2014, 07:43
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"I know for a fact no HA drone would be allowed to hover by Israel be it in Israeli, Jordan or Lebanese air space."
can you listen to yourself talking???? How do you know for a fact/!!!! What a pompous individual !!!
21 January 2014, 07:52
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the roar your english is difficult to understand. You may want to practice more before continuing on this forum. In any case, HA recognized it flew Ayoub drones on Israel which were twice downed by the Israelis. The LAF has no means to monitor the Lebanese Air space as it is short of material and even less down it as it has no ground to air missiles.
20 January 2014, 20:05
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That was back then when they wanted to establish an Islamic state in Lebanon modeled after wilayat al faqih. All changed since then. Just ask Flamethrower and mowaten.
20 January 2014, 20:11
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actually, southern, you are the one lying and all Beirut can tell you that from experience.
anyway, you are not worth discussing with, same as you patrons the Iranians who are not worth sitting on the Geneva conference table :)
20 January 2014, 23:39
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suspended, are you sagh-hags replacement… please put on a pair of pants!
20 January 2014, 23:40
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suspended - you should indeed be suspended because of your dishonesty. "Sidat Alnajat church bombing" was fabricated to frame Geagea because (like now) he is stubborn and did not accept Syrian occupation. The Sabra and Shatilla massacre was led by Elie Hobeika who became one of the Syrian regime favorite allies in Lebanon and a rival of Geagea.
20 January 2014, 23:43
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"I insist, all the stories which was told about Hezb of inhibiting certain things, are false."
The souther nimrod has spoken… it must be so!!
20 January 2014, 23:47
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wolfy… I thought you lost the scent and could not find your way back, good boy!
21 January 2014, 01:14
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Didn't HA use a drone to hit an Israeli navy ship? So if they want to kill Geagea, who is there to stop them?
21 January 2014, 06:18
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@wolf, you should be more than ashamed of yourself first for the comments you post that are beyond disgusting. Second, for making up fake account and post terrible things against people. Banning you will not solve your problem. You are sick, plain and simple.
21 January 2014, 06:34
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Who is doing all this killing? Maybe it is all coincidence. Prime Minister Harriri was murdered and five Hizballah members were accused and being tried for the murder? Twaini et all assassinated after arriving in secret back from Paris and Hizballah has control of the Airport? Two members of Hizballah blown up preparing a car bomb in parking lot in Beirut? Supposedly this was only personal dispute. Hizballah members were caught in the act trying to plant a bomb for Boutras Harb? The only party to boast of flying unmanned drone over Israel was Hizballah?
Hem! I wonder who is flying the drone over Maraab?
