LF on Ehden Incident: Civil Peace is a Red Line

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The Lebanese Forces on Sunday called on the residents of the northern areas of Ehden and Zghorta to “exercise restraint and avoid anything that may disrupt calm in the region,” following the gunfight Sunday morning in Ehden which left three people wounded.

The LF stressed in a communiqué the need to “renounce violence and weapons in any dispute,” noting that “only the Lebanese security and judicial authorities are entitled to resolve conflicts and fulfill justice.”

The party also called on the residents of the area to resort to the relevant judicial authorities and to await the outcome of investigations.

Concluding its communiqué, the LF called for “maintaining calm and stability in all Lebanese areas,” stressing that “civil peace is a red line.”

The guards of the house of former President Suleiman Franjieh and drunk men exchanged fire in the northern town of Ehden at dawn Sunday, injuring three people, the National News Agency reported.

NNA said that two guards – Butros Mikhael Iskandar and Bakhos Ibrahim Jerjes – were injured in the incident that erupted at 5:00 am with two drunken occupants of a vehicle.

The two men were speeding near the mansion when one of the guards stopped them asking about their inappropriate behavior, the agency said. One of the drunk men hit the guard while the other shot at him, which forced the guards to open fire at them.

One of the occupants identified as Naim al-Doueihy was also injured, NNA said.

It added that the army immediately intervened and cordoned off the area.

Marada movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh said in a statement later Sunday that the shooting near his grandfather’s house should not be exaggerated and that the incident would not affect the tourism season in Ehden.

Later on Sunday, al-Doueihy family issued a statement following a meeting at the residence of lawyer Youssef Bahaa al-Doueihy in Ehden.

The conferees accused “some people of distorting the facts through some media outlets,” noting that “the incident started when armed militiamen positioned on the public road opened fire on the passing cars.”

“What happened was not aimed at attacking a certain politician, as some have tried to portray the incident and are trying to exploit it,” al-Doueihy family said in the statement.

“We hope security and judicial institutes will not apply double standards … especially that some consider the defense ministry to be a farm, and we stress that we will abide by the law as much as those in charge of the case will abide by objectivity and neutrality,” the family added.

“We remind them that their regional sponsor had never managed to scare us, even during the epitome of its occupation of Lebanon … We will not tolerate any attack on people’s dignities,” it warned.

Comments 6
Default-user-icon Karim1 (Guest) 14 August 2011, 19:28

LF condemning violence? News to me.

Default-user-icon Proud To Be Lebanese (Guest) 14 August 2011, 21:41

Ya3ni akid zo3ranon li 3emlina fa ydobouwon w ydobo sle7on l falten abel ma yel7a2o ghayron. W bkafe do7ok 3al 3alam eno badon dawle!! Ya 3ayb l choum ma cheb3o ba3ed men dam bet franjiyeh!

Default-user-icon Pacifier (Guest) 15 August 2011, 08:57

And here are as usual the syrians and iranian followers, commenting against the only institution that protected Lebanon in the time where palestinians and syrians invaded our country, wow, those 3 smart asses commenting up there , starting from karim, yes unlike Hezbollah that praises for violence all the time, the LF condemns it, and to proud to be Lebanese, it is as if you dont know the ZO3RAN ZGHORTÉ, haram edissin smalla walla marra awasso 3a 7adan, bass bi 7ebo yi recho el 3alam wou then ask questions later mich hek? kater kheir allah slimmy frangieh shouwei kebro 3a2leto wou cheyef ktir mni7 la marra enno el wade3 el souré mret wou ma fiyo yesta2wé khassatan enno massi7iyan lezem yi kouno kellon aribin men ba3ed le2anno jeyin mjenin aktar men Assad ba3den. As for my dear friend bigdig, how about you show restrain with your mossad and cia dogs that are doing problems in Lassa, or even bowing up cars in antelias? byestehalo ra7o mit cha2fé, bunch of zionist and iranian spies

Thumb mrbrain 15 August 2011, 15:49

I would like to see, hear and smell Dr Green Thumb while he is lecturing us....
If i was fanatic, sectarian and LF opponent i would have directly labeled this incident as a terrorist attack....But let us face the facts it's just a typical Lebanese incident ...What is astonishing is how people dishonestly define and label their opponents......I was reading the comments about the Anti Elias incident…
That's what i call dirty quarrel or in other word Lebanese argument......
Cheers

Default-user-icon Divoratio (Guest) 15 August 2011, 16:21

Hang the bastard criminal Samir Geagea. The dumb idiot is bound to repeat his crimes because he is an idiot and a criminal.

Default-user-icon Proud To Be Lebanese (Guest) 15 August 2011, 22:13

Ma ra7 red bass l osas sarit wad7a lal 3alam w ma ba2a yonda7ak 3layon w machrou 14 march l feshil nfada7 w ntaha fa choyet sarikh w 3ayit w tejyich ta2ife ma ra7 yraj3ou, yalla katro comments la tda7kouna l solta ma3na wel 7a2 reji3 la s7abo :د