Hariri Hails Army in Halting Terrorists in Ras Baalbek: It Has Proven Ability to Face Assaults
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Head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri praised on Saturday the army after its battles against terrorists in the Ras Baalbek region in the eastern Bekaa.
He declared in a statement: “It has proven its ability to confront assaults by extremists and to face terrorist bombings.”
“The army has presented a new line of martyrs, who died while defending their nation, security and stability of all the Lebanese people,” he added.
“I salute the martyrs and their families, who continue to present valuable sacrifices for Lebanon,” Hariri said.
“I call on all the Lebanese people to come together and unite in supporting the army and security forces to allow them to perform their duties in confronting attacks against Lebanon,” he urged.
The army was engaged on Friday in clashes with terrorist groups that attacked one of its positions in Tallat al-Hamra in Ras Baalbek.
Fierce clashes then erupted between the two sides and the army managed to seize control of the area and repel the gunmen.
At least five soldiers were killed in the unrest.
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24 January 2015, 13:57
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Saad Hariri has paid indemnities to Jabal Mohsen victims as well as Tripoli showing a non sectarian attitude that is unfortunately rare in this country. He has also financed the public school building in Tannourine. He has continuously backed the public institutions as well as the army.
Does it really upset you to see someone behaving in a non sectarian way?
24 January 2015, 18:42
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Of course, thanks to him. You are blind not to see this. He provided the political cover in the Sunni community for the army to do whatever is necessary to eliminate these terrorist. And despite much double standard (allowing the Hizb to do as it pleases while it arrested anyone trying to help Syrian rebels even though ones opposed to Al Nusra), he stuck to his support to the Lebanese army. On the other hand, does anyone have any doubt which side the m8 trolls will take in a conflict between the Army and the Hizb???
24 January 2015, 14:57
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aren't you ashamed of yourself wasting people's time, zero contribution, naive.
24 January 2015, 14:58
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I am not focusing of Saad Hariri alone, but in fact on all of Lebanon's politicians, and this concerns everyone, from M8, to M14 and the ones unaffiliated to any of the two, leave the army alone, do not interfere with its workings, do not put sticks in its wheels, let the army work without meddling, enough of our soldiers dying because of political interference. I pray that soon after we finish with all this Nusra and IS trash, that the army stages a coup and installs a military rule by decree, suspend the constitution, arrests all politicians and lead this country forever. No more of this joke called Lebanese democracy.
24 January 2015, 15:03
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the military is as if not more corrupt than the politicians you're talking about. If you are Lebanese you should know the life style of our officers: from villas, to cars, to maids, to travel, to side businesses, etc. Have you asked yourself how can an army officer afford this extravagant life style on a 2 or 3 thousand USD per month.
25 January 2015, 16:43
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Mr. Saab, with all respects to your views, I am not denying that this lifestyle as you called it exists, yes, it exists. But one has to take into consideration the values of each issue on the table. These high ranking officers, aren't they part of a great army like ours? Aren't they entitled to benefits? Compare that with the highly corrosive corruption of our politicians, all of them, and you;ll notice that that all things human do suffer from some imperfections, thus our army is forgiven for these seemingly small flaws as compared to the ignominious ones of the politicians. Then Al Arab, President Sissi is no criminal, he is the best thing that happened to the Arab world, otherwise can you imagine Egypt the largest Arab country under chaos like Libya and Syria? Morsi is the real dirt, the real criminal, Sissi is our hero.
24 January 2015, 18:45
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And we all see how the rest of the other Arab military dictatorship worked !!!
24 January 2015, 19:12
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Ya Arab, you give us then a substitute to the political rot we have in Lebanon. Give me a Sissi anytime and I'll trade him for all the dump we have here in Lebanon. Then lest you seem not to know, the Lebanese Army is not like the Arab armies.
24 January 2015, 20:21
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'the Lebanese Army is not like the Arab armies' which is why we will not have dictatorship. As for Sissi, he is a criminal and a thug. The solution is to stop electing the same bunch of politicians. Failing that, to muddle through the volcanoes erupting all around the Middle East with as little losses as possible.
24 January 2015, 16:31
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those are TRUE martyrs... nothing to compare with militiamen working for a foreign country....
the army proves they do not need any militia to defend Lebanon!
24 January 2015, 18:01
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southern : funny how you never try and understand things , you just take the title of an article to generalize things for the sole sake of your idiotic propaganda... rifi explained his stance :" Rifi asked the state prosecutor Samir Hammoud to pursue and prosecute the perpetrators to the fullest extent of the law given that burning the flag desecrated religious symbols and could, he argued, incite sectarian strife – both punishable under Lebanese law."
trying to avert sectarian strife is it not what you pretend to defend? but by making rifi appear as an accomplice with isis you are just trying to create strife! LOL
even if his move was awkward, jumping to your conclusions make you appear once more like a fool...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Aug-30/269064-lebanons-justice-minister-asks-prosecutor-to-punish-isis-flag-burners.ashx#sthash.B6mD1z42.dpuf
