Al-Rahi Returns from U.S.: Lebanese Alone Can't Solve Hizbullah Arms Issue
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday noted that “solving the issue of Hizbullah’s arms is not in the hands of the Lebanese alone,” emphasizing the international community’s role in that regard.
Upon his return to Beirut from a pastoral visit to the United States and a brief trip to the Vatican, al-Rahi said: “I have said that it will be a major feast in Lebanon when the Resistance hands over its weapons, but what’s more important is that I have said the international community must play a role to solve this Lebanese-international issue.”
Asked about the latest meeting held by the Lady of the Mountain Gathering, the patriarch said: “I know nothing about this meeting, I heard there had been a meeting that got canceled and that another meeting was held, but my time did not allow me at all to inform myself about the issue.”
“I did not read anything about it or about what it did, I stated in the United States that we as a church support all the Lebanese -- which means that the church, the patriarchate, the bishops and I support all the Lebanese and all the parties and movements,” al-Rahi added.
Asked about a possible visit to Syria, al-Rahi said “it is the patriarch’s duty to visit all the parishes once every five years, and this is what we’re doing now. I have to visit our parishes in Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Egypt and the Holy Land, and I will go later to Canada and Australia because it’s the patriarch’s duty to visit the parishes.”
Al-Rahi is scheduled to travel to Iraq on Monday for talks with spiritual and political figures there.
The patriarch returned Sunday to Beirut from Italy where he attended a council with world religious leaders in Assisi. They joined Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday in denouncing violence perpetrated in the name of their faiths.
Al-Rahi will celebrate mass in Baghdad on the first anniversary of the attacks that targeted the Our Lady of Salvation Church in 2010.
Militants had stormed the church in central Baghdad, killing 44 worshippers, two priests and seven security force personnel in an attack claimed by al-Qaida's local affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq.
Al-Rahi said earlier this week that he will discuss with Iraqi officials the fate of Christians there.
30 October 2011, 22:20
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Stay strong Rai. First ASSad will go, then the Hezz. But they will threaten everyone in the mean time.
31 October 2011, 01:38
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The Only Way Your Going To Resolve Any Issue Of Weapons Is The Day There Are No Weapons In The World You Pathetic Scum.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. We Are Already In The begging Stage Of WW3, So Now All We Do Is Wait Until There All The Weapons Are Used To Blow Up Thoese Zionist Thugs And Bring Back World Justice :)
31 October 2011, 02:10
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Those religious clerics make me laugh. The Church (aka the Vatican) is the biggest shareholder in FIAT and until recently.... guess what, Fiat was manufacturing anti-personnel mines... as we say in French, c'est l'hôpital qui se moque de la charité. Well, obviously, hezbollah won't get disarmed until Iran orders so... so, after the upcoming NATO military campaign in Syria, Tehran might be next.
31 October 2011, 07:55
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To: Killer_instinct: You can continue with your sweet dreams about liquidating the Zionist thugs.
Without them you could live in peace and harmony, same as you live in Lebanon during the 70s when you slaughtered one the other, peaceful as in Afganistan. harmony like in Yemen, democracy like in Syria. brotherhood like Sudan. democracy like in Iran. this is your dream.
Without the Zionist Thugs who contributed to the world's prosperity in 60 years more than you in millions of years wont' be able to contribute.
Lets see what the Arabs brought to the world except hate and bloodshed .
Fanatic Islam, terror, suicide bombers , blown up buses and schools, destruction and death to millions.
Without the Zionist thugs you could remain with your sheep in your caves.
As we say in Hebrew that God gave nuts to those who have no teeth.
He gave Arabs the oil. but look what you have done with all the money you earned? where did it go ? to terror ? for incitement ? for spreading hate ?
31 October 2011, 08:16
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benzona, don't have your hopes too high about nato military campaign in Syria. I think they are done since they are not willing to send any ground troops in which they won't (USA pulling out of Iraq and not wishing to get back into anywhere anytime soon), and same with UK. So i say forget about it.
Your only hope is if a formidable syrian militia is formed to fight the regime as they had in Libia ..which is not close to reality yet in Syria.
31 October 2011, 08:19
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killer_instinct, I can smell you as a LF guy or gal or a very stupid HA guy. I am guessing it is the former and you're using reverse phsycology to make people hate HA. Trying to paint them as terrosist and war loving, which in reality would be more like LF anyway.
31 October 2011, 08:20
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I guess I must be really bored to even come to this site and reply to idiots like killer_instinct.
31 October 2011, 11:29
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paranoid much arzz? no the reality is that all HA supporters are that retarded it seems. You would have to be a complete nit-wit to really stand behind nasrallah and his ever increasingly ridiculous non-sense of an ideology.
31 October 2011, 13:38
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why not ask the help of the usa? there is no shame in asking their help... a lot of countries already did that
31 October 2011, 18:11
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we are responsible for Hassounis arsenal, stop blaming the foreigners, it is our crap leaders who have us where we are now and in the near future. They need to be hanged in public from the President to the lowest parilamentarian, we will then start from zero up wards and create a good democracy
