Hizbullah Slams French Accusations Linking Party to UNIFIL Attack
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Hizbullah on Monday slammed as a “condemned behavior” accusations by French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe who claimed Sunday that the party had a hand in the latest attack on French U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.
“Juppe made blatant accusations against Syria and Hizbullah and he himself acknowledged that he had no proof to substantiate his allegations,” Hizbullah said in a statement.
“Hizbullah deplores this condemned behavior, which was inappropriate coming from the foreign minister of an important nation such as France,” the party added.
It called on the top French diplomat to “correct his stance and realize the gravity of such type of accusations, which represent major injustice.”
Five French members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were wounded on Friday when a bomb targeted their patrol on the outskirts of the coastal city of Tyre. Two passers-by were also wounded.
Juppe said on Sunday that Syria was "undoubtedly" behind the bombing, adding however that so far he had no proof to back his claim.
"We have strong reasons to think that this attack came from there," Juppe told the TV5 Monde television channel and Le Monde newspaper.
Juppe claimed that Syria had used Lebanon’s Hizbullah for such attacks in the past.
"I don't have proof," he stressed, while adding that the party was "Syria's armed wing" in Lebanon.
But informed sources told Lebanese daily An Nahar in remarks published Monday that Juppe’s accusation was not merely political, but rather based on preliminary U.N. investigations that point to Syria’s involvement in the attack.
Syria, for its part, on Monday denied involvement in the attack.
"Syria has no link whatsoever with this act which we condemn," Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Maqdisi said in a statement that also criticized Juppe for pointing a finger at Damascus.
Maqdisi said that "remarks by Mr. Juppe and others are within the framework of premeditated French accusations made to mask the reality concerning Syria."
12 December 2011, 19:38
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mark this day: it is the beginning of the end of hizbushaitan
12 December 2011, 21:38
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When killings, explosions, and rockets get fired in the south, the Hezz seem to have no idea who did it. The same confounding logic is used by Syria and Iran too. They do the crime and then have no idea how anything happened right under their nose. When they are accused the deny everything and pretend someone other than the Hezz, Syria, and radical Palestinians do the crimes why they do ALL of this type of crime in Lebanon.
12 December 2011, 21:43
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Who ordered the rape of Beirut when the Hezz were running in the streets killing and burning Lebanese?
12 December 2011, 21:46
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i'm amazed how can anybody tell the "truth" anymore in this country:
it could be any of the following reasons:
1- Syria did it to send a message to the french.
2- syria did it using merceneries in the south.
3- syria did it using Hizb members, prob Hizb themselves are unaware of or they are and deny it...
4- an offshoot rebel anonymous party of salafis did it to stir up trouble for the sake of it.
5- mossad did it using proxies to heat up the situation further since chaos in the arab world is better off for it, divide and conquer all you can.
6- members of french government themselves did it to justify a reason for further action.
7- The US in collaboration with mossad and french did it.
I mean who the hell knows really? same with Hariri and all the other assasinations. no amount of "proof " will really prove anything since the judges investigators media are all in it, ITS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER! Sherlock homes is dead!
13 December 2011, 14:48
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Mowaten if i were you i won't waste message space to write something to Shab, it's alot for him. "Lebanese Traitors"
14 December 2011, 18:17
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@bigdig:
and what proof did the hezb show to prove israel did the crime? none....
while dozens of countries participated in the investigations, they all are wrong but only the hezb is right?
so funny!
