Aoun Warns War to Move to Lebanon if Assad Ousted, Slams 'Takfiris'

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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Wednesday warned that the violence in Syria would spill over to Lebanon if the embattled Syrian regime was ousted, rejecting the presence of what he called “Takfiris on our border.”

“Those who backed Israel’s war on Lebanon in 2006 are the same ones who are backing the inner war against Syria, that’s why we should think of good neighborliness and the neighborhood’s security, as we cannot live with Takfiri groups on our border that are interacting with the Lebanese domestic scene,” Aoun said on the 23rd anniversary of the so-called Liberation War he waged in 1989 against Syrian forces stationed in Lebanon.

A Takfiri is a hardline Islamist who practices Takfir, which means to accuse others of apostasy or of being an infidel. Takfiris usually declare takfir upon anyone who does not conform to their hard-line interpretation of Islam.

“When we first talked about Syria, we said that we support reform and that we do not want the presence of extremism on our border, as we cannot accept the rise to power of certain people under the slogans of democracy and human rights, while in the end there will be neither democracy nor human rights, as there is no democracy in their sharia (Islamic law),” Aoun added.

“Let us suppose that the Syrian regime was ousted, what is the alternative in that case? Our safety is at stake and war will reach us. We do not want to close our eyes and say ‘let the (Muslim) Brotherhood rule.’ Where (will they rule?) In (the predominantly Christian Lebanese district of) Keserwan?” Aoun wondered.

Recalling the previous stages, Aoun said everyone blamed him for “declaring war against Syria.”

“But the truth is I did not declare war against Syria, as when a country is occupied it would use everything in its capacity to liberate its land, and we did not bombard the Syrian cities or any inch of Syria,” he added.

He went on to say that “what’s happening in Syria is an international aggression rather than a domestic revolution.”

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Comments 45
Default-user-icon LebExile (Guest) 14 March 2012, 23:14

I wish he would just keep his mouth shut.
The only thing the promotes extremism is tyrany and oppression.
maybe this clown can go get an education before he opens his mouth next time.

Under the baath party sponsorship, all the worlds terrorist organisations were headquartered in Damascus, they were sending terrorists to Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan for decades, they've been oppressing their own people for over 50 years, under the pretext that they are in a state of war with Israel - yet not a single shot has been fired from Syrian territory in 2 decades.

Israel with it's 40+ year occupation of the Golan Heights has not killed as many Syrians as Bashar Assad has killed in this last year.

Default-user-icon Luxembourg Bob (Guest) 14 March 2012, 23:26

There is no democracy in their sharia Aoun added

so Iran is undemocratic that's news to Hassan. That's also news to Bashar and his new constitution where the Islamic jurisprudence is the main source of legislation and the religion of the President of the Republic has to be Islam.

Default-user-icon Luxembourg Bob (Guest) 15 March 2012, 15:03

What I am doing is outlining the hypocrisy of the so-called general and the so-called reforms of his best friend Assad, the new constitution takes away rights the minorities, especially non Muslims, had by deciding the religion the president's faith. It's like saying that the US president must be white, or the UK PM English, or the French president a Gaul. Reforms strive for progress not retrogress.
Iran kills Muslims who convert to Christianity.
mowaten, come on I know you are smarter this, but that you have to defend the indefensible by lumping all the Syrian opposition together but that's really weak. Stalin, Saddam and The Shah also protected minorities as long as they did not complain. They treated them the same as the majority if they did, that's very democratic.

FlameThrower, you're just a moron nothing more to say.

Default-user-icon Luxembourg Bob (Guest) 15 March 2012, 18:57

The Syrian regime forbids anti-Assad demos just like they used to do in Lebanon. Here also they claimed to represent the majority, Nasrallah even bragged about in on March 8 and if General Sleiman and the security forces had followed Pres Lahoud and interior Minister Frangieh's orders to stop the demonstrators from reaching Martyr's square om March 14 he could have bragged some more. I cannot claiming that opposition holds the majority and without the freedom to demonstrate afforded to the loyalist neither can you claim the opposite.

Go check the Iranian Islamic Penal Code and get back to me mowaten. Actually executions by hanging or stoning are common place in Iran and for offenses that are considered minor in democracies. Those include adultery, apostasy, offenses that pertain to personal freedom that state has no buisness interfering in. It's not uncommon for police states to claim accuse opponents of treason or terrorism, Dr Himdi and General Ltaif can confirm this.

Default-user-icon BOOO! run micho run (Guest) 14 March 2012, 23:28

Isn't Hamas an of shout of the Muslim Brotherhood?

Default-user-icon fouf (Guest) 14 March 2012, 23:33

it is amazing how this guy he think he only know what is good and what is wright for lebanon or for syria i was one of his annsar in 1989 when he declared liberation war to get the syrian army out of lebanon and when he also declared of harb el elgah i have friends that dies with me in battels and now it does not seem that this guy care about them becouse if he did he would not say what he is saying why should the war come to lebanon if the syrian regime fall he is just scaring what ever left of his supporters that this is what will hapend if assad leave but did we forget what the assad father and son did to us as lebanese, why is he so protective of the assad regime now and he is teling us that all hell will break louse if assad leave? there are extremest all over the world and to me assad is extremest and honesly i dont care what is happening in syria we had worse than that in lebanon and i did not see any syrian worried about us.

Default-user-icon Traitors of Lebanon (Guest) 14 March 2012, 23:34

yes the war might move to lebanon because AOUN and Hezbollah would rather bring this country to civil war than to relinquish their power. they dont care about Lebanon but only themselves.

Missing forces 17 March 2012, 09:51

I agree mowaten, once the war spills over into lebanon we can all rest assured that uncle mishoo and hussouny the protectors of our great home will defend us against the agressors. you might want to send them some zeit zeytoun to oil there guys allowing them to face the opposite direction though. follow the logic not the person.

Default-user-icon oh well (Guest) 14 March 2012, 23:43

there is no democracy in their sharia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUckoKizLz0

Default-user-icon WATFA EID (Guest) 15 March 2012, 00:16

would you please chain that idiot and don't encourage him to talk any more... haven't we suffered enough with this idiot in control?? can't any one do somthing? tape his mouth shut...... push him down breack his hip or thomthing enough is ENOUGH...........

Default-user-icon Zack Ballanty (Guest) 15 March 2012, 00:16

"when a country is occupied it would use everything in its capacity to liberate its land"

including deserting and running away, OK I see your strategy now.

Default-user-icon Guinness (Guest) 15 March 2012, 00:25

"we cannot accept the rise to power of certain people under the slogans of democracy and human rights, while in the end there will be neither democracy nor human rights, as there is no democracy in their sharia”

sit back open a beer and watch to this till then end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF_QLhLEMks

Default-user-icon Guinness (Guest) 15 March 2012, 14:02

lol, nothing has changed bro, this is hassan's unchangeable ideology he says so right in the video bro, it's more like dogma than ideology bro, it was not disputed when hassan bored us with the useless update a couple of years ago bro, hassan and bros keep confirming it day in day out bro, put cheese in your ears bro, stick your head in the sand bro. And don't forget to wear your Bro, bro.

Thumb benzona 15 March 2012, 00:25

Arrête avec baratin à deux balles, espèce de vieux loqueteux.

Thumb Abubakr 15 March 2012, 00:34

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
{وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لاَ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لِلّه} [الأنفال:39]

Thumb primesuspect 15 March 2012, 00:42

Snap out of it will ya!

Thumb Abubakr 15 March 2012, 00:34

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ الطَّاغُوتِ فَقَاتِلُوا أَوْلِيَاءَ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا

Thumb Abubakr 15 March 2012, 00:35

knowing this man's history, i know where he stands.

Thumb Abubakr 15 March 2012, 00:39

۞ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ ۚ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ ۖ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ ۚ وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ ۚ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِي بَايَعْتُم بِهِ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

Default-user-icon assaad (Guest) 15 March 2012, 00:49

I love this man, the only one in Lebanon who is telling the truth.

Missing forces 17 March 2012, 09:59

sure bashar, you keep telling your self that

Default-user-icon Bob Marley (Guest) 15 March 2012, 01:09

rasta fait rien, we've seen you before look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxEnU-mp4No

Thumb shab 15 March 2012, 02:04

More threats towards the Lebanese. We are immune. When will they rest ?

Default-user-icon The Truth (Guest) 15 March 2012, 02:54

Trying to scare Christians in Lebanon with the big bad takfiri boogie man. Who said Fatah al Islam was a red line? Who wants to set up an Islamic state in lebanon? Who was the one that triggered the 2006 war with a stupid operation that brought a punishment a thousand times worse than what it did to Israel? The great fake resistance that you are allied with Mr general.

Default-user-icon LongLiveLebanon (Guest) 15 March 2012, 03:04

Desperate words by a desperate mini man

Thumb arzz 16 March 2012, 06:07

Not as desperate as lady geagea

Default-user-icon Enough (Guest) 15 March 2012, 05:16

General, put it to rest. There should be a law against you making speeches more then once a week.

This is the empty shell of a man that M8 puts up as a leader. Yeah, a great alternative to Geagea and Gemayel. 

From one day to the next, he rambles on.... "as we cannot live with Takfiri groups on our border that are interacting with the Lebanese domestic scene”.... “Let us suppose that the Syrian regime was ousted, what is the alternative in that case? Our safety is at stake"

Go hide in Nasrallah's hole if you are so scared. It was bad enough when you were only a deserter, now that you have jumped into Assad's bed you are also a traitor. 

Where are your cheer leaders. Are the 3 stooges sleeping on the job :-)

Thumb arzz 16 March 2012, 06:09

Lebanon needs him as long lady geagea is around

Thumb falanges 15 March 2012, 06:25

Its so obvious he works for another agenda. our leaders should secure our safety and say they will reject and fight any invasion or terror from any regime

Thumb falanges 15 March 2012, 06:31

his main goal is to try to convince the blind that what we are seeing is not murder and support the present syrian government, while the rest of the world agrees assad should be ousted. but the best thing is he's putting our country in the same position as the number 1 terrorist country iran with the most sanctions and is bankrupt

Default-user-icon Aja (Guest) 15 March 2012, 06:43

wtf is the matter with this guy?

Missing realist 15 March 2012, 07:53

Aoun's hallucinations, contradictions and bla bla bla'ing, Syria too is occupied by the Assad gang and Syrian people deserve their freedom, call them salafis, terrorists, wahabis bla bla bla..drink from the sea, and headsup Aoun: hizbustan also has a "sharia" and they too have no democracy..alas the democracy of the black shirts lol.

Default-user-icon Truth (Guest) 15 March 2012, 08:06

This lunatic, paranoiac, mentally unstable politician, should raise a fighting brigade from his followers in Kesrouan, and go to the rescue of the murderous regime in Damascus! I don't think that the Hizb though has waited for him!

Default-user-icon 4G (Guest) 15 March 2012, 08:47

Aoun,enough with the threats please.If we do have a war, what would be Aoun position?who's side will he be on?I think I know the answer already.

Default-user-icon Muhamada (Guest) 15 March 2012, 09:25

Put you in jail with Geagea and the problem is solved forever and Lebanon at its best without you war criminals.

Thumb thepatriot 15 March 2012, 10:23

Aoun is the reason why Bashar's boots are so shiny!

Thumb Abubakr 15 March 2012, 16:25

Ahl al Sham mazloumine bil khilafa maw3oudine , Allah mohamamd ahl al sham... sorry but you lebanese represent 10 % of the arabs, we are 1 nation we all come from ABRAHAM , leave it to the majority to decide, Lebanon does not exist , it is a french creation go study history

Thumb primesuspect 16 March 2012, 05:09

More like 2% not 10%. But we aren't even Arabs....in a way. And most definitely not persians!

Default-user-icon Barry (Guest) 15 March 2012, 18:43

This guy was an Israeli ally and Muslim-killer for years. Then Hizbullah throws him a bone and he is their friend. I love Lebanon. You will never forgive Israel but this guy tortured Muslims and slaughtered entire villages. Really? and you all take him seriously?

Thumb jcamerican 15 March 2012, 19:55

They are illiterate. but they are making nuclear weapons. Imagine they were educated.

Thumb Abubakr 15 March 2012, 23:49

Barry yes its known aoun is a muslim killer and zionist ally, but when he discovered that hezb are muslims killer and zionist allies, under the disguise of islam, he fell in love , it could not have been any better for aoun, la3anon Allah one by one

Thumb Abubakr 15 March 2012, 23:51

Any one against the Salafi's is against because he is sinfull towards Allah, if u want to talk about salafi's u must be better, they are all sinfull thats why they reject it

Thumb arzz 16 March 2012, 06:08

not as mini as hariri and his girl friend geagea

Thumb arzz 16 March 2012, 06:10

shut up homsi

Thumb arzz 16 March 2012, 06:11

Go General