Hariri: I Accuse Bashar Hafez Assad of Assassinating Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Friday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of ordering the assassination of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan, chief of the Intelligence Bureau of the Internal Security Forces, condemning the deadly bombing that hit the Ashrafiyeh district in Beirut as a “cowardly terrorist attack against all of Lebanon and all the Lebanese people.”
“I accuse Bashar Hafez Assad of assassinating Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan,” said Hariri.
He described al-Hasan as "the guarantor of the security of the Lebanese."
In a statement he issued before news broke out that Hasan was among those killed by the blast, Hariri expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, demanding that the concerned authorities act with “utmost determination and speed to protect the citizens.”
“The cowardly terrorist attack which targeted Ashrafiyeh today is an attack against all of Lebanon and all the Lebanese people. It is a cowardly act against the country’s stability and security,” he said in a statement.
“As I extend my sincerest condolences to the families of the martyrs and my sincerest feelings of solidarity to the families of the wounded and all the people of Ashrafiyeh and Beirut, I demand that the concerned authorities act with utmost determination and speed, and exercise their duty to protect the citizens, their lives and belongings and to strike with an iron fist all those who try to tamper with Lebanon’s stability and security,” he added.
A powerful car bomb on Friday rocked a street adjacent to Sassine Square in Ashrafiyeh, leaving eight people dead and 78 people wounded, in the first such attack in the Lebanese capital since 2008, state-run National News Agency reported.
19 October 2012, 19:02
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Isn't a coward someone who lives abroad instead of living among his people and face difficulties with them and not leave them alone to their own demise while he slips and slides on the ski slopes of Europe? I am sure these oblivious people see nothing wrong with such a glorious coward especially when they shout: bel ro7, bel dam, nafdika ya cheikh coward! Today, we saw the ro7 and the dam fida cheikh immature.
19 October 2012, 22:12
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I'm not defending his position, but self preservation is a valid response considering his father's fate and the seemingly endless number of non March 8th politicians who are being assassinated by Syria and its allies.
Anyhow, he is pretty much stating the obvious.
19 October 2012, 22:12
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I'm not defending his position, but self preservation is a valid response considering his father's fate and the seemingly endless number of non March 8th politicians who are being assassinated by Syria and its allies.
Anyhow, he is pretty much stating the obvious.
20 October 2012, 00:16
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Djerkoff writes: Isn't a coward someone who lives abroad instead of living among his people...
You would be the first weasel coward hiding in the north pole if you knew that the Iranian mob aka HA is waiting to execute you as they have done to your father and other good Lebanese figures. Get a life you ignorant individual!
20 October 2012, 04:28
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BigSam, it's probably one of Ft's new nicks... don't bother with him.
19 October 2012, 21:23
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Of course not. What would we do without the one who bel ro7, bel dam youfda and whose loss would be unbearable and bring about the end of our universe? No way, Jose. Cheikh Saad, keep running like a coward. alf marra jaben wala marra alla yer7amak. thepatriot knows best and he says it well.
19 October 2012, 21:15
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It's always Hariri and his friends that get eliminated. Is it time to strike back and to kill Aoun and Nasrallah?
20 October 2012, 00:23
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andre.....unlike the scums of the planet you just mentioned (Aoun & Nassrallah)....we are more civilized and don't resort to barbaric methods. Those stone-aged extremist know nothing better than to use death and intimidation through fear (use of weapons)to get their way. In today's day & age this kind of primitive behavior has no place in society and will be squashed! It's unfortunate there continues to be a few naive and brainwashed followers (Farsi BSThrower aka Motormouth) who still believe in bloodshed as a means of a life but soon they will also be nothing more than echo of the past.....
19 October 2012, 21:34
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zipp it DJ whatchamacall it. obviously politics is not ur "swag" n2ibir 7terim el mawta
19 October 2012, 21:43
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Huh? And who slept in the same bed with the one who "supposedly" assassinated Rafic Syria, Syria's best Rafic? WHO? My ex-girlfriend Marikka?
19 October 2012, 22:05
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Dear Djordy whatveryournameis,
How can a leader lead if he gets assassinated?
Don't be so naive.
19 October 2012, 22:41
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MEN.. just go 7mou 3iyalkon... stop trying to label this.
this could be a turning point. and just be WISE...and BRACE.
19 October 2012, 23:19
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ASSad is furious and cornered. He is dangerous but will drown in blood.
20 October 2012, 00:24
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the head Bashar Hafez Assad should be served on a plate and hi body served a do food
20 October 2012, 03:09
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God Bless You and Protect You Mr Hariri. Our battle will continue no matter how turbulent the battle is and the freedom loving people of lebanon will win over the ruling thugs.
20 October 2012, 03:13
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What about the Iranian slave Hassan Nasserallah ? He's been hiding in a ditch since they allegedly won the game of hide and seek they played with Israel. So in your Iranian-Syrian view on life, you actually believe that hiding in a hole somewhere in south Lebanon while surrounded by goons and buffoons is more credible than living abroad and leading a normal professional , civilized life ? Why is he still hiding? When was the last time one of the March 8th thugs was assassinated? So, to summarize, your moron of a leader is hiding when no one is looking to kill him, because let’s face it, if Israel wants him dead his head would be up his son’s ass right now. While you are here criticizing a politician that is being targeted by the Syrian regime, the Iranian regime, and of course the vermin in the Iranian gang HA.
20 October 2012, 03:14
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Do yourself a favor, take a break from the daily Iranian mental rape that you are subjected to, maybe, just maybe you’ll be able to use some reason and logic and realize that the best thing you can do is drive to the airport and immigrate to either Iran or Syria, this way instead of only being raped mentally you’ll be able to enjoy some butt action, which I hear your leader enjoys oh so very much.
20 October 2012, 11:48
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so explain us why? give us your analysis instead of saying cheap slogans.
oh! i bet you cannot, sorry to disturb your empty head....
20 October 2012, 13:57
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great post galiboun the baboon... you sum up the whole M8 spirit: kill all those against us even if it means killing poor innocent lebanese...
waw! you sure have honor and dignity!
and spare us you crap that you feel for the victims, you are not credible. your friends use the most cowardish way to kill, which makes one of them, coward....
