Hariri to Jumblat: Congratulations on Your Decision to Stay in Syrian-Iranian Alliance
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Former prime minister Saad Hariri on Thursday hit back at Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, describing slain Intelligence Bureau chief Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan as “the martyr of Lebanon” and slamming the Druze leader for refusing to resign from government.
“Walid Jumblat is quoting me as saying that Wissam al-Hasan is the martyr of the Sunni sect. This is untrue and his ally (PM Najib) Miqati is the one who said that. Wissam al-Hasan is the martyr of Lebanon,” said Hariri on the social networking website Twitter during Jumblat's live interview on LBCI television.
Jumblat snapped back immediately during the interview. “Great. If Miqati said that then he committed a mistake and let us consider Wissam al-Hasan the martyr of the Lebanese state,” he said.
Earlier during the interview, Jumblat revealed that Hariri had telephoned him and asked him to withdraw his ministers from the government.
“Hariri telephoned me and asked me to resign and I told him that I won't resign. He said the Sunnis are being killed and I told him that Wissam al-Hasan is the martyr of Lebanon and that I won't subject the country to vacuum. I also said other things and he was dismayed by my remarks,” Jumblat said.
“May God forgive you Walid Bek. You understand stability as staying in the Syrian-Iranian alliance, so congratulations,” Hariri tweeted.
Jumblat, for his part, said, “May God forgive him about all these remarks.”
Addressing the PSP leader, Hariri said: “Your partners in government are the ones who incited against him and accused him of treason like they accused Rafik Hariri.”
“From now on, I will not remain silent in the face of anyone,” Hariri vowed.
26 October 2012, 01:58
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With a gun to his head and probably threats to assassinate his son.... Of course he's not going to resign.
26 October 2012, 02:07
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Everybody has his opinion, mine is, that we are facing a new era in Lebanon..
26 October 2012, 02:31
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These threats have been on the joumblatt family for generations, he's always known it n he's never been scared. It's time to resign from this government. Druze as a sha3ib n society r not M8/resistance etc. we want to move on with the future.
Just an after thought... I'm sure this all about the election law for joumblatt. Self-preservation is an art form in Lebanon, n he is one of the most seasoned of all.
26 October 2012, 03:08
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Time to do the right thing ya Jumblatt. Join the side of light. Come out of the darkness.
26 October 2012, 03:13
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saad, u want to play lebanese politics..come to lebanon,u are not more precious than all lebanese politicians threatened,saad u are losing on all fronts: ur friends,ur allies, ur popularity...u cannot keep on skiing, yachting and play politics for fun:come here or leave it to somebody staying here with the people.
26 October 2012, 03:42
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“From now on, I will not remain silent in the face of anyone,”
Such a big man living in France on the Saudi payroll.
If he had the guts to live in Lebanon with both his allies and ennemies he would be silent and walking with his tail between his legs like the coward and spoiled child he is!
26 October 2012, 05:11
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I regret they use twitter to send each other messages... this is lame for both Waleed and Saad.
Anyway, Lebanon is a hopeless country, what is there to fight for? honor? dignity? money? or just plain power?
26 October 2012, 07:36
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One of these days, the political leaders of Lebanon are going to realise that the only way forward for the country is if they sit down face to face and thrash things out.
The best way would be to place them in a Camp David environment, each with only three advisors, and not let them out until they had come up with an agreed solution to the voting system and an agreed constitution
Only then can I see Lebanon having a free, democraric and peaceful future.
26 October 2012, 16:51
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Why is everyone having a go at Jumblat ,in 2008 where were M14 and their leaders when Hezb Iran attacked the Shouf Mountian, and the same guy all you pricks are rubshing, his people fought Hezb Iran and sent them back in body bags to Southern Beirut,while the rset of M14 watched the events on TV.If Jumblat is looking after his people that dosent mean he is weak ,god bless Jumblat..
26 October 2012, 17:38
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CHOUFFFFFFF,
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO if this happend sir than why did jumblatt conceded to berrie and tell him, whatever SHN wants will do,
and lets end this now, wow maybe cuz he was sending them back in body bags, lamoooo the bravado of lebanese is one thing, but ouwette and chouff are smoking some shit that has to be priceless, yella chouf and ouwette come to the dahiya and send them boys to there mothers in body bags,LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
26 October 2012, 17:35
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LOL, HONESTLY OUWETTE< OR SHOULD I SAY OUTAT, that was the funnist comment ever, LF VS HA,LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, and your gonna take them out,for the love of christ you were allied with Israel in 2006 and couldnt take it out,but hamdlillah ouwette is gonna take them out, LMAOOOOOOOOO i cnt stop laughing,greatest comment ever....TFADALO al JNOUB, ya ouwette, TFADALO.
26 October 2012, 18:22
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agree with chouf1. you can all stick it because while Hariri fled, Junblat remained. while hariri has means, but no knowledge of how to use it, junblat is doing the best with what he's got. he has the higher national interest at heart. while the druze fought, tarik jdedi was overrun in 15 min. please... all of you, we are in this together, but dont criticise junblat for looking after the security of the jabal. he doesnt have moscow, the vatican, or the saudi kingdom. man up and so will we!
26 October 2012, 19:02
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What money has he stolen? Is is again just empty accusations to make you feel good. What you really need to notice is that whe ever there were pro syrian governments in lebanon, since 1998, there were economic slowdowns or recessions and when there were anti syrian governments there were economic growths.
This growth gives job opportunities and wealth to all the Lebanese. Look at the economic situation now which is in shambles. Should we not accuse the M8 governments of their performance regarding the economic situation.
We need to stop making stupid accusation against this or that person but rather be constructive with each others in order to create stability and economic opportunities in this country.
26 October 2012, 19:09
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Joumblat is taking this stance as he knows that HA will repeat what happened in May 2008 against an M14 governments and wants to avoid an all scale attack from HA against M14. He fears that he and his people will pay a dear price in the process.
HA cannot allow an M14 government especially in these circumstances when Syria is weakened by the fighting.
26 October 2012, 19:34
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Those that claim Jumblatt is being threatened are just stating empty accusations. Jumblatt is still openly criticizing the Syrian regime, and has done so his whole life. If the Syrian regime "control" Lebanon so much (as M14ers claim), wouldn't Jumblatt have been a target of assassination by now?
But wait, they say, as long as he is part of the political alliance, for if he wasn't, then he would've been assassinated. But he was only part of M8 for the past 2 years; what about the six years before that?
Let us not dwell into blind rhetoric. If Jumblatt does have undisclosed reasons for staying with M8 (an odd alliance to say the least), him being threatened is not the best explanation (and neither is there any proof of it).
26 October 2012, 19:40
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@ouwette
Iran needs Hezbollah in case it is attacked by Israel..?
Hezbollah's tactics are for defensive purposes on Lebanese territory. Its military structure and weapons would be almost useless if it had to undertake activities in Iran.
And how bright, suggesting civil war. I'm sure that'll solve the problem, just like the problem is solved in Syria and in Lebanon in 1975.
Go read a bit more before you suggest other baseless and ineffective paths.
26 October 2012, 20:38
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@ gcb1
Yes unfortunately Iran needs HA in case it's attacked by Israel!!
and Hezbollah's tactics are not only for defensive purposes on Lebanese territory!
Sources:
1/ 3-sept-2012:: Hassan Nasrallah: "The response To an Israeli attack, will not be just inside the Israeli entity - American bases in the whole region could be Hezbollah targets"
2/ 14-sept-2012:: Iran: Hezbollah will defend us "easily" against Israeli attack
3/gcb1 please check Naim Kassem's book "Hezbollah" which was first published in 2002 and republished in 2008.
Wa Shoukran
27 October 2012, 08:15
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Akh....FT, your friends of the syrian regime stole a big chunk of the 40 billion... or maybe you deny that too...plus, the 40 billion is the debt, not the entire debt was stolen, ridiculous...
