Al-Meqdad Clan Agrees to Suspend Sit-in Pending December 18 Trials
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Interior Minister Marwan Charbel agreed on Thursday with al-Meqdad family members to suspend a sit-in in Beirut's southern suburbs until trials of their relatives kick off on December 18.
“The trials will not be delayed... We should act wisely,” Charbel told protesters, who blocked Hadi Nasrallah highway with tents and obstructed the two-lane highway with metal barriers and garbage containers to press forward the start of the trials.
“The judiciary will continue its investigations to reveal those who opened fire at the army” during raids in Beirut's southern suburbs to free abducted Syrians and Turks in August, Charbel told reporters at the scene of the sit-in.
“Our sons are not terrorists, they're innocent,” read banners held by the demonstrators.
“The country is passing through a delicate situation. We have to cooperate,” the minister said.
Earlier, Police chief Joseph al-Duweihi arrived at the site of al-Meqdad's sit-in to urge demonstrators to end their sit-in as Charbel held talks with members of al-Meqdad family in Rweiss.
The protesters had previously warned of an open-ended sit-in.
Media reports said that Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zain requested on November 8 the referral of 13 people, including 9 from al-Meqdad family, to the court to be tried over an abduction spree to avenge the kidnapping of Hassan al-Meqdad in Syria in August.
The 13 men are charged with forming an armed group to carry out terrorist acts, abducting Syrians and Turks, jeopardizing the civil, social and political situation, threatening military personnel and possessing illegal weapons.
In September, Zein issued arrest warrants against the suspects, including al-Meqdad clan spokesman Maher al-Meqdad.
The Army arrested several al-Meqdad family members, among them Maher, during raids on Beirut's southern suburbs and other areas.
Since then, the clan has freed the abductees.
29 November 2012, 09:38
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More entertainment chouf, perhaps roumieh has extra space if more problems are caused.
29 November 2012, 12:02
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what is pitiful is that we will have people to defend hizbushaitan again.
hizbushaitan is reinventing them just to show they can do a lot f disturbance after the dialogue failed.
29 November 2012, 09:44
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I agree Elemental ,perhaps they can go to Iran .I`m sick of hearing about them pricks the Meqdead..
29 November 2012, 09:55
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These are the people who are supporters and supported by HA. What else do you need to know?
29 November 2012, 12:03
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Yes FT. we all share your point of view.
these guys have been reactivated after the failure of the dialogue :)
29 November 2012, 18:22
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that is exactly the point ! those who go against hezbis always pay the consequences... LOL! especially those living under their rules!!!!
30 November 2012, 03:18
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bukra aoun leaves HA and you change your words 180 degrees, there are no pronciples in your politics
29 November 2012, 10:31
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They are thugs. Still you are supporting the syrian thugs for kidnapping their family. So your thugs are not better than these thugs.
29 November 2012, 11:00
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Hey jcamerican who is supporting the Syrian thugs dude ,what we are talking about is the Meqdead scum..
29 November 2012, 12:44
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totally agree. it is their apparent plan to impoverish the Lebanese people to the max, so they can buy our land for peanuts.
however they are in for a major surprise soon: they will be shipped t Iraq or iran sooner than they think. these guys are pure Iranian agents, and they should be treated as traitors.
29 November 2012, 15:19
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Which wing of the Meqdads is doing the sit-in? Their military wing, political wing,devil wing .... who cares treat them like buffalo wings and grill them.
I think Berri is trying to recruit them away from Hezb..... he can use someone like them in the days ahead.
29 November 2012, 18:52
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this was just a marketing coup by hezbis and M8 to pretend that the army can go and arrest people in dahiye...only because hezbis allowed it to happen. by doing this they got 2 benefits: pretending the army can go wherever they want and that hezbis let them and getting rid of this clan that was agaisnt hezbis...
nice propaganda piece once again by the M8 camp!
30 November 2012, 00:56
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What happens when the trials are concluded and "guilty" verdicts are issued?
30 November 2012, 03:57
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Dear sir,
I considered that the charge on Maher al-Meqdad must be substantiated again. Since even his action to arrest FSA members was occured quite after about hundred people were involved wounded there, his showed his valiant precious attitude, for me. I would like to propose that the fact of movement by FSA -Syrian Oppostion inside Lebanon must be strictly anlysised.
I am very sorry.
30 November 2012, 05:43
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These freaks were totally given the green light by the Hezz to do what they did. It completely backfired politically on the Hezz. Yet another political blunder.
Now the kidnappers want some sore of sit in to "prove" their innocence. This is a killer, terrorist, kidnapping family spun off of the Hezz to do some proxy dirty work the Hezz wanted to do. Screw them, hang them.
