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Geagea: Hizbullah Weapons are Biggest Cause for Strife

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday said Hizbullah weapons are "the biggest cause for strife."

"They say that the issue of false witnesses will cause strife in Lebanon. No. You are a cause for unrest. Hizbullah weapons, to us, are the biggest cause for strife," Geagea said at a press conference from Maarab.

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Qahwaji: Warns of Risks of Security Manipulation …Light Weapons in Nearly Every House

Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji warned of the risks of security manipulation and said he was careful when going into issues like the International Tribunal and the indictment and from the problems that could come with them, Al-Akhbar newspaper said Tuesday.

It said Qahwaji has sent messages to the various Lebanese political leaders warning them of the "risks of security manipulation."

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Arslan: Discriminatory Justice Justifies and Encourages Civil Disobedience

Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan on Monday noted that "the most worrying thing today is what's being written by the Israeli press about Prime Minister Saad Hariri, especially has been published by the Yediot Ahronot newspaper, which clearly shows how angry are the Israelis over his (Hariri's) policy of openness toward Syria and cooperation with Hizbullah – a policy that completely contradicts with Israel's objectives in Lebanon."

Israeli Army "Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi has promised us of a new round of destruction that will blow up cascades of tears and blood," Arslan warned.

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Sayyed: Legal Description of False Witnesses Crime Places it under Legal Council's Jurisdiction

Major General Jamil al-Sayyed criticized on Monday Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar's report on the false witnesses file, saying that a number of major facts have been omitted.

He said in a statement that the justice minister affirmed that a number of false witnesses, Mohammed Zuhair al-Siddiq and Husam Husam in particular, were not summoned before the Lebanese judiciary, but only the international investigation took their testimony.

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Lebanese Flag Makes World Record

Having breezed through several world records in the culinary field Lebanon has now gone for the big one -- the world's largest national flag, and so huge it needed an airfield.

The Lebanese military on Sunday released a picture taken from the air of the massive flag, stitched in Kuwait, assembled in Lebanon and covering 65,000 square meters (645,600 square feet) "unfurled."

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Oqab Saqr: They Fabricated False Witnesses to Destroy Us

Lebanon First MP Oqab Saqr on Monday accused the Opposition of fabricating false witnesses to "destroy us."

Saqr warned he has "more files that condemn others but we won't disclose them now."

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Siddiq: I'm in a European Country under U.N. Protection

A Syrian agent who allegedly misled a U.N. probe into the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Monday that he is living in a European country under the protection of the United Nations.

"I'm living in a European country to save my life," Siddiq said in an oversees telephone call he made to Al-Jadeed television.

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Geagea Calls on FM Ali Shami to Resign

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called on Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami to resign if he failed to ensure absentee voting.

March 14 forces are "very much surprised" by Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami's stance, Geagea said in remarks published Monday by the daily Al-Liwaa.

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Raad Backs Follow up of False Witnesses Case before Judiciary: Geagea's Proposal is Illogical

The head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad noted on Monday that Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar's report on the false witnesses in the investigation in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will launch a new debate in the country over the matter.

He said after holding talks with former Prime Minister Selim al-Hoss that the judiciary should follow up on the report, whose jurisdiction lies in national security and averting strife and division.

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Ahmadinejad in Controversial Visit to Lebanon

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Beirut on Wednesday for a controversial visit, the highlight of which will be a tour of Lebanon's volatile border with his arch-enemy Israel.

The hardline leader during his two-day official trip -- his first to Lebanon since he became president in 2005 -- will meet with his counterpart Michel Suleiman as well as Prime Minister Saad Hariri and parliament speaker Nabih Berri.

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