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Army chief warns: sedition is a danger we will not allow to happen

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Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Jean Kahwaji on Thursday warned that the LAF will firmly confront any attempt to incite sedition in the country.

“There are no indicators that regional conflicts may affect Lebanon,” Kahwaji said, adding that linking disputes between Lebanese people with sedition is a danger we will not allow to happen, Kahwaji said during a meeting with command chiefs and unit commanders at army headquarters in Yarze.

During the meeting he gave instructions regarding the army’s role in defending the country and preserving peace, National News Agency reported

Tension escalated in Lebanon after reports said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will soon issue its indictment into the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Last July, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the tribunal is “an Israeli project” that will indict Hezbollah members. Nasrallah accused Israel of being behind Hariri’s assassination but refused to provide the evidence to STL.

There are fears that, should the court indict Hezbollah members, it could lead to clashes similar to those of the 2008 May Events.

Kahwaji said that the differences between the various Lebanese factions are basically a democratic phenomenon, particularly if it does not harm fundamental national principles.

“But linking this variation with statements on division and strife pose a threat to the country and we will not allow that at all,” he warned.

“The army will strongly confront any attempts to stir discord or put our own citizens at risk under any circumstances,” he warned.

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25 responses to “Army chief warns: sedition is a danger we will not allow to happen”

  1. ghaddad Avatar
    ghaddad

    Let’s see judging how you reacted when Hezbollah attacked Al Ahbash when they preparing for Iftar and the way you didn’t react to their thugs flooding Beirut and the Airport in show of Support to Jamil As Syyed. that leads us to believe you will be a lame duck as usual. Talking tough is different from enacting on it. Why is the Army is allowing Hezbollah making daily threats and not responding to it? The Army is now under the control of hezbollah and its powerless and we cannot count on it.
    If it gets weapons from Iran, then it will not bother fight back hezbollah if they attack other Lebanese. I guess its ok with March 8th followers to have the Army under HA and remain with the same status Quo as in May of 2008.
    Time to really protect Lebanon from everyone inside the country threatening the civil liberties of Lebanon and bring peace and calm. Take control of hezbollah and not the other way around. But hezbollah likes the army and the gov’t being weak so it will prevail as the sole defender of Lebanon. So if the Army falls under its control, it will always take credits for it.

  2. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Let’s see judging how you reacted when Hezbollah attacked Al Ahbash when they preparing for Iftar and the way you didn’t react to their thugs flooding Beirut and the Airport in show of Support to Jamil As Syyed. that leads us to believe you will be a lame duck as usual. Talking tough is different from enacting on it. Why is the Army is allowing Hezbollah making daily threats and not responding to it? The Army is now under the control of hezbollah and its powerless and we cannot count on it.
    If it gets weapons from Iran, then it will not bother fight back hezbollah if they attack other Lebanese. I guess its ok with March 8th followers to have the Army under HA and remain with the same status Quo as in May of 2008.
    Time to really protect Lebanon from everyone inside the country threatening the civil liberties of Lebanon and bring peace and calm. Take control of hezbollah and not the other way around. But hezbollah likes the army and the gov’t being weak so it will prevail as the sole defender of Lebanon. So if the Army falls under its control, it will always take credits for it.

  3. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    With Shiites composing 1/2 of the regular soldiers in the army (HA supporters) , the Christians are1/4 of the soldiers and 70% of the officers (supporters of Aoun) and the rest of the Lebanese army 1/4 are Sunnis. The shiites will refuse to fight HA and the officers will not give orders to the rest of the army, you have a sad formula of failed state. Sunnis will go home when they hear the first shot. My advice is DO NOT DEPEND ON THE ARMY to defend you in case HA decides to take over and remember that HA is really HUSA.

    1. feorio Avatar
      feorio

      Correction to my comment: The army will NOT follow orders in confronting HA.

    2. guss043 Avatar
      guss043

      Don’t bother and tire yourself with this army, if we had an army originally we wouldn’t be where we are, this army is a reflection of our Lebanese people, the only difference it should have been since independence day trained as the Turkish army, a secular army that made to prevent any religious fanaticism or a takeover by a religious party as in Turkey .
      In 1973 during the fight with the Lebanese army and OPLO some of the moslem army officers refused orders to bomb the Palestinian camp even though 2 army soldiers were kidnapped and killed by the PLO.
      Ahmad El Khatib in 1976 split the army and his men killed Christian soldiers in their barracks in Ablah and Al kHiyam some were asleep when they were shot ( one of the soldier was our neighbor ) fortunately Elias Sarkis and Johnny Abdo where able to catch many of the killers , and they were in Yraze Jails until the Syrian liberate them in 1990 and stole all the heavy arms , and manage to take over the Holiday INN from the Phalange with the tanks , and Hosein Awwad from the Khatib army took his brigade and try to invade the presidential palace and shell it by Tanks , Ahamd Al Jahtin runaway after in end of 1976 and manage to find a job in Saudi Arabia to train in the Saudi army ( got rewarded) .
      Is the army now is better, soon we’ll be able to tell , maybe it is , as Nahr el Bared was the only proof they could start a battle and finish it , but still I think the President Soleiman use the battle to become president and got help from the Syrian

  4. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    With Shiites composing 1/2 of the regular soldiers in the army (HA supporters) , the Christians are1/4 of the soldiers and 70% of the officers (supporters of Aoun) and the rest of the Lebanese army 1/4 are Sunnis. The shiites will refuse to fight HA and the officers will not give orders to the rest of the army, you have a sad formula of failed state. Sunnis will go home when they hear the first shot. My advice is DO NOT DEPEND ON THE ARMY to defend you in case HA decides to take over and remember that HA is really HUSA.

    1. guss043 Avatar
      guss043

      Don’t bother and tire yourself with this army, if we had an army originally we wouldn’t be where we are, this army is a reflection of our Lebanese people, the only difference it should have been since independence day trained as the Turkish army, a secular army that made to prevent any religious fanaticism or a takeover by a religious party as in Turkey .
      In 1973 during the fight with the Lebanese army and OPLO some of the moslem army officers refused orders to bomb the Palestinian camp even though 2 army soldiers were kidnapped and killed by the PLO.
      Ahmad El Khatib in 1976 split the army and his men killed Christian soldiers in their barracks in Ablah and Al kHiyam some were asleep when they were shot ( one of the soldier was our neighbor ) fortunately Elias Sarkis and Johnny Abdo where able to catch many of the killers , and they were in Yraze Jails until the Syrian liberate them in 1990 and stole all the heavy arms , and manage to take over the Holiday INN from the Phalange with the tanks , and Hosein Awwad from the Khatib army took his brigade and try to invade the presidential palace and shell it by Tanks , Ahamd Al Jahtin runaway after in end of 1976 and manage to find a job in Saudi Arabia to train in the Saudi army ( got rewarded) .
      Is the army now is better, soon we’ll be able to tell , maybe it is , as Nahr el Bared was the only proof they could start a battle and finish it , but still I think the President Soleiman use the battle to become president and got help from the Syrian

  5. Avatar
    Anonymous

    With Shiites composing 1/2 of the regular soldiers in the army (HA supporters) , the Christians are1/4 of the soldiers and 70% of the officers (supporters of Aoun) and the rest of the Lebanese army 1/4 are Sunnis. The shiites will refuse to fight HA and the officers will not give orders to the rest of the army, you have a sad formula of failed state. Sunnis will go home when they hear the first shot. My advice is DO NOT DEPEND ON THE ARMY to defend you in case HA decides to take over and remember that HA is really HUSA.

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Don’t bother and tire yourself with this army, if we had an army originally we wouldn’t be where we are, this army is a reflection of our Lebanese people, the only difference it should have been since independence day trained as the Turkish army, a secular army that made to prevent any religious fanaticism or a takeover by a religious party as in Turkey .
      In 1973 during the fight with the Lebanese army and OPLO some of the moslem army officers refused orders to bomb the Palestinian camp even though 2 army soldiers were kidnapped and killed by the PLO.
      Ahmad El Khatib in 1976 split the army and his men killed Christian soldiers in their barracks in Ablah and Al kHiyam some were asleep when they were shot ( one of the soldier was our neighbor ) fortunately Elias Sarkis and Johnny Abdo where able to catch many of the killers , and they were in Yraze Jails until the Syrian liberate them in 1990 and stole all the heavy arms , and manage to take over the Holiday INN from the Phalange with the tanks , and Hosein Awwad from the Khatib army took his brigade and try to invade the presidential palace and shell it by Tanks , Ahamd Al Jahtin runaway after in end of 1976 and manage to find a job in Saudi Arabia to train in the Saudi army ( got rewarded) .
      Is the army now is better, soon we’ll be able to tell , maybe it is , as Nahr el Bared was the only proof they could start a battle and finish it , but still I think the President Soleiman use the battle to become president and got help from the Syrian

  6. josephphd Avatar
    josephphd

    dear jeann
    thanks god you woke up from the comma finnaly and you decided to do your job which is protecting the lebaneese state and its people make no mistake you keep your courage up and all the democratic loving people of lebanon will rally behind you and suport you ;
    you can always find a good friend in the united nations because they want to see a free democratic lebanon so keep a close freidshipship with them
    make sure you defend the state and lebaneese people from all ennemies foreign and domestic;( the true patriatic lebaneese will never attack another lebaneese similar to what ha did against the sunni lebaneese)

    and please protect the airport make sure no one will ever invade it ever again
    the airport is the heart of your state economic you loose that you loose big portion of lebanon economic growth and with god,s will you and the free democratic state of lebanon will prevail

  7. josephphd Avatar
    josephphd

    dear jeann
    thanks god you woke up from the comma finnaly and you decided to do your job which is protecting the lebaneese state and its people make no mistake you keep your courage up and all the democratic loving people of lebanon will rally behind you and suport you ;
    you can always find a good friend in the united nations because they want to see a free democratic lebanon so keep a close freidshipship with them
    make sure you defend the state and lebaneese people from all ennemies foreign and domestic;( the true patriatic lebaneese will never attack another lebaneese similar to what ha did against the sunni lebaneese)

    and please protect the airport make sure no one will ever invade it ever again
    the airport is the heart of your state economic you loose that you loose big portion of lebanon economic growth and with god,s will you and the free democratic state of lebanon will prevail

  8. Avatar
    Anonymous

    dear jeann

    thanks god you woke up from the comma finnaly and you decided to do your job which is protcting the lebaneese state and its people make no mistake you keep your courage up and all the democratic loving people of lebanon will rally behind you and suport you ;

    you can always find a good friend in the united nations because they want to see a free democratic lebanon so keep a close freidshipship with them

    make sure you defend the state and lebaneese people from all ennemies forign and domestic

    and please protect the airport make sure no one will ever invade it ever again

    the airport is the heart of your state economic you loose that you loose big portion of lebanon economic growth and with god,s will you and the free democratic state of lebanon will prevail

  9. josephphd Avatar
    josephphd

    to libana 1
    you are wrong the lebaneese army is not about religion division you should be ashamed of yourself spreadinng rumors about all those honarable patriotic soldiers who have join the army to protect the state and have a carrear to suppoort their families never in history of lebanon that you had lebaneese soldiers fighting each other on their own they have always had respect and love for each others
    they have always done what thier commander of chief ordered them to do and am sure by now they all know that thier priority job defending the state and keep all lebaneese citizens safe regardless where they are or what city they live in i have no dought that the army
    will do what they will be ordered to do is defend the entire lebaneese state and maitain the peace and stability in the country

    as far as aoun he is history now for the army;he is not the commender of chief now why would the soldiers or officer listen to him
    that is not what they were sworn inn to do.
    beside no one respect him anymore they all know his truth now that he is a trator and how he conspired about their comerads with syria and turned inn 1000soldiers of their friends to be massacered by the syrian army and then he escape and rtire in france mission accomplished he gave syria full controle of the state that was his secret deal with syria where syria agreed to pay him 50 millions dollars and they sent him his money to france
    the officer are higly intelligent and the know that aoun is a big trator they lost respect for him long time ago
    they can learn from the past but they need to live the present and thier futur now they have a good commander of chief honest and fully patriotic he is the leader now and they can place all there faith in him he is a honarable man doing the right thing by his state and by its people

  10. josephphd Avatar
    josephphd

    to libana 1
    you are wrong the lebaneese army is not about religion division you should be ashamed of yourself spreadinng rumors about all those honarable patriotic soldiers who have join the army to protect the state and have a carrear to suppoort their families never in history of lebanon that you had lebaneese soldiers fighting each other on their own they have always had respect and love for each others
    they have always done what thier commander of chief ordered them to do and am sure by now they all know that thier priority job defending the state and keep all lebaneese citizens safe regardless where they are or what city they live in i have no dought that the army
    will do what they will be ordered to do is defend the entire lebaneese state and maitain the peace and stability in the country

    as far as aoun he is history now for the army;he is not the commender of chief now why would the soldiers or officer listen to him
    that is not what they were sworn inn to do.
    beside no one respect him anymore they all know his truth now that he is a trator and how he conspired about their comerads with syria and turned inn 1000soldiers of their friends to be massacered by the syrian army and then he escape and rtire in france mission accomplished he gave syria full controle of the state that was his secret deal with syria where syria agreed to pay him 50 millions dollars and they sent him his money to france
    the officer are higly intelligent and the know that aoun is a big trator they lost respect for him long time ago
    they can learn from the past but they need to live the present and thier futur now they have a good commander of chief honest and fully patriotic he is the leader now and they can place all there faith in him he is a honarable man doing the right thing by his state and by its people

  11. Avatar
    Anonymous

    to libana 1

    you are wrong the lebaneese army is not about religion division you should be ashamed of yourself spreadinng rumors about all those honarable patriotic soldier who have join the army to protect the state and have a carrear to suppoort their families never in history of lebanon that you had lebaneese soldiers fighting each other on their own

    they always do what thier commander of chief order them to do and am sure by now they all know that thier priority job defending the state and keep all lebaneese citizens safe regardless what are or what city they live in i have no dought that the army will do what they will be ordered to do is defend the entire lebaneese state and maitain the peace and stability in the country

  12. feorio Avatar
    feorio

    It is sad to say that the our army can not and will not face HA when it comes down to confrontation. The army’s lack of power and resources is a proof of what happened in downtown Beirut and Burj Abou Haidar; they stood with thier hands tied. Just like Libnan1 said: 1/2 of the Lebanese army are Shiites, therfore, they will folloow orders in confronting HA. In my opinion, and lets hope not, the army might turn against each other.

  13. Avatar
    Anonymous

    It is sad to say that the our army can not and will not face HA when it comes down to confrontation. The army’s lack of power and resources is a proof of what happened in downtown Beirut and Burj Abou Haidar; they stood with thier hands tied. Just like Libnan1 said: 1/2 of the Lebanese army are Shiites, therfore, they will folloow orders in confronting HA. In my opinion, and lets hope not, the army might turn against each other.

  14. feorio Avatar
    feorio

    Correction to my comment: The army will NOT follow orders in confronting HA.

  15. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Correction to my comment: The army will NOT follow orders in confronting HA.

  16. josephphd Avatar
    josephphd

    to ghaddad
    you are wrong what ever happened in the past is history the army had lots of patient and they are fed up now along the rest of the lebaneese people with ha and thier attitude of disrespect for the state and thier violent crimes against other lebaneese enouph is enouph
    you are wrong again about ha and the army
    the army is the legal arm of the state who they are hired by the elected democratic governement of lebanon
    and ha is a foriegn militias was created by foriegn countries iran and syria so they can defend iran and syria,s interrest

  17. Avatar
    Anonymous

    to ghaddad

    you are wrong what ever happened in the past is history the army had lots of patient and they are fed up now along the rest of the lebaneese people with ha and thier attitude of disrespect for the state and thier violent crimes against other lebaneese enouph is enouph

    you are wrong again about ha and the army

    the army is the legal arm of the state who they are hired by the elected democratic governement of lebanon

    and ha is a foriegn militias was created by foriegn countries iran and syria so they can defend iran and syria,s interrest

  18. josephphd Avatar
    josephphd

    dear jean just a friendly advice:
    now do,nt order the attacks against any lebaneese miltias or groups regardless of what side they are on
    in another word do,nt make the same mistake that aoun did when he order attacks against the lf and the lebaneese civilians
    now if some lebaneese miltias attacks other lebaneese towns and people first; you have the right to stop them and order your army to rescue the vounarable and protect the helpless citizens which is part of your job to maitain peace and defend the citizens of the state

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  19. Avatar
    Anonymous

    dear jean just a friendly advice:

    now do,nt order the attacks against any lebaneese miltias or groups regardless of what side they are on

    in another word do,nt make the same mistake that aoun did when he order attacks against the lf and the lebaneese civilians

    now if some lebaneese miltias attacks other lebaneese towns and people first; you have the right to stop them and order your army to rescue the vounarable and protect the helpless citizens which is part of your job to maitain peace and defend the citizens of the state

    against them or against any other lebaneese

  20. josephphd Avatar
    josephphd

    reply to feoreo
    you have o logic and you talk nonsense
    i will prove it to you:
    let us assume you are shia and you live in a shia neighborhood and it happened that there was a thief who live in the same town who is also a shia,s he waited t,ill you left your house and came buy your house and broke inn stole all your jewelery your furnuture your money and on his way out your wife was comming back to the house so she started screaming out of fear he shot your wife and killed her and then he was fleeing the police was around because they heard the shots and they caught him they took him to the station and they called you ;
    now are you going to dropp charges because that thief criminal who murdered your wife and robbed your house ls also a shia,s?????????/
    you are stupid
    it is like you are telling the army not to do their job!!!!!the army are going to do their job and they will defend the state regardless what religion the criminals and the gangs are wether christians or sunnis or shias, or duruz
    the religion has nothing to do with it stupid

  21. Avatar
    Anonymous

    reply to feoreo

    you have o logic and you talk nonsense

    i will prove it to you:

    let us assume you are shia and you live in a shia neighborhood and it happened that there was a thief who live in the same town who is also a shia,s he waited t,ill you left your house and came buy your house and broke inn stole all your jewelery your furnuture your money and on his way out your wife was comming back to the house so she started screaming out of fear he shot your wife and killed her and then he was fleeing the police was around because they heard the shots and they caught him they took him to the station and they called you ;

    now are you going to dropp charges because that thief criminal who murdered your wife and robbed your house l also happened to be shia,s?????????/

    you are stupid

    that is what you are telling the army to do not to do thier job

    the army will do thier and they will defend the state regardless what religion the criminals are wether christians or sunnis or shias, or durus

    the religion has nothing to do with it stupid

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