Suleimani’s remarks outrage March 14

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March 14 leaders were outraged by the remarks made by the head of Iran’s Al-Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards Corp, Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani who said on Friday that south Lebanon fell under Iran’s influence.

March 14 opposition leaders demanded that Hezbollah clarify Suleimani’s statement.

Speaking at a conference on youth and the “Islamic Awakening” in Tehran , Suleimani said: “In reality, in south Lebanon and Iraq, the people are under the effect of the Islamic Republic’s way of practice and thinking.”

March 14 MP Antoine Zahra, a member of the Lebanese Forces bloc , said that he was not surprised by Suleimani’s statement about Iran’s influence in south Lebanon and Iraq. “But we were surprised by this frank declaration which involved embarrassment, especially for Hezbollah, which claims that it is putting Lebanon’s interest above its regional links and its ideological loyalty,” Zahra said in a statement adding Suleimani’s statement confirmed Hezbollah’s subservience to Iran.

March 14 MP Ammar Houri a member of the Future Movement bloc said in an interview with Al-Liwaa newspaper published Saturday that Hezbollah “needs to condemn” statements made by Suleimani, regarding South Lebanon.

Houri also called on the Lebanese government “to demand clarification” from Tehran regarding Suleimani’s remarks.

The MP added that this arrangement plunges Lebanon into “regional confrontations ”

Fares Soueid, coordinator of March 14 General Secretariat said the remarks violated Lebanon’s sovereignty and demanded that Hezbollah clarify them.

“The remarks by the commander of Al-Quds force have unmasked Hezbollah when he said that south Lebanon falls under Iran’s influence, while the party is seeking through its political activity to convince the Lebanese and the world that it is a Lebanese party that is working to achieve Lebanese goals,” Soueid said.

“Suleimani’s remarks are rejected because they clearly violate Lebanon’s sovereignty on the one hand, and put the residents of the south in great danger, turning them into a mailbox ,” Soueid added.

Mustafa Alloush, a former March 14 MP and Future Movement official, said Suleimani’s remarks have confirmed Hezbollah’s subservience to Iran.

Suleimani’s stance “has confirmed what we have been saying over the past years that Hezbollah is part of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard,” Alloush said.

March 14 MP Ziad al-Qadiri , a member of the Future Movement bloc also condemned on Saturday Suleimani’s statement.

“If there is arrogance in the region then it is the Iranian arrogance that has become unbearable,” National News Agency (NNA) quoted Qadiri as saying.

The MP added that “a national stance needs to be taken against Iran’s attempt to [target] Lebanon’s independence… [and this] blatant attack on our sovereignty and national dignity needs to be renounced.”

Qadiri called on President Michel Slueiman and the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati to summon the Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghadanfar Roken Abadi to address Suleimani’s remarks.

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80 responses to “Suleimani’s remarks outrage March 14”

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    The guy has a point. Iraq and south Lebanon are basically under Iranian influence and to a certain extent Iranian control. Whats new about that and why is march 14 so surprised? Its not a secret that HA and Sader support Iran and its also no secret that most Shia in the South and Iraq are under Iranian influence via HA and Sader. Its nothing new at all and they should not be surprised at all because the actions by HA speak a lot louder. Up until about 10 years ago HA would only fly Iranian Flags during interviews and in areas they control. The war in 2006 started as the G8 was about to meet and impose sanctions on Iran. Dont get me wrong because I am not with a political party having weapons or making alliances on its own without government approval but we have to remember that march 14 are the same people who allowed the Syrians to rape Lebanon. The list of people leading Lebanon now looks a lot like the list that got us into 25 years of civil war. Nasralah, Aoun, Gmayil, Gaga, Jumblat, Frangiyah, Arslan, Berri and these days even Harriri Jr all look the same if you ask me. Its our fault for electing these people and allowing them to treat us like this.

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      you missed the point … and btw your list of individuals who got us into a civil war is missing the most important individuals THE PALISTINIANS …

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        not really it was our fault for allowing them to come to lebanon and start a war from lebanon. the president at the time claimed he didnt have time to read the agreement abid al nasser gave him witch allowed them to come to lebanon and start a war from lebanon only. Others claim he was paid $5000 for each fighter he allowed into the country. Later the next president allowed the syrians to come into lebanon to help fight them and when the syrians turned on him he asked israel for help. truth is the people that caused the cival war in lebanon are lebanese presidents. They allowed the Palestinians into the country, they allowed weapons and they invited syria and israel later on.

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          Basing government on religion is what opened the box.

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          You are spot on. I commend you for your honesty.

        3. There were as many Christians fighting alongside the Palestinians and the leftists all along. Blaming the Christians for all those events is overly simplistic. If you look back in history in 1860 and forth the Christians were massacred right and left for just “being”. At that time Turks ruled the entire region and the minute they instigated the moslems they, and without the Christians being “in power” (as the majority Christians were poor farmers) carried on atrocities from Beirut to Damascus killing nuns and priests. Although I agree with 5thDrawer’s statement in essence, I must add that religion in itself IS THE PROBLEM.
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_Genocide
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Lebanon_conflict
          and the list goes on…
          We never settled… I do not think we will ever settle… As long as we teach from within the religions that others are heretics. Even when the Americans went into Iraq, the number of Christians in Iraq dwindled to an all time low from fear of killings and bombs in the churches.
          AND LOOOOONNNG after the Christians are gone the fight will continue between Moslem Sunnis and Shiites and then some depending on who wins all the way to a sub religion… It will never end… It is like oxygen to them… Being martyred that is… 😛 😛 😛

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          Alright sir your facts seem to be really biased and a joke. Firstly i’d like to start off saying i really doubt your father was in the Kataeb, because you have said your mother was a Shi’ite, if not my bad i probably have mistaken you for someone else, a Kataeb fighter marrying a Shiite? That would be something i strongly doubt. Secondly sir, have you ever heard about the LCP and the SSNP? LCP had 2000 leftist fighters whom which the leader was Maronite, and the SSNP were conducted of Greek Orthodox Christians whom also had 2000 fighters. Now when you speak of the Christians i will assume that you are talking about the Lebanese Front. Firstly the Lebanese Front inviting Syria? False. The invasion of Lebanon by 20,000 troops was discussed by Nixon and Hafez Assad long before the Tel Zaatar battle. Plus ultimately the Arab League gave the green light for Syria to invade. Did the Lebanese Front welcome the Syrians? Yes. We at that moment thought they would have got rid of the PLO. But obviously we found out that the Syrians were playing with both of us to ensure their ultimate plan of controlling Lebanon. Frangieh and his Marada was one of the only members of the Lebanese Front who decided to switch and stay with Syria, and he was the president at the time of the 1976 invasion. You can tell in the 100 days war in East Beirut that the Lebanese Front was no fan of the Syrians. The Christians invited Israel? Once again false. Your making it sound like the Lebanese Front called Israel to invade, please dont change history sir, we have enough on this site trying to do so. The Israelis were given flowers by the Sunnis and Shiites in the South of Lebanon when they invaded, the PLO savaged all our lives, all religions alike. The Palestinians as a scapegoat? Hmmm why dont you go tell that to the families of the 100,000 Lebanese lives lost to the Palestinians, plus 40,000 Christians killed in 1976 alone by the hands of the Palestinians. Scapegoat? Please. Great people with PhDs have studied the civil war and not one yet was able to find the ultimate reason. Cairo Agreement was an agreement was to allow the Palestinians under the Lebanese Army control. Afterwards things started to get out of hands and battles between the LAF and PLO started. The Christians did not start most of the killings, the PLO provoked the bus massacre. No one is clean in this war, and no one can take full blame. All of us did things that harmed this country, you cannot label and religion sir.

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          Iran is about to realise thecoming of the Messiah by making the holly land clean of any rubbish zionistes ok

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          The problem is that all the ‘wrongs’ continue to be repeated. None learn from the past – only keep it in the present. Says something about education in this.

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          well sometimes the simple truth and the more difficult to swallow truth are far apart…we all had a hand in destroying Lebanon in those days, but the difference is most of us have moved on and we’re trying to build a respectful nation…again lets not get into the civil war but rather lets discuss todays crimes that have not been resolved. I think we can all agree on who the criminals are, and who the patriots are that are brave enough to stand tall and call out the regions most notorious bullies and oppressors…lets not deny the facts, there are those who preach hate, and continue to blame others for their own self inflicted problems. We as Lebanese (true Lebanese) are not cut from the same cloth as all other Arabs in the region, we are a unique people and the sooner we root out the cancer within the sooner we can move forward into the future rather than backwards into the future.

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          You know, when you get into these kinds of discussions, you really need to talk about which ‘sect’ you refer to. All ‘major’ religions have several varieties on a main theme. Especially the ‘one God’ variety. So if you say Christian … was that Maronites, RC’s, Orthodox, Baptists, C of E protestants, Mormons, Jehovahs, Shouters … Hmmm. And I know I missed some ….

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            I dont know if youre talking about what sec my mother and wife are or who invited the Israelis, Syrians and Palestinians into Lebanon…. Im going to answer both. My mother is Armenian Catholic from Lebanon and so is my wife (from Plaestine not Armenian though). As for what sect from the Christian side helped cause a lot of our problems early on, well I think we all know what sect was controlling the country  at that time. The good thing is we all learned from our mistakes and the only people causing problems these days are HA and Amal. I seriously doubt that Aoun and his FMP buddies would win any seats if the majority of votes they got in the last elections didnt come from the shia. Im hoping that the new electoral  law passes and every sect can elect its own representatives since the seats are already divided by sect its only fair, but I doubt Aoun would go with it because he knows he would not win a single seat.

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          Wasn’t asking, 316909. When I said ‘you’ I was generalizing. A shot at all of them.
          What many of us would like to see is a functioning ‘secular’ government. Something that works for the good of all the people in Lebanon.

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            well that would be nice if we had a chance of it actually working. The problem in Lebanon is most of us dont vote (educated open minded people) because we to a certain extent dont like either side and can not be bribed and the people that do vote are either getting paid to vote for a certain side or are just too stupid to figure things out. Im convinced the majority of Lebanese just need a new group of people and have no choice these days.

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      What a load of rubbish!  You are crying over the “ruins” and faults of the past.  This does not solve a major problem that Iran is about to declare war from Lebanon without the permission of the Lebanese.  The proper action is not to dwell on who is responsible but to start by cutting diplomatic relations with the Iranian dogs and file a complaint with the Security Council, not to mention making Iran and its embassies, businesses and pro-Islamic regressive personalities targets of Lebanese punishment regardless of the consequences.  A better idea is to have the USA nuke the hell out of Teheran, Isfahan and a few other Iranian cities so that they will learn a lesson they will never forget.

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        Iran is about to realise thecoming of the Messiah by making the holly land clean of any rubbish zionistes ok

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          You must be crazy.

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        No Im not crying over the ruins of the past Im replying to the post from another member about how we should blame Palestinians for the war in Lebanon and how most of the leaders these days are or remind me a lot of the people that started the war. Nothing more or less.

        1. Thank you for your clarification… No problem here.

        2. Thank you for your clarification… No problem here.

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          I didn’t say we should blame the Palistinians for the war in Lebanon (if you were referring to me)…I simply reminded you that you forgot to mention them in your list of individuals responsible for the civil war…nobody can deny they played a MAJOR role in destroying Lebanon…

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            thats true but if we had not let them in to begin with we would not be having this conversation

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      @Beiruti, I never said my mother is Shia. My mother is Christian and my father is Sunni and you can look at my comments. Also the Kataib were mixed muslim and Christian when they were first created. Also watch “The war of lebanon” produced by al jazeera where Gamayil admits he asked the Syrians for Help and once the Syrians turned on Him he asked Israel. His father Peir had Amin negotiating with Syria and Bashir with Israel. My father was not a fighter he was a party member witch is very different. You can say anything you want but the truth is known and the sooner we admit it the sooner we become a nation. P.S My wife is Palestinian Christian and Im agnostic so I dont care about or have any invested interest in making things up. Maybe Nixon wanted Syria in Lebanon but the truth is they were invited and so were the Palestinians and Israelis.

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        yu no goood sunni the onli goood sunni is palastenian 

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          dabshaleem, youre an idiot !

  2. shankarees Avatar
    shankarees

    In response to this monkey’s regarding Irani authority of the South, we should start a brigade in Lebanon to liberate Iran from the idiotic clerics like Kha-minni or is it Khera-minni and liberate Iran from its tyrants. 

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      I would like to be at the head of the brigade that is tasked to shaving their filthy beards… haha

      1. leobetapar Avatar
        leobetapar

        Iran is about to realise thecoming of the Messiah by making the holly land clean of any rubbish zionistes ok

        1. Hannibal Avatar

          Nobody’s coming… But it is OK keep waiting… lol

        2. Hannibal Avatar

          Nobody’s coming… But it is OK keep waiting… lol

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar

        Would that be like taking their virginity? 😉

  3. shankarees Avatar
    shankarees

    In response to this monkey’s regarding Irani authority of the South, we should start a brigade in Lebanon to liberate Iran from the idiotic clerics like Kha-minni or is it Khera-minni and liberate Iran from its tyrants. 

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      I would like to be at the head of the brigade that is tasked to shaving their filthy beards… haha

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    In response to this monkey’s regarding Irani authority of the South, we should start a brigade in Lebanon to liberate Iran from the idiotic clerics like Kha-minni or is it Khera-minni and liberate Iran from its tyrants. 

    1. I would like to be at the head of the brigade that is tasked to shaving their filthy beards… haha

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        Iran is about to realise thecoming of the Messiah by making the holly land clean of any rubbish zionistes ok

        1. Nobody’s coming… But it is OK keep waiting… lol

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        Would that be like taking their virginity? 😉

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        Would that be like taking their virginity? 😉

  5. freeman5525 Avatar
    freeman5525

    What a sham that the Government in Lebanon keep silent on that bastard Iranian official remarks, that goes to President Suleiman and parliemnet speaker, it seems all those officials so called sold Lebanon sovereinty to Iran to please Hezbollah the cancer we have in Lebanon spreading fear in all Lebanon with their weapons in the name of the Resistance. Shame on this Government , prime minsiter especially and that bastard two faced Foreign minister who keep silent and turn blind eye and deaf ear on this. Allah willing we will have winetr earthquake in Lebanon where all people in Lebanon from all sects rise up and take down this shemful governemnt and destroy that cancer named Hezbollah and restore back to our national Lebanese army the role to defend Lebanon against Israel and foreign interference by Iran and Syrian Baath Assad regime.

    1. leobetapar Avatar
      leobetapar

      Iran is about to realise thecoming of the Messiah by making the holly land clean of any rubbish zionistes ok

      1. I dont pity you, but i pity your kids for how you will educate their minds. 

        1. leobetapar Avatar
          leobetapar

          in truth and only truth .You think really you worth something innit?

      2. I dont pity you, but i pity your kids for how you will educate their minds. 

      3. lol…ok leo just dont hold your breath waiting…or actually, YES please do hold your breath because im sure the persian messiah is coming to save you all any day now lol…

        1. leobetapar Avatar
          leobetapar

          don’t think can be a persian haven’t you understand thet Hamadi is Saladin the real one coming back to liberate the Holly city he never pretend to be Messiah you silly

      4. lol…ok leo just dont hold your breath waiting…or actually, YES please do hold your breath because im sure the persian messiah is coming to save you all any day now lol…

        1. leobetapar Avatar
          leobetapar

          don’t think can be a persian haven’t you understand thet Hamadi is Saladin the real one coming back to liberate the Holly city he never pretend to be Messiah you silly

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    What a sham that the Government in Lebanon keep silent on that bastard Iranian official remarks, that goes to President Suleiman and parliemnet speaker, it seems all those officials so called sold Lebanon sovereinty to Iran to please Hezbollah the cancer we have in Lebanon spreading fear in all Lebanon with their weapons in the name of the Resistance. Shame on this Government , prime minsiter especially and that bastard two faced Foreign minister who keep silent and turn blind eye and deaf ear on this. Allah willing we will have winetr earthquake in Lebanon where all people in Lebanon from all sects rise up and take down this shemful governemnt and destroy that cancer named Hezbollah and restore back to our national Lebanese army the role to defend Lebanon against Israel and foreign interference by Iran and Syrian Baath Assad regime.

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      Iran is about to realise thecoming of the Messiah by making the holly land clean of any rubbish zionistes ok

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        I dont pity you, but i pity your kids for how you will educate their minds. 

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          in truth and only truth .You think really you worth something innit?

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        lol…ok leo just dont hold your breath waiting…or actually, YES please do hold your breath because im sure the persian messiah is coming to save you all any day now lol…

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          don’t think can be a persian haven’t you understand thet Hamadi is Saladin the real one coming back to liberate the Holly city he never pretend to be Messiah you silly

  7. Patience2 Avatar

    He’s just giving us all a little ‘taste’ of what is to come, unless the ‘street-turds’ and their supporters are dealt with.  Hear, hear … ya Lubnan!

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    He’s just giving us all a little ‘taste’ of what is to come, unless the ‘street-turds’ and their supporters are dealt with.  Hear, hear … ya Lubnan!

  9. $21082311 Avatar

    Consider who is commenting, Antoine Zahra; Ammar Houry; Mustafa Allouche! They are indeed models of patriotism and they all of a sudden care about the South Sovereignty Ya right!!  Everyone in Lebanon is under some influence. And this particular trio is the most sectarian and poisonous. I am against any outside power controlling our destiny and decisions as a country and I don’t claim to have solutions but I wish you do not adopt anyone’s view just because they hate same party you hate or a religious group that you hate. Change is only possible when one starts with oneself otherwise it is just talk over talk and instincts provoking comments. If this blog dialogue represents a sample of what’s out there in our countries and I hope not, hope for betterment is getting very dim…..
    I do enjoy ‘some’ of the humor though keep it coming that’s the best remedy when things don’t make any sense

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    Consider who is commenting, Antoine Zahra; Ammar Houry; Mustafa Allouche! They are indeed models of patriotism and they all of a sudden care about the South Sovereignty Ya right!!  Everyone in Lebanon is under some influence. And this particular trio is the most sectarian and poisonous. I am against any outside power controlling our destiny and decisions as a country and I don’t claim to have solutions but I wish you do not adopt anyone’s view just because they hate same party you hate or a religious group that you hate. Change is only possible when one starts with oneself otherwise it is just talk over talk and instincts provoking comments. If this blog dialogue represents a sample of what’s out there in our countries and I hope not, hope for betterment is getting very dim…..
    I do enjoy ‘some’ of the humor though keep it coming that’s the best remedy when things don’t make any sense

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