After attemp on his life Geagea worried about Jumblatt

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In an interview on Al-Arabiya Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Thursday that he had to change his lifestyle following his survival of the attempted assassination to prevent the perpetrators from making another bid on his life.

“I changed my lifestyle after the assassination attempt to prevent the perpetrators from making another bid.”

Asked whether he feared for the life of Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, Geagea said: “In my analysis of how the other camp thinks, yes I’m seriously worried about Jumblatt.”

In response to a question about the possible return to civil sttife in Lebanon, on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the civil war that erupted on April 13, 1975, Geagea said:

“I don’t think that Lebanon will return to civil war because at least the March 14 camp is keen on preserving civil peace, although sometimes it does that at the expense of its own interests. The other camp is impeding the democratic life with its weapons, but we are willing to wait for more than two years for the sake of preserving security.” He expects the 2013 parliamentary elections will change the political equation.

Geagea stressed that “the other camp will not come to the dialogue table before the fall of the Syrian regime and before it abandons its arms.”

Geagea said the rival camp and its regional backers ( Iran and Syria) “has an interest” in eliminating him from the political scene adding that his “attempt to put the Christians at the heart of the Arab Spring is an additional factor in the assassination attempt” he survived last week.

He stressed that the attack was the work of a very professional organization and not the work of individuals , but did not name the organization adding , “according to preliminary investigations at least six people are estimated to have taken part in the attack”.

Geagea miraculously survived an assassination attempt last week when he was shot at twice by “snipers” as he was walking with bodyguards outside his residence in Maarab. The bullets made two holes in the wall of his house.

Geagea said he is confident that President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib Miqati, Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji, Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi and ISF’s intelligence bureau chief Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan are “serious concerning the investigation” into the attempt on his life but does not feel the same way about officials (of lower ranks).

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14 responses to “After attemp on his life Geagea worried about Jumblatt”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    He hopes for elections … if we get to 2013 …
    And the ‘pros’ were probably the ones with the stored 800 tons of old food and drugs … which the wonderful ‘cabinet’ now debates how to get rid of in a safer way than floating it down the Beirut river … although, that won’t turn it red, and some sharks might become really happy.
    Jumblatt’s eye-balls, however, just grew bigger I bet. Probably thought his world was safe.

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      5th
      there is nothing wrong in working for the next elections…everybody does it and everywhere.
      this man is calling for the unity of all lebanese….under the wing of one nation…lebanon…there is absolutely nothing wrong with that and if that what will get him votes for the next election then be it…. after all what he is saying especially to the christians in lebanon is nothing at all similar to what Aoun had said to them in 2009.

      when you see a sunni tripolian supporting this man’s views on nationalistic basis then this man has done something no one lebanese politician done before…except for Rafeeq Harriri Allah yer7amou..

      where there is wrong this man has said it is wrong, he did not hide behind his sect nor complained about pple being not fit to be criticised…even when his allies were criticising him for his stand, he did not worry about it because he knew a wrong is wrong…..this man is a true muslim christian lebanese who cares for lebanon..on the footpath of Harriri may Allah have mercy on him.

      that’s why they want to get rid of him.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Yes Antar … I have often noted when he said the right things. And one assumes that as a politician he works for a future election. It’s election process – and later hijacking of it – that I worry about, and one reason I hear some people say ‘why bother’. We can hope there will be one in 2013. Not much has been accomplished by the last bunch elected, for sure, although they never get much of a chance either because the process is flawed.
        Work to get the people ‘out and voting’ for real change, and maybe by 2020 it will look, feel, and smell better. Syria is an example of people tramping the streets and yelling for change – but they can’t define it exactly, and waving flags doesn’t bring it. But when a politician says the right things, they often don’t want to listen, unless it can be shown that what they vote for means something.
        Will we see a day when people vote FOR what they wish to BECOME, instead of in fear AGAINST another unproven CONCEPT in another country which cannot be controlled anyway?
        We can hope Assad will be out of the equation, for sure … but are ‘the people’ being educated enough?

        1. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          i hope you are wrong…but like you i am pessimistic…i think there will NOT be an election anytime soon…if the butcher next door stays in power.

          and you know what?….i think th eonly change we can really have is perhaps for once we copy our syrian counterparts….i mean it took us 15 yrs of fighting each other…why not fight the one who was managing all the strife eh, by getting rid of his govt and lebanese puppets?

          inshaAllah one day lebanon will have real democracy…it’s a dream and maybe we may not live to see it but heyyyynothing wrong in hoping for th enext generation’s sake…for the future..

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    He hopes for elections … if we get to 2013 …
    And the ‘pros’ were probably the ones with the stored 800 tons of old food and drugs … which the wonderful ‘cabinet’ now debates how to get rid of in a safer way than floating it down the Beirut river … although, that won’t turn it red, and some sharks might become really happy.
    Jumblatt’s eye-balls, however, just grew bigger I bet. Probably thought his world was safe.

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      5th
      there is nothing wrong in working for the next elections…everybody does it and everywhere.
      this man is calling for the unity of all lebanese….under the wing of one nation…lebanon…there is absolutely nothing wrong with that and if that what will get him votes for the next election then be it…. after all what he is saying especially to the christians in lebanon is nothing at all similar to what Aoun had said to them in 2009.

      when you see a sunni tripolian supporting this man’s views on nationalistic basis then this man has done something no one lebanese politician done before…except for Rafeeq Harriri Allah yer7amou..

      where there is wrong this man has said it is wrong, he did not hide behind his sect nor complained about pple being not fit to be criticised…even when his allies were criticising him for his stand, he did not worry about it because he knew a wrong is wrong…..this man is a true muslim christian lebanese who cares for lebanon..on the footpath of Harriri may Allah have mercy on him.

      that’s why they want to get rid of him.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Yes Antar … I have often noted when he said the right things. And one assumes that as a politician he works for a future election. It’s election process – and later hijacking of it – that I worry about, and one reason I hear some people say ‘why bother’. We can hope there will be one in 2013. Not much has been accomplished by the last bunch elected, for sure, although they never get much of a chance either because the process is flawed.
        Work to get the people ‘out and voting’ for real change, and maybe by 2020 it will look, feel, and smell better. Syria is an example of people tramping the streets and yelling for change – but they can’t define it exactly, and waving flags doesn’t bring it. But when a politician says the right things, they often don’t want to listen, unless it can be shown that what they vote for means something.
        Will we see a day when people vote FOR what they wish to BECOME, instead of in fear AGAINST another unproven CONCEPT in another country which cannot be controlled anyway?
        We can hope Assad will be out of the equation, for sure … but are ‘the people’ being educated enough?

        1. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          i hope you are wrong…but like you i am pessimistic…i think there will NOT be an election anytime soon…if the butcher next door stays in power.

          and you know what?….i think th eonly change we can really have is perhaps for once we copy our syrian counterparts….i mean it took us 15 yrs of fighting each other…why not fight the one who was managing all the strife eh, by getting rid of his govt and lebanese puppets?

          inshaAllah one day lebanon will have real democracy…it’s a dream and maybe we may not live to see it but heyyyynothing wrong in hoping for th enext generation’s sake…for the future..

  3. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    i take my hat off to him. Hakeem is staying there and fighting…what a courageous thing to do and what a strong will this man has….lebanon is proud to have the new Geagea. Allah ye7meek.

  4. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    i take my hat off to him. al hakeem is staying there and fighting…what a courageous thing to do and what a strong will this man has….lebanon is proud to have the new Geagea. Allah ye7meek.

  5. libnan1 Avatar

    Waoo Geagea is worried about Jumblat !!!! When did that love relationship start? Suggestion: why don’t you both retire from politics and join your sponsor Jr. in Paris, that way you don’t have to worry about assassinations….

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      They have not reached the age of retirement yet unlike that orange debilitated pea-brain old rag khotyaar el-jin osrambo you worship. he he

  6. libnan1 Avatar

    Waoo Geagea is worried about Jumblat !!!! When did that love relationship start? Suggestion: why don’t you both retire from politics and join your sponsor Jr. in Paris, that way you don’t have to worry about assassinations….

    1. They have not reached the age of retirement yet unlike that orange debilitated pea-brain old rag khotyaar el-jin osrambo you worship. he he

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