Hariri won’t return for now says decision made to kill him

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Hariri slams governmentFormer Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that he will not return to Lebanon anytime soon because the decision to assassinate him has already been made , political sources said Monday.

“I will not return to Lebanon for the time being because there is a decision to kill me,” Hariri told a Lebanese delegation from the Economic Committees who visited him at his residence in the Saudi capital, Riyadh on Sunday, The Lebanese Daily Star quoted political sources as saying .

Hariri, who has been living abroad for nearly two years for security reasons, predicted that the Syrian crisis would come to an end soon with the ouster of President Bashar Assad.

“The rebels will succeed in removing Bashar Assad from power,” he was quoted as telling the delegation.

Lebanon has been witnessing for several months a wave of assassinations starting with the attempted assassination of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea last April, the attempted assassination of MP Boutros Harb, the assassination of Lebanon Internal Security intelligence chief and several threats of assassinations against several figures including March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh and Mufti Shaar of Tripoli.

Hezbollah has been accused of being behind some of these threats. Hezbollah has refused so far to hand over its member Mahmoud al-Hayek , who was indicted in the attempted assassination of MP Harb to the judicial authorities just like it refused to hand over the four killers of former PM Rafik Hariri ( Saad’s father) , who was assassinated in downtown Beirut on February 14, 2005.

Relations with the Arabian Gulf countries

Hariri also underlined during his meeting with the delegation the need for Lebanon to distance itself from the turmoil in Syria in order to preserve the interests of Lebanese expatriates working in Saudi Arabia and other Arabian Gulf states.

Hariri and the delegation also urged the rival political Lebanese leaders to adopt “a rational political speech toward the Arabian Gulf states that have represented and still represent a safety valve for Lebanon’s security, growth and development.”

This was a possible reference to the remarks made by Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun about the uprising in Bahrain.

Ties between the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and Lebanon were strained recently over Aoun’s remarks on the uprising in Bahrain which which were viewed by Bahrain and the GCC as interference in Manama’s internal affairs. The GCC groups Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain.

The GCC last week sent a letter to President Michel Suleiman voicing extreme concern over Lebanon’s failure to abide by its self declared policy of disassociation on regional conflicts, particularly the crisis in Syria.

Prior to meeting with Hariri, the delegation of the Economic Committees met in Riyadh with Saudi Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz, who denied rumors that Saudi Arabia planned to take measures against Lebanese nationals living in the kingdom or withdraw its money from Lebanese banks in protest at Lebanon’s failure to comply with the disassociation policy.

Adnan Kassar, the Head of Economic Committees who headed the delegation criticized after the meeting the “cheap abuses by some Lebanese towards the kingdom and King Abdullah”, saying that this cannot be the answer to “KSA’s economic and financial support to Lebanon and to opening the door to thousands of Lebanese families”.

He added: “President Michel Suleiman and Lebanese political officials also share our opinion towards the kingdom”.

In February, posters mocking King Abdullah were erected in the areas of Jal el-Dib and Fanar in a move considered as a response to a cartoon published in a Saudi newspaper on Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai following his trip to Syria.

Repairing the relations with GCC

In a bid to contain tension with the GCC, a delegation of March 14 MPs visited a number of ambassadors and heads of GCC missions in Lebanon Monday.

The delegation discussed the letter the GCC sent to Suleiman and were told that Gulf states were keen on maintaining unity and peace in Lebanon and embracing Lebanese working there, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The delegation which included MPs Marwan Hamadeh, Fadi Karam and Jamal Jarrah criticized the practices and stances of Hezbollah and its allies .

The March 14 delegation also condemned statements by March 8 ministers, including Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour’s remarks last week to the Arab League which it said were “harmful to the interests of Lebanese and Lebanon.”

During an Arab League meeting in Cairo last week, Mansour called for reinstating Syria’s membership, sparking the ire of the Lebanese opposition, which accused him of deviating from the disassociation policy.

The 2-year-old bloody conflict in Syria has sharply split the Lebanese. While the Future Movement and its March 14 partners strongly support the armed rebellion against Assad’s government, Hezbollah and its March 8 allies back the regime.

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42 responses to “Hariri won’t return for now says decision made to kill him”

  1. unknown Avatar

    in other words i can careless about my fellow lebanese im a bitch to saudi arabia

    1. yalibnan Avatar

      Ali
      He is saying his life is in danger. We all know who killed his father and who is now in charge of Lebanon. How can he help his fellow Lebanese if he returns and gets killed . This could result in a Sunni-Shiite strife .Is this what you want ?

      1. Mazen_M Avatar

        Actually you guys (Yalibnan) should not take sides. You can’t say “We all know who killed his father”. That is not a good answer. You should just report and we decide. I think that is how it should be, because if you take sides then what you report will be biased. Thanks.

        1. Hannibal Avatar

          Show me one reporting outlet that is not polarized… From CNN to Yalibnan. Every one pulls to a side and we form such a beautiful centered star.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            A REAL Referendum fairly given across ALL Lebanon would be interesting to have.
            The Problem getting one would be the 6 years of ‘dialogue’ needed to formulate the first question. 🙂

        2. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Well I think, Mazen, that some need help with the translating sometimes. 😉 You are right, but most of the commenting degrades often to something not related at all to the story.

          1. Sometimes????? Between Anti threatening to ‘wright’ to the Admin and replying to Jose “big” Jalapeno that he has balls on his ‘checks’ and warning you that he will call you a pig, and HA/Unk correcting your spelling franciscan (tho he himself misspells every other word he writes) its just baffling. How can one know if one should laugh, cry, take a peek at a dictionary or keep looking for the ignore button that seems all eluding. Pls guys, we get it. You are smart (even you Dab Mr). But why not seek common ground? Why not use all those MS, MA, Phd’s, etc.. You claim to love Lebanon, but Lebanon is for all not for you only. Don’t bring a war to this blog, get together to find a real way to help your watan. Most of you left Lebanon, made something of yourselves, now it’s time to Pay it Forward. Do something positive! As former Pres. Kennedy said..”Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what YOU CAN DO for YOUR COUNTRY” Ok that’s my two cents, good day to all My helmet is on 😉

      2. sorry who killed his father? first it was the syrians? then he kissed and made up and had a sleep over…then aunty clinton cracked it at him…then it was 6 people from hzb but not hzb??? MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT ON ATRIAL THAT DOSENT SEEM TO EXIST ANYMORE….???? he fears for his life but broke a leg skiing on the french alps…they wanted to put 8 screws in his legs but he demanded 14??? This could result in a Sunni-Shiite strife .Is this what you want ?…. is this comment really from yalibnan??? ARE YOU FOR REAL???

      3. hes the one causing the strife….we know hzb is funded by iran but who is funding people on the other side? people like assir? he wants to be pm and then and only then will he come back…and all of lebanon will pay the price….please do not insult our intellect…

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          But Dateam … this is why a whole NEW political system and constitution is needed. So ‘the old crowd’ can be replaced every few years if they can’t please the populace or run the business of a (supposed) country. If you’re going to hang on to the old ‘Leader-of-party’ always in dominance due to centuries of ‘family plagiarism’ with ideologes dictating to ‘the top’, then the ‘business’ will always be conducted behind guarded walls of little palaces, or from other (safe?) countries.
          If he could come back and run in a fair and open election which reflected the desires of the populace in general (like a bit more electricity), I’m sure he would.
          And then, we would know.

          1. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            Nothing is fair, 5th! hahahahahaha no seriously! i know i made a similar comment minutes ago but nothing is fair and nothing is real. An old man like you should know these things by now 😉

          2. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Yah … ‘Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person, is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.’
            But if one just throws up the hands and walks away from trying, in the seemingly vain attempt to make others think, soon there will be a bunch of stupid bulls facing slightly smarter humans with swords who want them for breakfast … until there are no more bulls.
            At which point, of course, there will only be vegetarians. 😉
            Never give up ….

          3. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            he reminds me of the story of that superstitious man who consulted a fortuneteller who told him: tomorrow dont take your car; you will die in a car accident. The poor superstitious guy remained at home fearing cars yet he had an infarct and died while at home; allahu akbar

          4. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nope 5th; only a man whose balls are in the right place would come if he were baby hariri; unfortunately he is not that man; he just wants to be prime minister approved by hizbollah and located between paris and ryad; evidently he relinquished his lebanese identity which he transmitted to assir

          5. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            ali ibn abi taleb called them: ya ashbaha al rijali wa la rijal

      4. Yalibnan, who killed his father? since you know !!!

      5. aleesara Avatar

        How do you know who killed his father? Were you there? Do not judge as I am sure you don’t know.

      6. unknown Avatar

        first off you shouldnt even be taking sides your job is to put up news thats it. but since you wanna talk about being his life in danger lets talk about how you as well as others are always taking about how nasrallah is in hiding and calling him a coward and things like that. shouldnt he fear for his life?

      7. AntiFSA002 Avatar
        AntiFSA002

        Who killed his father I think is something we will never know, However I bet my life that this animal had a hand in it. You need to stop being biased and be mutual in your approach. As Unknown has said, when Hassan Nasrallah is in hiding he is criticised, However when this chicken S@@t Saudi puppet goes in to hiding he is fearing for his life.

        1. Atleast nasrallah is in lebanon this chicken shit left the greatest country on earth for the shittest country on earth

  2. unknown Avatar

    in other words i can careless about my fellow lebanese im a bitch to saudi arabia

    1. yalibnan Avatar

      Ali
      He is saying his life is in danger. We all know who killed his father and who is now in charge of Lebanon. How can he help his fellow Lebanese if he returns and gets killed . This could result in a Sunni-Shiite strife .Is this what you want ?

      1. Mazen_M Avatar

        Actually you guys (Yalibnan) should not take sides. You can’t say “We all know who killed his father”. That is not a good answer. You should just report and we decide. I think that is how it should be, because if you take sides then what you report will be biased. Thanks.

        1. José Jalapeño Avatar
          José Jalapeño

          Show me one reporting outlet that is not polarized… From CNN to Yalibnan. Every one pulls to a side and we form such a beautiful centered star.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            A REAL Referendum fairly given across ALL Lebanon would be interesting to have.
            The Problem getting one would be the 6 years of ‘dialogue’ needed to formulate the first question.

        2. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Well I think, Mazen, that some need help with the translating sometimes. 😉 You are right, but most of the commenting degrades often to something not related at all to the story.

          1. Sometimes????? Between Anti threatening to ‘wright’ to the Admin and replying to Jose “big” Jalapeno that he has balls on his ‘checks’ and warning you that he will call you a pig, and HA/Unk correcting your spelling franciscan (tho he himself misspells every other word he writes) its just baffling. How can one know if one should laugh, cry, take a peek at a dictionary or keep looking for the ignore button that seems all eluding. Pls guys, we get it. You are smart (even you Dab Mr). But why not seek common ground? Why not use all those MS, MA, Phd’s, etc.. You claim to love Lebanon, but Lebanon is for all not for you only. Don’t bring a war to this blog, get together to find a real way to help your watan. Most of you left Lebanon, made something of yourselves, now it’s time to Pay it Forward. Do something positive! As former Pres. Kennedy said..”Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what YOU CAN DO for YOUR COUNTRY” Ok that’s my two cents, good day to all My helmet is on 😉

      2. sorry who killed his father? first it was the syrians? then he kissed and made up and had a sleep over…then aunty clinton cracked it at him…then it was 6 people from hzb but not hzb??? MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT ON ATRIAL THAT DOSENT SEEM TO EXIST ANYMORE….???? he fears for his life but broke a leg skiing on the french alps…they wanted to put 8 screws in his legs but he demanded 14??? This could result in a Sunni-Shiite strife .Is this what you want ?…. is this comment really from yalibnan??? ARE YOU FOR REAL???

      3. hes the one causing the strife….we know hzb is funded by iran but who is funding people on the other side? people like assir? he wants to be pm and then and only then will he come back…and all of lebanon will pay the price….please do not insult our intellect…

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          But Dateam … this is why a whole NEW political system and constitution is needed. So ‘the old crowd’ can be replaced every few years if they can’t please the populace or run the business of a (supposed) country. If you’re going to hang on to the old ‘Leader-of-party’ always in dominance due to centuries of ‘family plagiarism’ with ideologes dictating to ‘the top’, then the ‘business’ will always be conducted behind guarded walls of little palaces, or from other (safe?) countries.
          If he could come back and run in a fair and open election which reflected the desires of the populace in general (like a bit more electricity), I’m sure he would.
          And then, we would know.

          1. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            Nothing is fair, 5th!

          2. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Yah … ‘Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person, is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.’
            But if one just throws up the hands and walks away from trying, in the seemingly vain attempt to make others think, soon there will be a bunch of stupid bulls facing slightly smarter humans with swords who want them for breakfast … until there are no more bulls.
            At which point, of course, there will only be vegetarians. 😉
            Never give up ….

          3. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            he reminds me of the story of that superstitious man who consulted a fortuneteller who told him: tomorrow dont take your car; you will die in a car accident. The poor superstitious guy remained at home fearing cars yet he had an infarct and died while at home; allahu akbar

          4. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nope 5th; only a man whose balls are in the right place would come if he were baby hariri; unfortunately he is not that man; he just wants to be prime minister approved by hizbollah and located between paris and ryad; evidently he relinquished his lebanese identity which he transmitted to assir

          5. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            ali ibn abi taleb called them: ya ashbaha al rijali wa la rijal

      4. Yalibnan, who killed his father? since you know !!!

      5. aleesara Avatar

        How do you know who killed his father? Were you there? Do not judge as I am sure you don’t know.

      6. unknown Avatar

        first off you shouldnt even be taking sides your job is to put up news thats it. but since you wanna talk about being his life in danger lets talk about how you as well as others are always taking about how nasrallah is in hiding and calling him a coward and things like that. shouldnt he fear for his life?

      7. AntiFSA002 Avatar
        AntiFSA002

        Who killed his father I think is something we will never know, However I bet my life that this animal had a hand in it. You need to stop being biased and be mutual in your approach. As Unknown has said, when Hassan Nasrallah is in hiding he is criticised, However when this chicken S@@t Saudi puppet goes in to hiding he is fearing for his life.

        1. Atleast nasrallah is in lebanon this chicken shit left the greatest country on earth for the shittest country on earth

  3. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
    Hariri Assaoudi

    no worries mr hariri, we understand this decision requires a lot of courage; no please stay safe where you are; we beg you not to come back

  4. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
    Hariri Assaoudi

    no worries mr hariri, we understand this decision requires a lot of courage; no please stay safe where you are; we beg you not to come back

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