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Suleiman: Lebanon must stem flow of fighters to Syria

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suleiman in ivory coast 2Lebanon must prevent fighters from crossing into Syria, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said after Damascus threatened to respond to cross-border infiltrations.

Suleiman made the remarks while meeting with the Lebanese community in the Ivory Coast during an official visit, according to a statement from his office on Saturday.

Lebanon’s stability depends “on all of us… not sending militants to Syria and not receiving them,” he said, adding “we must commit ourselves to neutrality.”

Suleiman said he had tasked Lebanon’s army with “the arrest of any militants intending to fight (in Syria), whether for the opposition or not.”

His comments came after Syria warned on Thursday that its forces would fire into Lebanon if “terrorist gangs” continued to infiltrate the country.

“These past 36 hours, armed terrorist gangs have infiltrated Syrian territory in large numbers from Lebanon,” the Syrian foreign ministry said, in a message quoted by official news agency SANA.

“Syrian forces are showing restraint by not striking these gangs inside Lebanese territory to prevent them crossing into Syria, but this will not go on indefinitely,” it said in a message to its Lebanese counterpart.

A Lebanese government source, speaking to AFP on Saturday, said Beirut took the warning “very seriously” and that “intensive consultations are underway to find the best way to control the border.”

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President Michel Suleiman addressing the Lebanese community in the Ivory Coast , Friday March 15, 2013

Lebanon’s opposition March 14th movement, which opposes the Damascus regime, has called for the army to deploy along the country’s border with Syria to halt the flow of arms and militants, and protect Lebanese territory.

Beirut has officially pledged neutrality in the violence engulfing its neighbor, but has found itself increasingly embroiled in the civil war.

Lebanon’s opposition backs the revolt, which entered its third year on Friday, while the Shiite Hezbollah and its allies stand by the regime.

Violence has already spilled over into Lebanon on several occasions, causing fatalities on the Lebanese side, and on Thursday the UN Security Council expressed “grave concern” about cross-border attacks.

Al Arabiya

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130 responses to “Suleiman: Lebanon must stem flow of fighters to Syria”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Being ‘religious leaders’, I’m sure Assir’s and Nastyrallah’s RALLIES have been saying the same things.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Being ‘religious leaders’, I’m sure Assir’s and Nastyrallah’s RALLIES have been saying the same things.

  3. Prophettttt Avatar
    Prophettttt

    It’s becoming hard to keep track of the president’s whereabouts,and of his frequent and very silly mouth running.
    He travels as if the country is in peace and stability,and speaks as if he has power.
    His mouth running is becoming an embarrassment. He is on every side of every issue,with no tracking of his own inconsistency.
    I just laugh when he lectures people on democracy as if his own election was really constitutional or democratic.

    1. alissar smith Avatar
      alissar smith

      I think he is a very good president he is trying very hard to keep Lebanon’s safe under very difficult circumstances.

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        I never said He is not trying,I just said that He has no power to do so,and that He is wasting tax payers’s money by making meaningless trips at a time He should be trying harder to do what he is supposed to do.

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          What is he supposed to do? Look pretty and say nothing? That was the taef and the Syrian hegemony and its effect on the presidency to weaken the Christians…

          1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            these are exactly the same ones you support today: hariri and geagea; i remember dr pierre dekkache from hadath telling me how they went there and how he escaped from the hotel (in taef) to the airport; the lebanese mp’s were jailed in the hotel and had no way to leave before they voted on the taef accord; the funniest thing he told me was on the plane leaving beirut: george saade the president of the phalangist party at that time and ally of samir geagea received a phone call from ghazi kenaan (i hope you know who is ghazi kenaan) he called georges saade, fakhamet al ra’is, i.e they promised geagea and georges saade that saade will be president of the republic if he votes for the taef accord; they were duped and they got a suppository; dr pierre dekkache was the only one who did not vote for the accord because he could escape…mind you sir it is wrong to say syrian effect; that was purely saoudi effect and syria was being paid at that time by saudi arabia to protect the sunna in Lebanon and to make taef accord pass….

          2. Myra Saade Avatar
            Myra Saade

            I don’t know how I fell on this comment 3 years later but I know Dr Pierre Daccache and I am sure this is not something he would have said nevertheless I would challenge anyone who could confirm this stupidity… The MPs went to Taef with the approval of Aoun who was in touch with them until the last day. They were not imprisoned in any hotel and they were free to leave and everyone who voted on this agreement knew exactly what he was doing and why. The purpose was to end the massacres happening in Lebanon and the killings between brothers. Georges Saade is smarter than believing that he could become a President after 2 Kataeb presidents (Bachir and Amine Gemayel). The Maronites MPs all of them know that he actually worked hard to make sure Christian MPs attend Rene Mouawad’s elections to make sure he has Christian legitimacy and this is exactly why he ran for Presidential elections. I cannot believe that 25 years after the TAEF agreement people still talk about this bullshit and still try to pass it as reality when everything got uncovered. Man people go get a life. And just for the record Georges Saade and Ghazi Kanaan were never on good terms. Just read history: boycotting 1992 elections, Georges Saade lost 1996 elections in the mostly renowned electoral fraud ever seen in the country because personally Ghazi Kanaan didn’t want him to win, 1991 Kataeb MPs voted against agreement of brotherhood and friendship cooperation between Syria and Lebanon, then the Kataeb Ministers (Saade and Dib) voted against this same agreement in the government. So please, review history before talking nonesense. The guy wrote a book explaining what happened and Daccache personally never denied the facts. 30 years later and still this??? Don’t you have a life???

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Not in here, apparently. ;-))

      2. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
        Hariri Assaoudi

        honestly, i think the nature of the president determines the future; when lahoud was elected, we were best friends, i told him when we were half drunk: so bad for lebanon, it means Lebanon wont get out for the time being; for if they found “ahmar minnak ma kenou jebouk” he laughed at it, but he knew very well i meant it. If usa wanted Lebanon to get out strong they would have brought a strong president like aoun or late hobeika not a kess like this one or my friend lahoud; sorry emile

    2. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      Will you stand by him if he raises a militia like all others and takes side? Come on he is the only legitimate authority left in the days when militiamen turned MPs and head of terrorist organizations turned icons for a shady resistance.
      Now I wear my helmet and full metal jacket 😛 lol

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        You have enough arrows thrown at you from all sides,and I’ll save mine to a time when you’re free enough to defend yourself against my sharp arrows; arrows you know well .It won’t be fair to attack a man who is busy fighting at different fronts. lol. Plus, No cheap shots from me ,facts alone do the job.
        You,as always, have attempted to divert the discussion to another place where I don’t need to keep repeating myself. You simply failed (or avoided) to address any of the points I raised.
        Resistance speaks for itself with its actions and accomplishments, and it does not care for the opinion of those who have opposed it all along. Throughout history,no resistance ever obtained a consensus to operate and defend its occupied land,and this one is no different.It is a fact that every cabinet formed ,since 1990, have recognized and approved the resistance’s rights to operate.Until a cabinet denies them this right, you better accept it and live with it.

        1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
          Hariri Assaoudi

          unfortunately i have to disagree with you on this point; myself i do not consider hizbollah as a resistance movement anymore; if you review the history of resistance movements all over the world, most disappeared after 7 or 8 years: they either reached power or became rotten with maffia like activities and disintegrated. hizbollah reached power…. ouwwet (originally a resistant movement after the palestinian then syrian invasion of Lebanon) became maffia laundring money, dealing with drugs…hariri (never resisted anything, poor guy) was transformed by power into a poower; lol; hizbollah is made of warriors, hariri is a worrier; lol; AWIHA on geagea, AWIHA on ghassan as 5th would say; to her awiha i retaliate: 7amiha 7aramiha

          1. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Let’s say We agree to disagree on some issues.And I won’t pick on dead people now,lol

          2. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            well as you said before we agree on many things and it is very healthy and normal to disagree on certain issues; i myself review my own position on certain issues and many a times i take a diametrically opposite direction of my previous stance…. when i spoke about hariri i meant the baby one not the dead one, unless you consider the baby one politically dead and here i agree with you

          3. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            lol.I was afraid some might think that I was wishing him death,because I don’t wish anyone any harm.

          4. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nobody will invest the price of the bullet; he is not worth it

          5. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            I feel sorry for the man sometimes. He landed in a position He was never prepared for,and He is not cut for politics or leadership.It’s the stupid Lebanese thing where sons inherit fathers,and they believe they are entitled to be a Zae’im.It is the rotten system we’re talking about.

          6. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            well it is not only in Lebanon; politics is rotten in general but we notice it more in Lebanon because there, things are accelerated because of war; a famous philosopher whose name escapes me right now ( i drank a couple of arak with meshwi) said, i will say it in french: La guerre est la politique a chaud”. It means war is when politics go fast… bush inherited his father now the other son, kennedy……..

          7. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            The thought of another Bush is scary. George W. was brought in by the republicans when no new republican leadership was emerging during Clinton years.After loosing two elections to Obama with the leadership they presented to the American Public, they might dig into their history books,and present another name brand(with no history to defend).It worked the first time, and it could work again.BTW,American people did like George Bush 1,and most felt bad for him after loosing to Clinton.
            This whole scheme was orchestrated in 1997(after Bob Dole failed to beat Clinton) by a Washington right wing institution,The Center for Security Policy ;run by former CIA/pentagon officials,and other christian fanatics,lead by the likes of Frank Gaffney,and financed by Military Industry. It is one of the most influential institutions in Washington even though it does not get much publicity.

          8. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            well, bush father was a catastrophe; he is the one who gave the green light to assad to take all over Lebanon; now, if you look deeply, foreign policy does not differ much between a president and another; obama is pursuing same agenda as bush with a major difference, he hides it better and radical muslims, salafis, geagea3is and hariri supporters think he is helping and supporting them while instead of helping them he is putting a soothing suppository in them

          9. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Totally agree. They only differ in style. Republicans walk around with the gun, Democrats could chock you and claim you had a heart attack,lol

          10. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            the brits are like that: they shoot at you then say: oh i am sorry i had to shoot you….; and if you are not dead they wont hesitate to do it again and will say again…oh i am sorry …..

          11. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            British Humour … very dry. 😉

          12. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            same also between labour and likoud; same foreign policy, they just differ on internal issues

          13. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            this is what most people do not understand about the left; the poorer you are the better you are for the left; the left wants you poor, thus uneducated, so you are dependent on them; if you become rich, they will lose their grip on you….

          14. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Good example of that is the unemployment extension to 18 months by the Obama administration.
            Democrats and liberals differ from republican and right wing by believing that; don’t let the poor starve and avoid social disorder,while the others believe in absolute capitalism and greed,the poor would need to pray for a better after life.lol

          15. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            people will revolt only when their children are hungry; nothing else would make people go to the street unless driven by some kind of fanatical esoteric salafi like belief of life in djinnah where they will have sex with houryyat…. what the west have done to go around this point are the cheap brands which are not advertised for; you can have a 2 liters cocacola (brand name not the original one) for 20p in London, a kilo of butter for 14 p, a chocomax 250 gram for 8; white bread for 28 p….for a pound you can have food for your family per week; dont ask me what you are eating though; there is an old french movie i advise everyone to watch, by Louis de Funes called l’aile ou la cuisse; you can find it on you tube. Many claim that these cheap no brand marks have some sterilising chemicals in them so the poor do not bring more poor children….

          16. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            If it is true, these chemicals are not working here in the states. Poor people are having more children than ever.lol

          17. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            this is conspiracy theory; btw i noticed when i used to live in the west that in poor areas, supermarkets do not put light or diet products; even cheap supermarkets like aldi in europe, do not have a wide variety of light or diet products

          18. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Aspertame (and other chemicals) can be poison in certain bodies … we are all different.
            Go with ‘The Real Thing’ … hahaahahahahaahhaahahhaha (no ‘lite’ scotch)

          19. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            aspartame is one of the many edulcorants available; now it was never really proven to cause anything; i still remember an old experiment done with saccharine; they gave kilos of saccharine to a mouth and they concluded it produces bladder cancer; this is tentamount putting a ton of sugar in your coffee if you adjust for the difference in weight; there is nowadays a new sweetener, called stevia, extracted from a plant; actually i have some of these plants growing in my garden; it is natural, it tastes exactly like sugar and is not altered by cooking…..sugar itself is a poison, especially the white refined crystals you buy; drinking cane juice is sweet but it is not like having this sucrose concentrated and crystallised; the biggest cheat when they tell you eat honey, it is more natural, or fructose from fruits, which is powder but not crystals (just no added calcium molecules) but all end up metabolised into the monosaccharide glucose which is stored in the body; fructose anf glucose have same formula but are isomers….some believe fructose is healthier; wrong, fructose, even though derived from sugar and is also found in honey, it increases blood glycemia (glucose level) as much as glucose; it is responsible for the metabolic syndrome(obesity); some people even speak of sugar addiction, people craving for sugar.
            One last thing, fructose from fruit, under the effect of yeasts which constitute the normal intestinal flora, is fermented into alcohol; scotch uses fructose from malt and onions; bourbon from corn……..thus many speak of natural alcohol production which is inevitably produced in the stomach when you eat fruits like dates (high concentration of fructose) thus rendering obsolete the philosophy of alcohol is haram, because the creator himself designed the body in such a way that any sugar you ingest is fermented by natural yeasts into infinitesimal amounts of alcohol that is constantly present in your bowels hence absorbed. Last but not least, a minimal amount of alcohol, the equivalent of one scotch a day, has been proven scientifically to protect you from cardiovascular disease by improving the radio of HDL to LDL cholesterol ie increasing the good HDL and decreasing the bad LDL, an effect comparable to doing daily exercise; the problem is to limit yourself to this low dose, because if you exceed then the effect will be opposite and alcohol will have a deleterious effect on your health; “kalilon mina al khamr yon3ishou kalba al insaan” said the creator. One last word about red wine, which seems to have extra beneficial health effects because of the tannins in it giving it its red colour to such an extent that tannin tablets have been commercialised……

          20. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            My god .. they made wine into a pill ??? Time to shoot myself !!

          21. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Poor people do not go on diet, let alone drinking diets soda.

          22. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nope but when i buy cheese, which i love (vin, pain, boursin…translated as wine, bread and cheese) i try to buy the low fat ones; less tasty but healthier; now one should not be duped by composite things where it is written light or diet; they either say low sugar but increase the fat or they say low fat but increase the sugar to keep the taste; so read well the label. One last warning is about trans fat; these are real poisons and are carcinogenic…

          23. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I like your thoughts on food …. here’s a bit more of value … the info is out there, but people need to be interested. Education is about learning how to look – not being programmed.

            Fat-free salad dressings are a perfect example of good food gone bad. Salad dressing is the perfect combination of vinegar (which helps control blood sugar) and plant oils (full of essential fatty acids and sometimes antioxidants). However, an irrational fear of dietary fats has forced food companies to mess around with this perfect blend. The resulting fat-free salad dressings have introduced sugar and high fructose corn syrup, un-pronounceable emulsifying agents, and other food science secrets used to make the unnatural seem natural.

          24. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            …. and maybe 72 virgins … 😉

          25. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            Thats why i love democracy

          26. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            i dont; i believe if it was really real and if it was useful, they would have banned it a long time ago; its pure hypocrisy

          27. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            this may sound improper but i think i love you for being so wise 😀

          28. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            And who can explain that emotion? Makes the world go ’round … it has been said.
            But he might think you’re only after the cheeses … 😉

          29. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            As much as i love cheese thats not what i am looking for

          30. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            The radicals everywhere need several suppositories …..
            I’ll take my coffee one now … 😉

          31. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            not sure if caffeine pessary exists, but i know it exists in suppository form in case you suffer from headache and you are vomiting…

          32. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            annusra said today that democracy is not halal i.e it is haram.

          33. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            That’s as ludicrous as anything else. :-)))

        2. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Why do we need to throw arrows at each others? I did not throw any arrows. Discuss, convince, argue and you may be able to swing my opinion your way. You throw arrows I become defensive and I throw arrows back…

          Besides, 3ann jadd ye3ne miin wakkalak 7aame la hall muqaawame? Last I checked they do not need anyone on this blog or another… lol

          As for your argument I still do not agree on the basis… Why criticize a man who is at least trying to keep the country together. I intentionally avoided the points you raised as I don’t see the benefit.

          Let us agree moving forward if you will, to discuss how to solve our problems, how to build on our differences, how to bring our differences to common grounds.
          Let me ask you this… and I consider you a man of integrity and intelligence… What did that little attack on your president (he is still your president) benefit you or me or the country?

          Think of ways of putting ideas on the table that build a nation and a country for us all lest we all descend into darkness… and I am not talking about electricity here 😉

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Well … maybe we could squeak the electricity into it a little ?? 😉 I agree with you. But we ARE in darkness …

          2. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            I think you’d agree with me that as bad as things are in Lebanon, we still have some freedom to criticize leaders and public officials,and we all consider that to be precious. As of why I attacked/criticized the president? why not?Are we supposed to refrain from criticizing some one because He is our president? Isn’t this what Mubarak ,Qadafi, Assad , the so called King of Hijaz ,and the rest of Arab league of dictators expect from their citizens? Since when speaking one’s mind is attacking?To answer my own question;Yes ,in dictatorships it is considered so,and punished by prison or death( beheading in some places).
            I didn’t attack him in an insulting or demeaning way.I simply thought that taking these trips at the expense of the people are waste of money when He is supposed to do what you are asking me to do,which is figure out a way of solving the contries problems and putting out ideas that build nations. As for his presidency, we all know that there is constitutional questions about it,so why consider mentioning as an attack?As for his lack of power, we know He has little of that,and it is due to the Taeif agreement which I never thought it served Lebanon well,except that it put a temporary stop to the civil war,and it was a way of getting rid of Aoun,and setting the stage,by pleasing Assad,for the the liberation of Kuwait and boxing in Saddam. So my point was that He should not make statments that He has no power of enforcing.
            As for the Arrows, I didn’t realize you became so serious,however, it was you who expected them by putting your Helmet on.lol.
            Now if you only see some benefit in replying ,but avoiding the points I raised, I wonder why do we ever debate.I did reply back because I respect your intelligence(little arrow:not your temper. lol) as well.

          3. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            You know may be he travels because he wants to preside over Lebanese expats, people like you and I, as he gave up on the native Lebanese, like HA. LOL
            I think now I will get a real beating… lol

          4. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            I thoought He was a looser as head of Army,I thought He was going to be a looser as president,and I think He is a looser period.lol
            Your skin is always itchy,and keeps asking for beatings.lol

          5. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nope sir; i only retaliate when you use fowl words; otherwise, it is your legitimate right to consider me whatever you like so long as you are not insulting me with big words

    3. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      giving you your arrow up back; he is doing tourismn at our expenses; as far as i am concerned, the last constitutional president i recognise is michel aoun as prime minister and unfortunately and sadly amine gemayyel; i do not recognise taef accord; khalli yrou7 ymawwih shwayy ahsan me yfish khil’ou bil dekhil; lol

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        That was my point, Free tourism at the expense of people,when the country is on the verge of exploding,and most people can’t made ends meet.

  4. Prophettttt Avatar
    Prophettttt

    It’s becoming hard to keep track of the president’s whereabouts,and of his frequent and very silly mouth running.
    He travels as if the country is in peace and stability,and speaks as if he has power.
    His mouth running is becoming an embarrassment. He is on every side of every issue,with no tracking of his own inconsistency.
    I just laugh when he lectures people on democracy as if his own election was really constitutional or democratic.

    1. alissar smith Avatar
      alissar smith

      I think he is a very good president he is trying very hard to keep Lebanon’s safe under very difficult circumstances.

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        I never said He is not trying,I just said that He has no power to do so,and that He is wasting tax payers’s money by making meaningless trips at a time He should be trying harder to do what he is supposed to do.

        1. José Jalapeño Avatar
          José Jalapeño

          What is he supposed to do? Look pretty and say nothing? That was the taef and the Syrian hegemony and its effect on the presidency to weaken the Christians…

          1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            these are exactly the same ones you support today: hariri and geagea; i remember dr pierre dekkache from hadath telling me how they went there and how he escaped from the hotel (in taef) to the airport; the lebanese mp’s were jailed in the hotel and had no way to leave before they voted on the taef accord; the funniest thing he told me was on the plane leaving beirut: george saade the president of the phalangist party at that time and ally of samir geagea received a phone call from ghazi kenaan (i hope you know who is ghazi kenaan) he called georges saade, fakhamet al ra’is, i.e they promised geagea and georges saade that saade will be president of the republic if he votes for the taef accord; they were duped and they got a suppository; dr pierre dekkache was the only one who did not vote for the accord because he could escape…mind you sir it is wrong to say syrian effect; that was purely saoudi effect and syria was being paid at that time by saudi arabia to protect the sunna in Lebanon and to make taef accord pass….

      2. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
        Hariri Assaoudi

        honestly, i think the nature of the president determines the future; when lahoud was elected, we were best friends, i told him when we were half drunk: so bad for lebanon, it means Lebanon wont get out for the time being; for if they found “ahmar minnak ma kenou jebouk” he laughed at it, but he knew very well i meant it. If usa wanted Lebanon to get out strong they would have brought a strong president like aoun or late hobeika not a kess like this one or my friend lahoud; sorry emile

    2. José Jalapeño Avatar
      José Jalapeño

      Will you stand by him if he raises a militia like all others and takes side? Come on he is the only legitimate authority left in the days when militiamen turned MPs and head of terrorist organizations turned icons for a shady resistance.
      Now I wear my helmet and full metal jacket 😛 lol

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        You have enough arrows thrown at you from all sides,and I’ll save mine to a time when you free enough to defend yourself against my sharp arrows, which You know well . It won’t be fair to attack a man who is busy fighting at different fronts. lol. Plus, You know that I don’t need to take cheap shots to make my point,facts alone would do the job.
        You,as always, have attempted to divert the discussion to another place where I feel that I don’t need to keep repeat myself. You simply failed (or avoided) to address any of the points I raised.
        Resistance speaks for itself with its actions and accomplishments and it does not care for the opinion of those who have opposed it all along. Throughout history,no resistance ever obtained a consensus to operate and defend its occupied land,and this one is no different,but at least every cabinet ,since 1990, have recognized and approved the resistance’s rights to operate.Until a cabinet denies them this right, you better accept it and live with it.

        1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
          Hariri Assaoudi

          unfortunately i have to disagree with you on this point; myself i do not consider hizbollah as a resistance movement anymore; if you review the history of resistance movements all over the world, most disappeared after 7 or 8 years: they either reached power or became rotten with maffia like activities and disintegrated. hizbollah reached power…. ouwwet bevame maffia laundring money, dealing with dtugs…hariri was transformed by power into a poower; lol; hizbollah is made of warriors, hariri is a worrier; lol; AWIHA as 5th would say

          1. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Let’s say We agree to disagree on some issues.And I won’t pick on dead people now,lol

          2. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            well as you said before we agree on many things and it is very healthy and normal to disagree on certain issues; i myself review my own position on certain issues and many a times i take a diametrically opposite direction of my previous stance…. when i spoke about hariri i meant the baby one not the dead one, unless you consider the baby one politically dead and here i agree with you

          3. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            lol.I was afraid some might think that I was wishing him death,because I don’t wish anyone any harm.

          4. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nobody will invest the price of the bullet; he is not worth it

          5. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            I feel sorry for the man sometimes. He landed in a position He was never prepared for,and He is not cut for politics or leadership.It’s the stupid Lebanese thing where sons inherit fathers,and they believe they are entitled to be a Zae’im.It is the rotten system we’re talking about.

          6. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            well it is not only in Lebanon; politics is rotten in general but we notice it more in Lebanon because there, things are accelerated because of war; a famous philosopher whose name escapes me right now ( i drank a couple of arak with meshwi) said, i will say it in french: La guerre est la politique a chaud”. It means war is when politics go fast… bush inherited his father now the other son, kennedy……..

          7. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            The thought of another Bush is scary. George W. was brought in by the republicans when no new republican leadership was emerging during Clinton years.After loosing two elections to Obama with the leadership they presented to the American Public, they might dig into their history books,and present another name brand(with no history to defend).It worked the first time, and it could work again.BTW,American people did like George Bush 1,and most felt bad for him after loosing to Clinton.
            This whole scheme was orchestrated in 1997(after Bob Dole failed to beat Clinton) by a Washington right wing;run by former CIA/pentagon officials,and other christian fanatics,lead by the likes of Frank Gaffney,and financed by Military Industry. It is one of the most influential institutions in Washington even though it does not get much publicity.

          8. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            well, bush father was a catastrophe; he is the one who gave the green light to assad to take all over Lebanon; now, if you look deeply, foreign policy does not differ much between a president and another; obama is pursuing same agenda as bush with a major difference, he hides it better and radical muslims, salafis, geagea3is and hariri supporters think he is helpng and supporting them while instead of helping them he is putting a soothing suppository in them

          9. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Totally agree. They only differ in style. Republicans walk around with the gun, Democrats could chock you and claim you had a heart attack,lol

          10. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            the brits are like that: they shoot at you then say: oh i am sorry i had to shoot you….; and if you are not dead they wont hesitate to do it again and will say again…oh i am sorry …..

          11. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            British Humour … very dry. 😉

          12. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            same also between labour and likoud; same foreign policy, they just differ on internal issues

          13. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            this is what most people do not understand about the left; the poorer you are the better you are for the left; the left wants you poor, thus uneducated, so you are dependent on them; if you become rich, they will lose their grip on you….

          14. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Good example of that is the unemployment extension to 18 months by the Obama administration.
            Democrats and liberals differ from republican and right wing by believing that; l don’t let the poor starve and avoid social disorder,while the others believe in absolute capitalism and greed,the poor would need to pray for a better after life.lol

          15. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            people will revolt only when their children are hungry; nothing else would make people go to the street unless driven by some kind of fanatical esoteric salafi like belief of live in djinnah where they will have sex with houryyat…. what the west have done to go around this point are the cheap brands which are not advertised for; you can have a 2 liters cocacola (brand name not the original one) for 20p in London, a kilo of butter for 14 p, a chocomax 250 gram for 8; white bread for 28 p….for a pound you can have food for your family per week; dont ask me what you are eating though; there is an old french movie i advise everyone to watch, by Louis de Funes called l’aile ou la cuisse; you can find it on you tube. Many claim that these cheap no brand marks have some sterilising chemicals in them so the poor do not bring more poor children….

          16. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            If it is true, these chemicals are not working here in the states. Poor people are having more children than ever.lol

          17. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            this is conspiracy theory; btw i noticed when i used to live in the west that in poor areas, supermarkets do not put light or diet products; even cheap supermarkets like aldi in europe, do not have a wide variety of light or diet products

          18. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Aspertame (and other chemicals) can be poison in certain bodies … we are all different.
            Go with ‘The Real Thing’ … hahaahahahahaahhaahahhaha (no ‘lite’ scotch)

          19. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            aspartame is one of the many edulcorants available; now it was never really proven to cause anything; i still remember an old experiment done with saccharine; they gave kilos of saccharine to a mouth and they concluded it produces bladder cancer; this is tentamount putting a ton of sugar in your coffee if you adjust for the difference in weight; there is nowadays a new sweetener, called stevia, extracted from a plant; actually i have some of these plants growing in my garden; it is natural, it tastes exactly like sugar and is not altered by cooking…..sugar itself is a poison, especially the white refined crystals you buy; drinking cane juice is sweet but it is not like having this sucrose concentrated and crystallised; the biggest cheat when they tell you eat honey, it is more natural, or fructose from fruits, which is powder but not crystals (just no added calcium molecules) but all end up metabolised into the monosaccharide glucose which is stored in the body; fructose anf glucose have same formula but are isomers….

          20. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            My god .. they made wine into a pill ??? Time to shoot myself !!

          21. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            Poor people do not go on diet, let alone drinking diets soda.

          22. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nope but when i buy cheese, which i love (vin, pain, boursin…translated as wine, bread and cheese) i try to buy the low fat ones; less tasty but healthier; now one should not be duped by composite things where it is written light or diet; they either say low sugar but increase the fat or they say low fat but increase the sugar to keep the taste; so read well the label. One last warning is about trans fat; these are real poisons and are carcinogenic…

          23. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I like your thoughts on food …. here’s a bit more of value … the info is out there, but people need to be interested. Education is about learning how to look – not being programmed.

            Fat-free salad dressings are a perfect example of good food gone bad. Salad dressing is the perfect combination of vinegar (which helps control blood sugar) and plant oils (full of essential fatty acids and sometimes antioxidants). However, an irrational fear of dietary fats has forced food companies to mess around with this perfect blend. The resulting fat-free salad dressings have introduced sugar and high fructose corn syrup, un-pronounceable emulsifying agents, and other food science secrets used to make the unnatural seem natural.

          24. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            …. and maybe 72 virgins … 😉

          25. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            Thats why i love democracy

          26. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            i dont; i believe if it was really real and if it was useful, they would have banned it a long time ago; its pure hypocrisy

          27. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            this may sound improper but i think i love you for being so wise 😀

          28. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            And who can explain that emotion? Makes the world go ’round … it has been said.
            But he might think you’re only after the cheeses … 😉

          29. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            As much as i love cheese thats not what i am looking for

          30. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            The radicals everywhere need several suppositories …..
            I’ll take my coffee one now … 😉

          31. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            not sure if caffeine pessary exists, but i know it exists in suppository form in case you suffer from headache and you are vomiting…

          32. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            annusra said today that democracy is not halal i.e it is haram.

          33. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            That’s as ludicrous as anything else. :-)))

        2. José Jalapeño Avatar
          José Jalapeño

          Why do we need to throw arrows at each others? I did not throw any arrows. Discuss, convince, argue and you may be able to swing my opinion your way. You throw arrows I become defensive and I throw arrows back…

          Besides, 3ann jadd ye3ne miin wakkalak 7aame la hall muqaawame? Last I checked they do not need anyone on this blog or another… lol

          As for your argument I still do not agree on the basis… Why criticize a man who is at least trying to keep the country together. I intentionally avoided the points you raised as I don’t see the benefit.

          Let us agree moving forward if you will, to discuss how to solve our problems, how to build on our differences, how to bring our differences to common grounds.
          Let me ask you this… and I consider you a man of integrity and intelligence… What did that little attack on your president (he is still your president) benefit you or me or the country?

          Think of ways of putting ideas on the table that build a nation and a country for us all lest we all descend into darkness… and I am not talking about electricity here 😉

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Well … maybe we could squeak the electricity into it a little ?? 😉 I agree with you. But we ARE in darkness …

          2. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            I think you’d agree with me that as bad as things are in Lebanon, we still have some freedom to criticize leaders and public officials,and we all consider that to be precious. As of why I attacked/criticized the president? why not?Are we supposed to refrain from criticizing some one because He is our president? Isn’t this what Mubarak ,Qadafi, Assad , the so called King of Hijaz ,and the rest of Arab league of dictators expect from their citizens? Since when speaking one’s mind is attacking?To answer my own question;Yes ,in dictatorships it is considered so,and punished by prison or death( beheading in some places).
            I didn’t attack him in an insulting or demeaning way.I simply thought that taking these trips at the expense of the people are waste of money when He is supposed to do what you are asking me to do,which is figure out a way of solving the contries problems and putting out ideas that build nations. As for his presidency, we all know that there is constitutional questions about it,so why consider mentioning as an attack?As for his lack of power, we know He has little of that,and it is due to the Taeif agreement which I never thought it served Lebanon well,except that it put a temporary stop to the civil war,and it was a way of getting rid of Aoun,and setting the stage,by pleasing Assad,for the the liberation of Kuwait and boxing in Saddam. So my point was that He should not make statments that He has no power of enforcing.
            As for the Arrows, I didn’t realize you became so serious,however, it was you who expected them by putting your Helmet on.lol.
            Now if you only see some benefit in replying ,but avoiding the points I raised, I wonder why do we ever debate.I did reply back because I respect your intelligence(little arrow:not your temper. lol) as well.

          3. José Jalapeño Avatar
            José Jalapeño

            You know may be he travels because he wants to preside over Lebanese expats, people like you and I, as he gave up on the native Lebanese, like HA. LOL
            I think now I will get a real beating… lol

          4. Prophettttt Avatar
            Prophettttt

            I thoought He was a looser as head of Army,I thought He was going to be a looser as president,and I think He is a looser period.lol
            Your skin is always itchy,and keeps asking for beatings.lol

          5. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
            Hariri Assaoudi

            nope sir; i only retaliate when you use fowl words; otherwise, it is your legitimate right to consider me whatever you like so long as you are not insulting me with big words

    3. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      giving you your arrow up back; he is doing tourismn at our expenses; as far as i am concerned, the last constitutional president i recognise is michel aoun as prime minister and unfortunately and sadly amine gemayyel; i do not recognise taef accord; khalli yrou7 ymawwih shwayy ahsan me yfish khil’ou bil dekhil; lol

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        LOL,TY

  5. Gimmy_1330@yahoo.com Avatar
    Gimmy_1330@yahoo.com

    Mr President Suleiman, you want to keep Lebanon nuetral and i believe you , but does our army have the guts to stop the smuggle of arms to syrian regime troops from Iran via Beirut international airport ,and to stop Hezbollah from sending their members to fight with the syrian regime troops against the syrian people and the rebels who are fighting the regime for democratic and better furure for syria free of Assad and his gangs , if you can force our Lebanese army to do this , I am sure the other parties memebers who go and fight with the rebels will stop on thier own and adhere to Lebanon’s neutrality.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      They need several thousand more troops to line the wishy-washy border …
      But maybe the folks in the Ivory Coast are feeling safe now??

  6. Gimmy_1330@yahoo.com Avatar
    Gimmy_1330@yahoo.com

    Mr President Suleiman, you want to keep Lebanon nuetral and i believe you , but does our army have the guts to stop the smuggle of arms to syrian regime troops from Iran via Beirut international airport ,and to stop Hezbollah from sending their members to fight with the syrian regime troops against the syrian people and the rebels who are fighting the regime for democratic and better furure for syria free of Assad and his gangs , if you can force our Lebanese army to do this , I am sure the other parties memebers who go and fight with the rebels will stop on thier own and adhere to Lebanon’s neutrality.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      They need several thousand more troops to line the wishy-washy border …
      But maybe the folks in the Ivory Coast are feeling safe now??

  7. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
    Hariri Assaoudi

    this guy needs two things: a pair of balls and a pair of brains; maybe a heart too, i am not sure about the latter

  8. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
    Hariri Assaoudi

    this guy needs two things: a pair of balls and a pair of brains; maybe a heart too, i am not sure about the latter

  9. Andre Avatar
    Andre

    You have an army, I think, use it to stem the flow of fighters. What a joke Lebanon is!

  10. Andre Avatar
    Andre

    You have an army, I think, use it to stem the flow of fighters. What a joke Lebanon is!

  11. joey Avatar
    joey

    you are the best president lebanon ever had ,no one ever let the lebanese army become strong so there is always so idiot running the country like hizballah and asir and some shithead somewhere but there turn will come one day lebanon will win at the end

    1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      the pest bresisent; khyal sakhra asdak

      1. joey Avatar
        joey

        you sound funny man you need to take it easy that is why lebanon like that too many funny people not enough who are supportive of lebanon and the lebanese army at least this khyal sakhra is not letting a lot of problems happen comparing him with other smart asses who come into power

        1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
          Hariri Assaoudi

          when i was a university student, many many decades ago, one of my professors used to say criticising those who do nothing and are passive like tanabel masr, they open their moth under the palm tree and pray allah a wind comes and the fruit falls in their mouth; he used to say: “i have done nothing hence i cannot have done anything wrong” end of quote. In other words only people who do things can get it wrong sometimes

    2. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      which Lebanon will win?

    3. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      la binish wa la by yintesh wa la bizih min darb al nayyisheh; baddo bass al dolarat min assou3oudyyeh we ysefir 3ala hseb al mouwatin; ata3lo rizi’to lal mikati

    4. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      shou el zahir hadretak min ehmij; ex kitleweh

    5. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      ma tkoun meshe wara feris souaid; lah lah lah; shou darabak 3ala rassak

  12. joey Avatar
    joey

    you are the best president lebanon ever had ,no one ever let the lebanese army become strong so there is always so idiot running the country like hizballah and asir and some shithead somewhere but there turn will come one day lebanon will win at the end

    1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      the pest bresisent; khyal sakhra asdak

      1. joey Avatar
        joey

        you sound funny man you need to take it easy that is why lebanon like that too many funny people not enough who are supportive of lebanon and the lebanese army at least this khyal sakhra is not letting a lot of problems happen comparing him with other smart asses who come into power

        1. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
          Hariri Assaoudi

          when i was a university student, many many decades ago, one of my professors used to say criticising those who do nothing and are passive like tanabel masr, they open their moth under the palm tree and pray allah a wind comes and the fruit falls in their mouth; he used to say: “i have done nothing hence i cannot have done anything wrong” end of quote. In other words only people who do things can get it wrong sometimes

    2. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      which Lebanon will win?

    3. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      la binish wa la by yintesh wa la bizih min darb al nayyisheh

    4. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      shou el zahir hadretak min ehmij; ex kitleweh

    5. Hariri Assaoudi Avatar
      Hariri Assaoudi

      ma tkoun meshe wara feris souaid; lah lah lah; shou darbak 3ala rassak

  13. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    I checked in on this and it turned out that those trips are booked in advance to work on framework agreements on trade, tourism and culture with different nations which is some of the few things left in the Lebanese President job description after the taef. The Job of running the country rests on the shoulders of our esteemed Premier.

  14. José Jalapeño Avatar
    José Jalapeño

    I checked in on this and it turned out that those trips are booked in advance to work on framework agreements on trade, tourism and culture with different nations which is some of the few things left in the Lebanese President job description after the taef. The Job of running the country rests on the shoulders of our esteemed Premier.

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