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Berri defends Hezbollah over rocket attack accusations

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berri defLebanon parliament Speaker MP Nabih Berri has defended Hezbollah against accusations that it is involved in the latest rocket attack on the Baabda presidential palace area and the army headquarters.

“Hezbollah is not only innocent from this act but its ethics and its path of resistance prevent it from such a behavior,” Berri, a close ally of the Iranian backed Hezbollah militant group told An Nahar newspaper in remarks published on Monday.

“The party is a respectable Lebanese political faction that does not make acts of sabotage in the country,” Berri said.

The accusations made by the March 14 alliance against Hezbollah are “ridiculous,” Berri also told As Safir daily in remarks published on Monday.

He added that it was a “shame” to point the finger at the party.

Berri’s remarks came after Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, a key figure of the March 14 alliance hinted on Sunday that the rocket attacks on the Baabda presidential area last Thursday came from a Hezbollah stronghold and accused the party of declaring war on the state of Lebanon,its people and institutions .

“The rocket attacks came the same day of the president’s speech on Army Day. They were launched from areas that come under the military control of a certain party.” Geagea said un reference to Hezbollah.

He said that the rockets were probably placed on trucks in the areas of Dohat Aramoun and Bshamoun, since the military experts haven’t found the launchpads.

“Who has the ability to move freely” in those areas? Geagea wondered, saying he would leave it to the Lebanese people to decide on the answer, in a hint to Hezbollah’s involvement in the attacks.

On Thursday, two rockets were fired at the Baabda area .

One landed within the security perimeter of the Presidential Palace and the other within the security perimeter of the Army headquarters .

The attack came hours after President Suleiman gave a speech during the ceremony marking the 68 the Army Day in which he criticized Hezbollah’s defense of the Syrian regime

Lebanon’s Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel condemned on Saturday the Thursday rocket attacks , declaring that they clearly targeted the Lebanese army and the presidency and stressing that President Michel Suleiman’s speech on the Army day was not targeting the resistance. Hezbollah is usually referred to as the resistance .

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10 responses to “Berri defends Hezbollah over rocket attack accusations”

  1. JS_Bach Avatar
    JS_Bach

    Yes yes, its ethics prevent it from such behavior, but don’t stand in the way of behavior such as assassinating Gibran Tueini, Wissam Eid or Wissam El-Hassan. Its ethics don’t stand in the way of behavior such as invading the capital on May 7th, killing innocent citizens and paralyzing the country. Its ethics don’t prevent it from violating Bulgaria’s sovereignty and assassinating unarmed tourists, and then crying me a river when the EU says this is terror.

    Such ethics.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      On top of which ….. things may not need to have ‘party approval’ to simply happen. Any of the people with minds-sets about their ‘supremeness’ could make a decision to do something without Natsyrallah’s or the party’s prior knowledge. This could be true of certain ‘other sides’ as well. It’s a conditioning of the minds which is wrong – but it exists. The twisting of a ’cause’.
      Although one may think that would apply more to a small street-fight, there is no reason a rocket could not be moved to a few hands which asked for it.

      1. The real lebanese Avatar
        The real lebanese

        Just another reason to bring HAs arms under state control.

    2. The real lebanese Avatar
      The real lebanese

      … The army helicopter that got shot down, Argentina, Rafik Harriri, helping an aggressive regime who kills civilians, etc…

  2. JS_Bach Avatar
    JS_Bach

    Yes yes, its ethics prevent it from such behavior, but don’t stand in the way of behavior such as assassinating Gibran Tueini, Wissam Eid or Wissam El-Hassan.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      On top of which ….. things may not need to have ‘party approval’ to simply happen. Any of the people with minds-sets about their ‘supremeness’ could make a decision to do something without Natsyrallah’s or the party’s prior knowledge. This could be true of certain ‘other sides’ as well. It’s a conditioning of the minds which is wrong – but it exists. The twisting of a ’cause’.
      Although one may think that would apply more to a small street-fight, there is no reason a rocket could not be moved to a few hands which asked for it.

      1. The real lebanese Avatar
        The real lebanese

        Just another reason to bring HAs arms under state control.

    2. The real lebanese Avatar
      The real lebanese

      … The army helicopter that got shot down, Argentina, Rafik Harriri, helping an aggressive regime who kills civilians, etc…

  3. Jimmy Thorr Avatar
    Jimmy Thorr

    Hey Mr. Berri , defends and bark for Hezbollah all you want but the truth is shinin and doesnt fade with the calls of innocence for that shaytan party, Hezbollah or people , groups affiliated with it launced those rockets againt the baabde palace and army headquarters, Hezbollah is a cancer in the body of lebanon political and other wise and must be destroyed.

  4. Jimmy Thorr Avatar
    Jimmy Thorr

    Hey Mr. Berri , defends and bark for Hezbollah all you want but the truth is shinin and doesnt fade with the calls of innocence for that shaytan party, Hezbollah or people , groups affiliated with it launced those rockets againt the baabde palace and army headquarters, Hezbollah is a cancer in the body of lebanon political and other wise and must be destroyed.

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