Lebanon MP warns of possible coup

March 14 MP Okab Sakr warned during an interview with Al-Arabiya television on Saturday that there are plots for a coup in Lebanon and that only the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) can decide if Hezbollah is innocent of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

His comment comes after Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah revealed last Thursday that the tribunal would indict some Hezbollah members in Hariri’s murder, but warned that his party would reject such an indictment.

Nasrallah’s speech increased tension in Lebanon and sparked a war of words between March 8 and 14 alliance figures.

His warning acts as a reminder of a similar warning by Saudi Arabian Foreign minister on 13 May, 2008, following Hezbollah’s occupation of western Beirut . Prince Saud al-Faisal warned back in 2008 that Iran’s relations with the Arab world would be affected as a result of Tehran’s support for what he described as a “coup” in Lebanon by Hezbollah.

The situation in Lebanon now resembles that of May 7, 2008 according to observers.

Sakr said that Hezbollah must not be dragged into a coup and added that the Resistance must declare that it does not want any conflict or war.

Sakr also said that March 14 alliance will not be dragged into any political struggles.

The MP said that any rejection of an STL indictment will prove that Hezbollah was involved in the Rafik Hariri assassination.

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  • LEBFIRST

    bit of trivia for you, this guy has bought an apartment in a brand new apartment building in Yarzi for $1.5m thats around 520sm. Useless information I know but I just thought i’d share. Its actually a really nice building but in yarzi standards has pretty crappy views.

  • LEBFIRST

    bit of trivia for you, this guy has bought an apartment in a brand new apartment building in Yarzi for $1.5m thats around 520sm. Useless information I know but I just thought i’d share. Its actually a really nice building but in yarzi standards has pretty crappy views.

  • LEBFIRST

    bit of trivia for you, this guy has bought an apartment in a brand new apartment building in Yarzi for $1.5m thats around 520sm. Useless information I know but I just thought i’d share. Its actually a really nice building but in yarzi standards has pretty crappy views.

  • Tarie Al fanarie

    So he is with Hariri i am sure 1.5m is peanuts to him lol. But he needs to watch his back since he’s becoming very outspoken as of late. If hezbollah going to be stubborn and start scaring people. they might start assasinate people like him so to make sure everyone just keeps quiet. time will tell but make no mistakes since the STL will be handing indictment in Sept. that means August is going to be very hot and humid month. God grants these people wisdom and the vision in order to keep lebanon calm for a while. time will tell until then who knows what will happen. If Iran is going to get hurt then watch it unleash hezbollah and they will not be hesistant to sacrifice lebanon again and even shiites if that’s it takes to get Iran Goals for creating the ultimate nuclear weapons..

  • Tarie Al fanarie

    So he is with Hariri i am sure 1.5m is peanuts to him lol. But he needs to watch his back since he’s becoming very outspoken as of late. If hezbollah going to be stubborn and start scaring people. they might start assasinate people like him so to make sure everyone just keeps quiet. time will tell but make no mistakes since the STL will be handing indictment in Sept. that means August is going to be very hot and humid month. God grants these people wisdom and the vision in order to keep lebanon calm for a while. time will tell until then who knows what will happen. If Iran is going to get hurt then watch it unleash hezbollah and they will not be hesistant to sacrifice lebanon again and even shiites if that’s it takes to get Iran Goals for creating the ultimate nuclear weapons..

  • Tarie Al fanarie

    So he is with Hariri i am sure 1.5m is peanuts to him lol. But he needs to watch his back since he’s becoming very outspoken as of late. If hezbollah going to be stubborn and start scaring people. they might start assasinate people like him so to make sure everyone just keeps quiet. time will tell but make no mistakes since the STL will be handing indictment in Sept. that means August is going to be very hot and humid month. God grants these people wisdom and the vision in order to keep lebanon calm for a while. time will tell until then who knows what will happen. If Iran is going to get hurt then watch it unleash hezbollah and they will not be hesistant to sacrifice lebanon again and even shiites if that’s it takes to get Iran Goals for creating the ultimate nuclear weapons..

  • Constantin

    Doesn’t he look, strangely, like the assasinated Pierre Gemayel (son of Amin)…but I like him andlike Ahmad El-Assaad, they say what’s on their mind without fear. Hopefully either one of them will be our future house speaker!

  • Constantin

    Doesn’t he look, strangely, like the assasinated Pierre Gemayel (son of Amin)…but I like him andlike Ahmad El-Assaad, they say what’s on their mind without fear. Hopefully either one of them will be our future house speaker!

  • Constantin

    Doesn’t he look, strangely, like the assasinated Pierre Gemayel (son of Amin)…but I like him andlike Ahmad El-Assaad, they say what’s on their mind without fear. Hopefully either one of them will be our future house speaker!

  • Sami

    Dearest Lebanon…..

    For those who love our country and it’s God given right for freedom, peace and love….brace yourself because there is no denying nor hiding from the truth…Hezbollah is an arm of Iran and will not go down peacefully. It’s BS that they are here for Lebanon. At one point, they were and we should all be grateful for what they have done and sacrificed. But this is an entirely new Hezbollah which has the signs of mobsters (assassins) and dictatorship written all over. They will destroy our beloved country and with it, the bright future that we all striven for.

    Sad but true! Hope for the best but be prepared for the worse.

  • Sami

    Dearest Lebanon…..

    For those who love our country and it’s God given right for freedom, peace and love….brace yourself because there is no denying nor hiding from the truth…Hezbollah is an arm of Iran and will not go down peacefully. It’s BS that they are here for Lebanon. At one point, they were and we should all be grateful for what they have done and sacrificed. But this is an entirely new Hezbollah which has the signs of mobsters (assassins) and dictatorship written all over. They will destroy our beloved country and with it, the bright future that we all striven for.

    Sad but true! Hope for the best but be prepared for the worse.

  • Sami

    Dearest Lebanon…..

    For those who love our country and it’s God given right for freedom, peace and love….brace yourself because there is no denying nor hiding from the truth…Hezbollah is an arm of Iran and will not go down peacefully. It’s BS that they are here for Lebanon. At one point, they were and we should all be grateful for what they have done and sacrificed. But this is an entirely new Hezbollah which has the signs of mobsters (assassins) and dictatorship written all over. They will destroy our beloved country and with it, the bright future that we all striven for.

    Sad but true! Hope for the best but be prepared for the worse.

  • GHZAYYEL

    since you like trivias, i thought i would share this counter trivia with you: do you know how much legal or else local or foreign transfer money,hezballah, berri, wiam wahhab, michel aoun, and gebran bassil…. to name a few, received and are still receiving till now?????????

    so, my friend you are picking on a small fish in a pond and you are forgetting the big sharks in the ocean.

  • GHZAYYEL

    since you like trivias, i thought i would share this counter trivia with you: do you know how much legal or else local or foreign transfer money,hezballah, berri, wiam wahhab, michel aoun, and gebran bassil…. to name a few, received and are still receiving till now?????????

    so, my friend you are picking on a small fish in a pond and you are forgetting the big sharks in the ocean.

  • GHZAYYEL

    since you like trivias, i thought i would share this counter trivia with you: do you know how much legal or else local or foreign transfer money,hezballah, berri, wiam wahhab, michel aoun, and gebran bassil…. to name a few, received and are still receiving till now?????????

    so, my friend you are picking on a small fish in a pond and you are forgetting the big sharks in the ocean.

  • Rafik

    Okab Sakr and Ahmad Al Assaad(friend of mine from the states) are well educated level headed people and for the sake of Lebanon Shiites masses should back up people like those, because that is the hope of most Lebanese to establish a modern and progressive state as in the sense of the State ,Economy ,Stability,away from extremes both in Christian and Muslim camps.

  • Rafik

    Okab Sakr and Ahmad Al Assaad(friend of mine from the states) are well educated level headed people and for the sake of Lebanon Shiites masses should back up people like those, because that is the hope of most Lebanese to establish a modern and progressive state as in the sense of the State ,Economy ,Stability,away from extremes both in Christian and Muslim camps.

  • Rafik

    Okab Sakr and Ahmad Al Assaad(friend of mine from the states) are well educated level headed people and for the sake of Lebanon Shiites masses should back up people like those, because that is the hope of most Lebanese to establish a modern and progressive state as in the sense of the State ,Economy ,Stability,away from extremes both in Christian and Muslim camps.

  • Tony A

    rafik, finally a breath of fresh air. it seems that i’ve been praying for guys like you and others to join me when all i want is equality and justice for all regardless of religion, party or family you’re from.

    lebanon needs an enima to flush out the old school train of thought once and for all.

  • Tony A

    rafik, finally a breath of fresh air. it seems that i’ve been praying for guys like you and others to join me when all i want is equality and justice for all regardless of religion, party or family you’re from.

    lebanon needs an enima to flush out the old school train of thought once and for all.

  • Tony A

    rafik, finally a breath of fresh air. it seems that i’ve been praying for guys like you and others to join me when all i want is equality and justice for all regardless of religion, party or family you’re from.

    lebanon needs an enima to flush out the old school train of thought once and for all.

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