Agriculture Minister Hussein al-Hajj Hassan , a key member of Hezbollah told New TV on Wednesday that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is a US pawn.
Hassan said that Hezbollah will reject the indictment by the tribunal of any of the party members in the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
“ Indicting Hezbollah members will drag the country into a civil strife,” Hajj Hassan added.
Hassan said “Some Future Movement MPs’ statements sound as if they still suspect Syria is behind Hariri’s assassination,” and warned that some public figures are miscalculating if they are gambling on relations to worsen between Syria and Hezbollah.
STL was formed by the United Nations security council to try the killers of the former Lebanese PM
His comments are part of a well organized campaign by Hezbollah and its allies against the STL following a report in the pro-Syrian newspaper, Al Safir which revealed that Hezbollah members will be indicted by STL in the 2005 assassination of Hariri.
In his speech on Thursday July 22, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah admitted that some of his party members would be named in the tribunal’s formal charges but stressed that he will reject the indictments . In an another on Friday July 16 speech he questioned the STL’s credibility, calling it an “Israeli project” designed to create sectarian strife in the country.
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Monday following a meeting with Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the Grand Serail that those “warning about a strife are the ones preparing for it.” He stressed the need to maintain the civil peace.
The tension in the country is reminding the Lebanese of May 2008 , when Hezbollah occupied western Beirut and tried (but failed ) to occupy Mt Lebanon following the cabinet’s decision to outlaw Hezbollah’s private telcom network and the relocation of an airport officer who was closely associated with Hezbollah. The officer Brig. Gen. Wafiq Shoucair was accused of being behind the intelligence that led to the assassination of several Lebanese anti-Syrian leaders including former MP Gebran Tueni and Minister Pierre Gemayel.
ok ok we get it, you did it, one confession was enough already, now go plan your next take over of libon.
mizzbel’ah looks like their backs are up against the wall, lol
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Syria will recognize if for their regime to survive it will eventually distant itself from hezbollah. Especially if the west succeed against iran and their own people rise against them. their relation maybe still strong but eventually Syria will even work to disintegrate hezbollah. No matter how much hezb is strong. Syria knows the inside out of the organization. It can succeed to split it and eventually merge with lebanese society. Hajj Hassan do the work you getting paid as a minister of the gov’t and stop wasting your time defending hezbollah because its going to become a loosing cause..
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All those pro March 8 people has to say some thing anti STL out of just to say something,it is like I am sorry to say we have a neighbour that has a german shepherd and this dog barks half heartedly out of duty cause he or she thinks the owners are feeding her and it is her duty to bark ,again my apologies did not mean to offend anybody but as an analogy.
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The killers are reacting and confirming their crimes. The killers are being accused by an international tribunal and only the killers of hizbolla are reacting. Why is that? because they planned and killek harriri. It is as simple as that.
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even the minister of agriculture now the score in here he grow cucumber and hatch hachih magic touch its not his fault is magic the same happen the plant the bomb and hariri died its not there fault
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I am really confused now… rahh ysiier ma3e hawlet el hesen… is STL an Israeli or a U.S. project?
If you ask me I’d say the Swiss are in on it as well…
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BTW, the dude in the picture looks very Jewish to me… Does anyone else see that? I think he has long lost relatives in Israel. After all the South and Israel are neighborly lol
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just indict whoever ya STL and lets move on. i am beginnning to wonder that hizbollah is not hte one whose gonna cuase the strife. its the other sides who will be angry at them which will force HA to defend themselves.
this whole thing is getting stupid.
STL hand the indictments already and lets move on.
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