Jumblatt hails Hariri’s stance

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hariri -4th anniversary- jumblatt 2Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt hailed the most recent stance taken by former Lebanese PM and Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri in which he refused to drag the Sunnis into Hezbollah’s conflict with Al Qaeda .

“Hariri’s stance reflected his rationality, and his sense of national responsibility, especially at this critical time,” Jumblatt wrote in his weekly column in PSP’s Al-Anbaa newspaper Monday.

Jumblatt said: “Hariri has refused to drag the Sunnis into the conflict between Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda.”

Hariri’s position “is important and stands in contrast against the sit-ins in front of the Defense Ministry demanding the release of a suspect who is still going through investigations.” He said in reference to the arrest of Sheikh Omar al-Atrash, who is reportedly involved in recent bomb attacks in Lebanon.

A number of Muslim scholars and clerics who hail from the Bekaa staged on Sunday a protest to condemn the arrest.

Atrash was reportedly arrested for being suspected of offering refuge to individuals with alleged links to the Al Qaeda linked groups , Abdullah Azzam Brigades, al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, all of which have been linked to bombings in the country.

Jumblatt’s remarks come after Hariri said Saturday that the country’s Sunni Muslims “refuse” to be a part of any conflict between Al-Qaeda and Shiite movement Hezbollah, denouncing sectarian attacks on civilians anywhere in Lebanon.

“The Lebanese, and the Sunnis among them, refuse to be part of any war in Lebanon or the region between Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda,” said Hariri, who heads the anti-Syrian Future bloc.

“They also refuse that the civilians in any region of Lebanon become the targets,” he added.

Hariri’s remarks came after A day after Al-Nusra Front declared that all the areas in Lebanon where the Iranian backed Shiite Hezbollah militant group operates are “legitimate targets” it claimed responsibility for the rocket strike on the Beqaa town of Hermel, adding that it would continue to target Hezbollah until their demands are met.

The war in Syria has inflamed sectarian tensions in Lebanon, with Hezbollah backing Assad’s regime despite the Baabda declaration.

The Baabda Declaration is an agreement that was reached between Lebanon’s opposing political leaders in 2012 which calls for distancing Lebanon from regional and international conflicts.

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7 responses to “Jumblatt hails Hariri’s stance”

  1. wargame1 Avatar

    This is a very good progress to expose Al-Qaeda. Now if hezbushaitan have some problem with Al-Qaeda then its their problem and the sunnis dont need to go to take side. The Sunnis should punish both Al-Qaeda and Hezbushaita. Similarly If Iran or Israel would like to each other then its their problem. Let Israel attack Iran and let Iran attack Israel. We know that Iran and Israel work hand in hand and they will never attack each other. They both set a trap for the sunnis to fall.

    1. cook2half Avatar

      we’re pro FSA not pro shia terrorists 😀

  2. Patience2 Avatar

    Hariri shoud be VERY proud … he got a pat on the back from Walid!

    1. Hariri got Walid and Samir as allies, what else does he want? Two top notch criminals.

      1. What about your stupid Aoun !!!!!!!. Isnt he dumbest of all. The top notch imbecile and a dumb. Furthermore you talk about criminals and your boss when talk only shit come out of his face

        1. Talking shit and killing innocent people are two different things.Furthermore being imbecile and dump does not make you a criminal Tk.

  3. Schlock Doctrine Avatar
    Schlock Doctrine

    Jumblatt flips and flops whichever way the wind is blowing. He is Lebanon’s weather vane.

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