Hizbullah on the ’Islamic Military Coalition’: We Absolutely Reject KSA’s Suspicious Move
Local Editor
Commenting on the Saudi announcement of a coalition to fight terrorism, Hizbullah issued the following statement:
Hizbullah expresses deep suspicions regarding the backgrounds and aims behind the Saudi Kingdom's announcing the establishment of the "Islamic military coalition" to fight terrorism.
We consider that this move resembles a Saudi as well as other countries' response, for an American order, seeking an army from certain regional and Islamic countries with a specific sectarian identity to face "ISIS" instead of sending its infantry troops to the region.
Establishing such coalition is an issue that was cooked in a suspiciously hurry.
This raises a lot of questions, atop of which is the question regarding the Saudi qualification to lead an anti-terrorism coalition.
It is worth mentioning that the kingdom is responsible for the extremist and strict terrorist thought, in which it continues adopting this thought and supports it in the entire world.
It is very clear that Saudi Arabia is the country that practices state terrorism, as it did in Yemen.
Moreover, it is the country that supports terrorist movements in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, and is supported by other member states of the supposed coalition that play the same role in supporting terrorism and its movements.
Those standing behind this coalition must be asked about the terrorism they are willing to fight, in addition to its characteristics and those who are condemned with.
In parallel, a question is raised on the coalition's position of "Israel" and its continuous terrorism against the Palestinian people and the peoples of the region from this terrorism, would this coalition fight it or would it fight the resistance movements against the Zionist enemy?
We, in Hizbullah, were surprised with the Saudi announcement that Lebanon is part of the coalition, without Lebanon's knowledge with it, which is a step that represents violation of the Constitution and the law as well as all applied principles in Lebanon.
Hizbullah confirms that the opinion of the Lebanese Prime Minister is personal and doesn't oblige anybody because the premiere, whoever he was, cannot agree on getting engaged in a military coalition surrounded by all those questions.
This issue must be discussed in the council of ministers to make the suitable decision whether they agree or reject. In case it is an agreement or a military pact, it also needs the agreement of the Lebanese parliament, which means that this agreement is nonsense and doesn't have any legal, political or procedural effect.
We, in Hizbullah, stress our absolute rejection to get engaged in such coalition, and with such suspicious information. We also assert that Lebanon was pioneer in confronting all forms of terrorism, whether the chronic "Israeli" terrorism or the new Takfiri one.
Source: Hizbullah Media Relations, Translated and Edited by website team
