After Hizbullah, Lebanese Army Denies Gemayel Claims
Source: 27-10-2008
Once again, facts prove how the so-called pro-government forces "fabricate" claims and accusations in attempts to harm their political rivals, thinking they could get some political gain this way.
On Sunday, Former President Amin Gemayel joined the chorus, launching a fierce verbal assault against Hizbullah and Lebanese armed forces. Gemayel claimed that 21 detained "fundamentalists" were released and turned over to Hizbullah.
Gemayel found in this "innocent" rumor a golden opportunity to seek to damage the Resistance party's dignity and fame. "Armed factions usually surrender to the state, not the opposite," Gemayel claimed, "wishing" to know what is happening, because, according to his logic, "this clarifies more and more events of the north, which we look at them now from a different perspective."
"We ask where does the role of the security forces end, and at which point the role of other sides start?" Gemayel wondered. "This should lead us to reconsider the situation, especially Hizbullah's role," the former President smartly deduced.
However, reactions to Gemayel's "uncalculated" comments were quick and swift. Not only Hizbullah has rapidly denied his "delusions," calling on the former President to check and ascertain the information on which to build his stands, but the Lebanese Army has also refuted the whole fabricated story.
Indeed, the Lebanese Army Command issued a statement on Monday denying the reports of media and politicians that an armed faction had been arrested in the Ouzaai area in the southern district of Beirut. The statement added that as well as the army units' missions, some officers searched the cars of people coming from North Lebanon and found that they were not armed.
The command said that the army did not arrest anyone and called on those concerned to check their sources.
Earlier, a media source in Hizbullah issued a statement calling on Gemayel, "to check and ascertain the information on which to build his stands and statements, especially when such information is not true."
Hizbullah's statement said that "after some citizens were detained, they were found unarmed and were not violating the law in any way and were subsequently released in a normal manner and not handed over to Hizbullah, as Gemayel claimed."
"Now that the truth behind the story is exposed, we leave it for the public to draw its own conclusions," the statement concluded.
Once again, facts prove how the so-called pro-government forces "fabricate" claims and accusations in attempts to harm their political rivals, thinking they could get some political gain this way.
On Sunday, Former President Amin Gemayel joined the chorus, launching a fierce verbal assault against Hizbullah and Lebanese armed forces. Gemayel claimed that 21 detained "fundamentalists" were released and turned over to Hizbullah.
Gemayel found in this "innocent" rumor a golden opportunity to seek to damage the Resistance party's dignity and fame. "Armed factions usually surrender to the state, not the opposite," Gemayel claimed, "wishing" to know what is happening, because, according to his logic, "this clarifies more and more events of the north, which we look at them now from a different perspective."
"We ask where does the role of the security forces end, and at which point the role of other sides start?" Gemayel wondered. "This should lead us to reconsider the situation, especially Hizbullah's role," the former President smartly deduced.
However, reactions to Gemayel's "uncalculated" comments were quick and swift. Not only Hizbullah has rapidly denied his "delusions," calling on the former President to check and ascertain the information on which to build his stands, but the Lebanese Army has also refuted the whole fabricated story.
Indeed, the Lebanese Army Command issued a statement on Monday denying the reports of media and politicians that an armed faction had been arrested in the Ouzaai area in the southern district of Beirut. The statement added that as well as the army units' missions, some officers searched the cars of people coming from North Lebanon and found that they were not armed.
The command said that the army did not arrest anyone and called on those concerned to check their sources.
Earlier, a media source in Hizbullah issued a statement calling on Gemayel, "to check and ascertain the information on which to build his stands and statements, especially when such information is not true."
Hizbullah's statement said that "after some citizens were detained, they were found unarmed and were not violating the law in any way and were subsequently released in a normal manner and not handed over to Hizbullah, as Gemayel claimed."
"Now that the truth behind the story is exposed, we leave it for the public to draw its own conclusions," the statement concluded.
