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According to the Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar, in Jumblatt’s mind, words that shocked him a few days ago, when I met him with the head of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, at a banquet at the home of MP Nehme Tohme. At Tohme’s table, Geagea offered Jumblatt the idea that the deputies of his two parties resign from Parliament, which was rejected by the head of the “socialists.” After that, Geagea said that the confrontation against Hezbollah will continue until the end, adding: “I have 15 thousand fighters, and we can confront the party, which has been greatly weakened as a result of the situation in Lebanon and the region.” , according to his claim.
When Jumblatt warned his interviewer about the seriousness of what he was saying, Geagea responded by saying: We are stronger today than in the days of Bashir (Al-Jamil), and Hezbollah is weaker than Abu Ammar (Yasser Arafat). Geagea presented his political reading, in which he has the support of the United States of America, and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries. As for Hezbollah, in the opinion of the head of the “forces”, it suffers and makes concessions because it is weaker than it was before, as he himself put it.
Jumblatt Geagea disagreed with his reading and left the meeting in awe of the estimates of the “leader who never won a battle.” The boss of the “socialist” told some of his friends what he had heard, considering that it could be a dangerous indication that something is being prepared for Lebanon, and that it would aggravate their situation.
Geagea’s new venture appears to be proud of the security-style display that Lebanese forces have been carrying out, in various regions, since Hakim announced his joining the October 17 uprising, the second day of its outbreak. On October 18, 2019, he asked the members of his party, in public office, to participate in popular movements, without party flags or slogans.
Subsequently, this position was forgotten in the multitude of events, and many began to make fun of all those who refer to the presence of the main forces in some movements and in specific areas. This situation made Geagea profit from hiding behind the uprising, to test his party’s willingness to “expand and control” vast areas.
This was followed by the port explosion and the forces began to expose their “secret organization”: from the paramilitary ardha in Gemmayzeh, to the armed deployment under the pretext of shooting into the air during the funeral of one of the victims of the port explosion in Ain al-Rummana.
In Ashrafieh, Ain Al-Rummaneh and other areas, the forces maintain a “deployment” of quasi-security, Maarab refuses to describe this, emphasizing that it is a “natural presence for the soldiers of the region” (see “Al-Akhbar “, October 7, 2020).
Twelve years ago today, on May 9, 2008, Geagea told the US Ambassador, Michael Sison, “He wants to make sure that Washington knows about 7,000 to 10,000 trained fighters in the Lebanese Forces and they are ready to move. “We can fight Hezbollah,” Geagea declared, adding with confidence, “but we need your support to obtain weapons for these fighters. If the airport remains closed, amphibious supply operations can be facilitated ”. Sison mentioned that conversation between her and the head of the “forces” in one of the cables from the US embassy that was revealed by the position of “WikiLeaks” in 2011 (published by “Al-Akhbar” in its issue 5 April 2011).
This time, Geagea didn’t tell Jumblatt that he needed a gun. He suggested that he had finished assembling
This time, Geagea didn’t tell Jumblatt that he needed a gun. He hinted that he had completed the assembly, noting that the party chief of the Lebanese Forces is still almost entirely dependent on funds from the Lebanese state to protect his residence in Maarab, costing the public treasury billions. of pounds annually, as salaries for more than one hundred gendarmes and officers and officers of the Internal Security Forces placed in Act as a protection force, with their military vehicles.
What is dangerous about Geagea’s words is not that they come from “a leader who never won a battle he fought, but who nevertheless does not teach”, as it indicates the existence of intentions of regional or western countries to blow up the situation in the Lebanon on the basis of Samir’s “adventurous spirit”. Geagea, on the grounds of “Either get Lebanon on our terms or drop it at the head of Hezbollah and its allies.” In addition to political performance, these divisive intentions appeared in the bill that was introduced by Republican members of the United States Congress two weeks ago, which requires the US administration to impose sanctions on banks operating in the “areas of Hezbollah “(” Al-Akhbar “, October 7, 2020.).
Jumblatt attacks Hariri
On the other hand, Jumblatt launched a violent attack against the leader of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, considering that “today there is a self-mandate to head the government. What remains of the Taif Agreement. “Jumblatt announced his refusal to receive the delegation from the Future bloc, which Hariri assigned to consult with the parliamentary blocs before consultations to appoint a new prime minister, saying:” This is not how it is treat Walid Jumblatt. “He also criticized Hariri’s talk about an apolitical technocratic government, asking,” Hey Sheikh Saad, you are a politician, do you want to answer the angels of the ministers? And Amal, will they answer the astronauts and ministers? The leader of the selection, Mustafa Adeeb, described him as “the robot who was brought in and then removed”, noting that during the formation of the Adeeb government, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati called MP Wael Abu Faour and appointed him the only Druze candidate in the government of 14 ministers.
