General Michael Aoun Backs Hezbollah Worldwide
During his press release on Monday April 14, 2008, Michael Aoun replied to a question
reassuring that his alliance with Hezbollah is not a local one concerning limited
issues but rather a worldwide alliance that stretches beyond Lebanon's borders. It is
not clear as to why General Aoun will stretch his support of Hezbollah from the local
scene, which some may consider Hezbollah a “resistance” group and to the
international arena where Hezbollah’s illegal activities are limitless, stretching from
money laundering and drug dealings to kidnappings, bombing, and killings. More
shocking is that Aoun's announcement came less than two months after Hezbollah
leader Hasan Nasrallah launched an open war on the US and its allies in the Middle
East region. However, many observers believe that Aoun has become a puppet in the
hands of Hezbollah due to the financial support Aoun and his son in law Jibran Bassil
have been receiving from the terrorist group Hezbollah. In fact, some expected harsh
criticism from Aoun towards the US after he openly accused the latter of assassinating
Hezbollah's military leader Imad Mughneyeh last month in the capital of Syria, but no
one expected that he would link himself to Hezbollah on the international arena.
Furthermore, media outlets reported that Hezbollah has contracted many buildings in
the southern suburb of Beirut, which were destroyed by the Israeli warplanes in the
July 2006 war, in a price that greatly exceed the real cost. Mr. Bassil has been also
delivering and distributing weapons to his supporters, which is believed to have come
from Hezbollah. Moreover, Mr. Bassil, along with Shiite MP Abas Hashem, has been
helping Hezbollah purchase Christian properties in north and Mount Lebanon.
Thus, it is imperative that followers of Aoun, especially committed ones who consider
themselves lobbyists and representatives of him overseas, to issue a strong
condemnation of their leader's alliance with the terrorist group Hezbollah, which up
till September 1, 2001 killed more Americans in a single suicide bomber than any
other group. Moreover, these followers and supporters need to immediately cease
their relationship with Aoun and to disassociate themselves from his “political” group
the Free Patriotic Movement (Tayyar Watani), for such association has become a sheer
treason and they should be prosecuted by the proper authorities to the fullest extent
of the law. Only then people will think twice before pledging their support to terrorist
groups and individuals.
As for General Aoun, he has been renewing his support to Hezbollah and criticizing
the US policy towards Lebanon for a while now believing that it is the only way that
will persuade the US Administration to cut a deal with him. No chance. The US will
never cut a deal with a Syrio-Iranian lackey and or a follower of a terrorist group i.e.
Hezbollah. Besides, deals are cut with leaders not followers. Furthermore, Aoun has
no credibility on the local or the international scenes. Two months after he
announced that “there was no POWs in Syrian prisons, a prisoner was released by the
Assad regime. Lately, he alleged that there were mass graves in the town of Halat.
After the authorities dug out the area, they found no human skeletons. However, they
did find rotten remnants of Aoun’s sanity and dignity that are buried six feet under.
Aoun has been meddling in Lebanon’s security for a long time. It is time for the
Lebanese people to rid the country of this putrefied rat before it destroys whatever is
left of this beloved nation-state.
Pierre A. Maroun
Secretary General
American Lebanese Coordination Council
April 14, 2008
Posted at: Global Politician
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