Sunday, February 11, 2007
It just got personal!
Saturday February 10, 2007 in the lobby of Faray Mazar Intercontinental Hotel, a group of eight couples are sitting around a table chatting about everything and nothing, and of course about the political situation.
Meanwhile, MP Ibrahim Kanan, a follower of General Aoun, the ally of Hezbollah, with three of his bodyguards, passes by. Unfortunately, one of the men sitting in the table utters the three deadly words “We want to live!” made famous by the “I love Life” campaign of March 14.
MP Kanan stops and glares at that unfortunate person and then moves on…Ten minutes later the MP comes back and stand in front of the table, shouting “what do you mean by you want to live.” The unfortunate man stands up and politely introduces himself saying, “I want live, means I want to come to Faray and have fun, means that I want to send my children to school!”
-“The people you have been following for the past year and a half will lead you to your own destruction” vehemently answers the Aounist MP.”
“I am not here to get into a political discussion, I just want to go out and have some fun with my friends. Thanks, it was nice meeting you!”, answered back the unfortunate person.
-“I am the MP of this Qadaa, and this is my region, you will hear what I have to say!!!”
“No thank you, I told you I am not here to discuss politics!”
The unfortunate man turns and start heading back towards his table to sit down. One of the bodyguards unholsters his weapon, smacks him on the head with its butt from the back and fires two shots in the air!
The unfortunate man is my brother in law, and this happened yesterday in front of my sister and their friends.
Thank you Aoun for your democracy, peacefulness and empty promises, now I can better understand what happened last Tuesday and Thursday. Now I can understand who fired the first shots in those days!
Thank you Ibrahim Knaan and thank you Aoun, we will not fire or even hit you or any of your supporters back, we will just see you in court!
Finally, let me reiterate my brother in law, his wife and my own insistence that “WE WANT TO LIVE!”
UPDATE: I have posted a rather graphic picture of my brother in law wounds just after the attack. It is just below this post in an effort not to shock any sensitive reader.
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it"s a true strory?
Old Song:
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
These assholes talk about change, until they get power.
I wonder what the crowd, if any, in the restaurant did while this was going on? Hope they were not silent.
If Aoun's movement means anything anymore, it means standing up to any frigging MP overstepping his bounds.
As true as they can get!
n10452
fear not my friend we are going to drag his "divine" person to justice no matter what it takes!
josey
the crowd was not silent and the Mp ran away and hid for a while in his room then used the back door to flee. Just like the "divine" general when he left his wife and daughters army and ran in his pajamas to the fresh embassy!
Wow, talk about bad luck for the MP.
They say it's always smart to err on the side of caution when getting into arguments & confrontations with people you don't know because you have no clue who THEY KNOW.
Given the potential risks involved in such a move against someone of such a high position, I hope you've already contacted the press and TV along with the legal authorities, to ward off any ideas they might have about keeping the story "quiet".
I hope it's an overly paranoid suggestion on my part, but better safe than sorry.
That'll be an interesting headline next to the one about the Lebanese Army seizing a shipment of HA's guns, which HA is demanding the return of.-Courtesy of JoseyWales other blog:
http://lebanonesque.blogspot.com/
P.S. Dire Straits kicks ass!
As far as other links out there, I found an interesting one about some of Iran's terrorist attacks in France during the 80's taht made me wonder if there's an HA chapter in France:
Knowing of Iranian involvement in 11 terrorist bombings in the streets of Paris between December 1985 and September 1986, Jacques Chirac, then prime minister, decided to act."
And HA's confirmed role in taking French hostages in Lebanon under Iran's behest:
"France severed diplomatic ties with Iran on July 17, 1987. Less than a year later, on June 16, 1988, it restored relations--after five French hostages in Lebanon (kidnapped by Iran's proxy, Hezbollah) had been freed, attacks on French soil had ceased, and Tehran had sought a rapprochement."
http://www.iranpressnews.com/english/source/020706.html
So other than a possible job opening in France's HA for Sam if he's looking for more work, it made me think about the possible effectiveness of Lebanon's government contacting the NCRI (National Council of Resistance in Iran) for intel on Iran's Qud Force chapter:
The Seventh Corps. Mission: Lebanon and Syria.
If they did, they could possible get the inside info on how HA's receiving its funds, weapons, smuggling routes, who's helping them that isn't already identified.
The NCRI's contribution (also known by the name of it's military wing, the MEK) in leaking evidence on Iran's Secret Nuclear Weapons program back in 2002 and its most recent efforts of providing the names, money, and weapons smuggles route used by Iran in its meddling in Iraq is really starting to pay dividends.
http://www.iranpressnews.com/english/source/020705.html
Getting the NCRI in your corner for information could really put the squeeze on HA's military prowess, which is it's greatest political asset.
I wish you and your family luck.
Kenaan says man attacked him with liquor bottle
Monday, February 12, 2007
Reform and Change parliamentary bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan dismissed on Sunday rumors circulated in the media that one of his bodyguards had assaulted a group of people at the Mzaar InterContinental Hotel over the weekend. In a statement issued Sunday, Kenaan said that he had been attacked "by a drunk person" while he was having dinner with his family at the hotel. "He started by verbally insulting me and later on attempted to attack me with a bottle of liquor," the statement said. Kenaan's bodyguards had to intercede to avoid a potential clash from developing, the statement added. Kenaan's statement identified the other party in the altercation as Beiruti Sobhi Hammoud, an employee at the Mediterranean Sea Bank.
These are lies. And nothing, nothing at all can excuse such behavior as firing in the lobby of an hotel lobby full of families and tourists! Just visit the hotel and see the bullet holes for yourself. (the fact of firing and hitting my brother in law was totally omitted by Kanaan denial)
PS: i would be more than willing to email the picture of the wounds my brother in law sustained and they show that he was attacked from the BACK. it is pretty hard to attack someone with your back turned don't you think?
i am sure there were witnesses better ask them ...
plus isn't sad that fights have become that low now ... nobody knows what is true and everybody elaborates .... if u really need fairness u need this story investigated...
cheers
concerned lebanese about the mental state of lebanon's people ...
Bob,
I am surprised Kanaan did not claim that your brother in law attacked them by hitting the bodyguards on the weapon with his head, then said weapon misfired, thankfully two shots in the air.
Aoun is an arrogant idiot, surrounded by syncophants and morons; the intellgentia left a long time ago. He will learn soon the "sha3eb lebnan el 3azim" can do, but I am not sure Paris will be very welcoming this time.
Bob,
I trust that you will do all that is possible to bring kanaan where he trully belongs. What about Intercontinental, are they gonna sue kanaan as well?
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