Geagea Hits Back at Nasrallah

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Thursday called on Hizbullah”s Hassan Nasrallah to sit and discuss threats facing Lebanon “be they Syrian, American, Israeli or French.”

 

Nasrallah, in a televised interview Wednesday, said the opposition is not confronting Lebanon”s majority, bur rather U.S. President George Bush and his administration.

 

“If the American agenda poses a threat to Lebanon, then it must be confronted by all the Lebanese people,” Geagea said.

 

“There should be consensus, through dialogue, over such a theory and other issues … That is why we should sit with Sayyed Hassan to discuss … any agenda, be it Syrian, American, Israeli or French.”

 

He said the March 8 opposition, which is backed by Syria and Iran, “should take a clear stand regarding all assassinations and bombings as well as regarding re-launching state institutions.”

 

Geagea rejected a 10-day ultimatum set by Nasrallah for the majority to accept the opposition demands, stressing that “we do not succumb to threats.”