Saad Hariri Vows to Confront Attempts to Release the Four Generals

Future Movement leader Saad Hariri on Friday vowed to confront escalating calls by pro-Syrian factions for the release of four generals held in connecting with his father”s assassination.

 

Hariri fired back at the Hizbullah-led campaign in a statement on the third anniversary of MP Bassil Fuleihan”s death from wounds he suffered in the Feb. 14, 2005 bomb attack that claimed Hariri”s live.

 

He described the attack as “the most obnoxious terrorist crime that tried to eliminate Lebanon, its independence and sovereignty.”

 

“This painful memory also is an occasion to remember all the martyrs who fell while defending our nation, starting with the martyrs of freedom and independence, the martyrs of the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces, and the innocent citizens who were the victims of blind terrorism, which is still trying to harm Lebanon, its Arabism and democracy,” the statement added.

 

The statement stressed :”We would not rest until the coward criminals are brought to justice to get the punishment they deserve in the International Tribunal which is now ready to receive them.”

 

It urged “all political forces that are executing the orders of the criminal regime in defending the four generals to go back to their conscience, and stop organizing this flagrant interference in the international investigation for the sake of the memory of the long list of martyrs.”