Assad Setting the Stage For Military Comeback to Lebanon
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of setting the stage for a military comeback to Lebanon.
Geagea, in a television interview, said Assad”s charge that north Lebanon poses a threat to Syria”s security is aimed at "setting the atmosphere for Syrian intervention in Lebanon."
"The only fanatic group that existed in north Lebanon is Fatah al-Islam, which is a Syrian intelligence puppet," Geagea noted.
"This group carried out all acts of violence in Lebanon since withdrawal of the Syrian Army" in April 2005, Geagea said.
Lebanese security forces, according to Geagea, believe that Fatah al-Islam "remnants are carrying out revenge attacks against the army."
The Lebanese Forces leader urged the Arab League to "shoulder its responsibilities” regarding what he termed the Assad threats.
Geagea noted that the "vast majority of the Lebanese People is against (Syrian) intervention." Arab states and the international community also oppose such intervention, he noted.
Syria, which Geagea says has deployed 10-12,000 troops of its special forces along a 45-kilometer wide front off Lebanon”s northern borders, "should tell us who killed (Hizbullah”s) Imad Mughniyeh and Brig. Gen. Mohammed Suleiman and who is behind the Damascus car bombing … before thinking of helping Lebanon and charging that north Lebanon poses a threat to Syria."