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MP Franjieh: War is Coming, Let's Unite to Avoid the Storm

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Tuesday, 04 March 2008

MP Samir Franjieh urged the Lebanese to set aside differences and agree on a "safety dragnet" that can protect the nation from a regional war that is in the offing. Franjieh, who made the plea in an interview with Naharnet, accused the Hizbullah-led March 8 opposition of taking a "big risk" by keeping the nation exposed to threats. "They remind me of the Lebanese nationalist Movement in 1982 when it had indications about a possible Israeli invasion but failed to freeze the domestic dispute in favor of creating a safety dragnet, so Israel invaded a Lebanon incapable of resisting due to its internal differences and hundreds of other reasons," Franjieh added. He said deployment of the USS Cole guided missile destroyer in Mediterranean waters off the Lebanese coastline is "not linked to the domestic Lebanese situation, but rather to the explosive situation in the region. It could signal the imposing of new sanctions on Iran." "The situation is very serious in the region, which could be heading to a war. Would such a war serve the interests of the majority or the minority? Certainly not. It would serve interests not related to all those factions." The forthcoming summit scheduled for March 29 in Damascus, according to Franjieh, "would not really convene. It may not convene at all, but it could convene with a weak structure. The whole region is heading to a major crisis." Franjieh accused Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri of "distorting" the ongoing crisis. He said "Lebanon's problem is not in forming a cabinet and not in the election law. The essence of the problem is the persisting differences on national principles." Franjieh reiterated that Syria "has decided to block the presidential election and the opposition is behaving in line with this decision." He said the Hizbullah-led opposition "does not need warships in the Mediterranean to accuse the majority of following a U.S. agenda like it did not need any additional reason to accuse Premier Fouad Saniora of coordinating the July (2006) war" with Washington. Franjieh said Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun was assigned to represent the opposition in negotiations at a time the opposition adopted a decision to block any settlement. "Aoun is not really related to what is happening … his role is marginal … his influence is very limited."

 

 

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