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Hariri wouldn't Arm Sunnis to Avoid War with Shiites

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Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri has rejected distress calls by the Sunni community for arms, refusing to get lured into sparking a Sunni-Shiite conflict, wrote Hani Hammoud, editor-in-chief of the daily al-Mustaqbal. The invasion of Beirut was launched and the army "did not manage to protect the unarmed civilian population … distress calls started reaching Saad Hariri from the districts of Martyred Beirut and from the regions: Arm us, provide us with ammunition … instruct us to resist with whatever available means, with pistols, sticks and kitchen knives," Hammoud added. The decision to invade Beirut was a "regional decision taken far, far away" from Lebanon, he noted. Harari refused to arm his supporters and his "decisive response was: I would not be anybody's partner in a Sunni-Shiite war … I would not be anybody's partner in a civil war that would destroy Lebanon … most important, I would not expose Beirut to a massacre," according to Hammoud. He quoted Hariri as saying: "They want me. Open the road for them. Let their problem be with me in person, not with you, let them reach my residence so that Beirut wouldn't be butchered." Beirut was invaded, Hariri was besieged and the target of the invasion was exposed "they wanted to silence the media," Hammoud concluded.

 

 

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