Qahwaji Warns against Igniting Lebanon, Vows to Strike with Iron Fist

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Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji warned on Tuesday against the fabricated tension across Lebanon, describing the current phase as “difficult.”

“The army will not allow to be deviated away from its mission,” Qahwaji told As Safir newspaper.

He pointed out that there are attempts to slip Lebanon into a crisis to link the country to the regional turmoil.

“The army is carrying out its tasks across Lebanon, particularly in the north and along the border,” the army commander noted.

However, he said there is a “maestro” provoking the situation in the country to keep the army occupied in “marginal” battles.

“Everyone is responsible for safeguarding the country,” Qahwaji said, asking the Lebanese to assume their responsibilities in protecting Lebanon.

He stressed that the army will strike back with an iron fist at anyone tempted to tamper with the security of Lebanon or threaten the safety of the citizens.

“The situation is critical and all the Lebanese are partners in the mission to save” Lebanon, Qahwaji told As Safir.

Lebanon has witnessed recently several security incidents in the northern city of Tripoli, in the Nahr al-Bared and Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camps and along the Lebanese-Syrian border.

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Thumb james 19 June 2012, 09:40

..."He stressed that the army will strike back with an iron fist at anyone tempted to tamper with the security of Lebanon or threaten the safety of the citizens"

Don't lie! Syria is tampering with our security. They have and are currently threatening the safety of our citizens. And our army does nothing.

Thumb jcamerican 19 June 2012, 10:11

You are right, the army should disband and let the lebanese people fight it out,since the army cannot fight Syria or Israel or anyone else.

Thumb james 19 June 2012, 10:19

Hezbollah's armed strength should be incorporated into the Lebanese Army because any weapons in the country belong to the state and the state has the responsibility of protecting every citizen.

Thumb fadi_albeiruti 19 June 2012, 10:24

Why don't you start in daheye ya moron, talk is cheap, hell you can't even keep the airport road open for crying out loud, what a bunch of BS.

Default-user-icon achrafieh (Guest) 19 June 2012, 10:25

god bless our army ,and help them against all evil
and no to taoutine send all refugees to gulf countries

Thumb Chupachups 19 June 2012, 14:07

double AMEN!

Default-user-icon Bint Jbeil (Guest) 19 June 2012, 18:40

Amen brother/sister. DIsarm and deport.

Default-user-icon +oua nabka + (Guest) 19 June 2012, 10:33

the army is the last bastion against a divided lebanon , god bless them
the palestinians should disarm and better all 12 camps closed and the refugees should be sent away to their land
no to taoutine

Thumb lebneneh 19 June 2012, 11:10

The army is only lebanese institution that all side trust and support. It should be strengthened and protected and hold be allowed to do its job without any political interference.

Thumb normzz 19 June 2012, 11:25

Some of the people who comment on here are such idiot haters.allah yehmi jash wi dayis kel wehad li badou alli rasou.

Thumb james 19 June 2012, 11:29

the dignity and respect of our army ended after the last soldier died in 1990. There is no recognition for those real soldiers who gave their lives for Lebanon, today our army is nothing but a politically influenced force... but at the same time I am not being disrespectful to our brave soldiers... only those in power who use them for their own benefit

Default-user-icon Sam (Guest) 19 June 2012, 11:52

nobody want of all lebanese to civil war come again... God Bless This Army He Is only Stage of our salvation... He is from us and for us ...

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) 19 June 2012, 12:08

i dont know why the people are complaining, everybody knows where is the problem and why we are coming there.does anyone remember ahmad gibril's visit one week ago..or we like tessteel..

Default-user-icon Dzuppa (Guest) 19 June 2012, 12:14

Those who should be stricken with anything blunt are mainly the man who calls himself president of the republic, may God bless him and extend his term indefinitely, and the toul bala ghalleh PM, two of the biggest wastes that Lebanon has ever had.

Thumb Abubakr 19 June 2012, 13:15

Qahwaji and the puppets around him , are acting on U.S Israeli behalf to crush any muslim power who want to restore Islam.

Thumb lebneneh 19 June 2012, 13:23

restore Islam?! really go educate yourself

Thumb Chupachups 19 June 2012, 14:08

restore islam?... so attacking the lebanese army is restoring islam?
PLEASE.............

Thumb J_Sarkis 19 June 2012, 18:37

'Restore Islam', W H A T T H E H E L L ?? Are you an idiot?

Thumb Abubakr 19 June 2012, 13:45

Islam scares you ya ? but u prefer a zionist created system dont you ? u prefer countries created by Britain and france ? to control us ? dont you ? you like being in the u.n which stole palestine from the arabs? you go educate your self , your nothing but a carbon copy of the west my friend

Thumb lebneneh 19 June 2012, 17:02

have you ever been to Britain or France or the US? If you did did you feel threatened when you were there?

Thumb Marouni 19 June 2012, 17:46

and you are definitly in need of a mental restore !!

Thumb wanabqa66 20 June 2012, 02:03

I prefer any western civilized democratic country over backwards countries like Iran and Syria.

Missing forces 20 June 2012, 12:03

i really don't think anyone here is your friend, and yes we would prefer a carbon copy of the wests DEMOCRATIC system than the one your filth subscribe to. Last time i looked all of your so called "islamic" countries are in a mess, run by monarchs, dictators or regims, we all know the human rights records of these places. God told you to love thy neighbour but you people are still 1000 years behind the rest of the world stuck in your own bubble..

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) 19 June 2012, 14:05

i am sure that lebanon will not fall in the trap,the ahmad jibril palestinians are the "saika" of 1975.. and they are the last card of syrian regime..bashar bin hafez will be crushed as well as his kronies in lebanon becose
BILAD EL ARZ WILL PREVAIL NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) 19 June 2012, 14:39

put in ur hot heads that the lebanese army will not fall in the trap of bashar through ahmad gibril( the new "saika")
WAHHABIES AND FARSIS ARE TWO FACES OF THE SAME DEVIL,we cannot say who is less devilish than the other..
N.B. there is no ahl el sunna in lebanon, there is lebanese sunnis like any other group in lebanon...rouhou khayytou bi gheir hal msalleh.

Thumb eli-g 19 June 2012, 14:41

rastafarian, behave yourself and sit down.What does religion have to do with this little boy.

Missing allouchi 19 June 2012, 14:52

FT, for the first time I agree with you (and prob the last :))

Missing allouchi 19 June 2012, 14:58

I agree that the Palestinians in the camps have their grievances but when our Army is attacked and Push comes to shove. All Lebanese will unite behind our Army.

Missing feekahraba 20 June 2012, 01:39

Lol, did you just say all lebanese will unite? You must be hangin out with rasta boy.

Thumb beiruti 19 June 2012, 15:25

Who is this "maestro" that the LAF commander referred to who is fabricating the problems in the North to divert the Army from its mission??

What do you think?

Thumb beiruti 19 June 2012, 15:25

Who is this "maestro" that the LAF commander referred to who is fabricating the problems in the North to divert the Army from its mission??

What do you think?

Thumb Abubakr 19 June 2012, 15:42

@ All Arab success came under the Khilafa..the day they left Islam , Israel took Palestine ( to create a jewish state ) ..puppet regimes were set..and american bases spill all over the midd east..The muslim Sham was divided and given to the minorites ...All of the world focus on their religion and culture its only us who betrayed our culture and religion..The west are obsessed with the Holy land ( jerusalem ) you dont think thats religious ? ..india is obsessed with the Holy land ( hinduism also beleives its their promissed land..its only us who betrayed our language , culture and religion..you all go educate your self..and stop educating urself by foreigners..

Thumb Abubakr 19 June 2012, 15:52

The hole state is flawed ...the west attacked us with a philosophical attack..they used an epistimology that knowledge only comes from exterior observation and rational inquiry..and took us to materialism ..that there is no reality beyond material reality ,, then they applied to a political form, and so out of philosophical materialism emerges a new political philosophy , since there is no reality beyond material , we can no longer recognize Allah sovereignty and had to relocate to the state ..the people are now sovereign,, and the authority of the state is supreme ..and the state now makes law and its law is the highest law ..that is a EUROPEAN CREATION did not come out of Arab culture ..recognizing a state is associating another a partner with ALLah...When they declared that soverignty belongs to them not to Allah that was SHIRK it was shirk for the Pharoah..IT IS SHIRK FOR THE GOVT ..salam

Missing peace 19 June 2012, 16:36

bla bla bla... just have a look at the states that are islamic... no liberty, women treated as nothing, they interpret islam as suits them best for their interests and so on...
no state based on religion has suceceded because those in power just manipulates the religion for their own interests!

Missing forces 20 June 2012, 12:20

at one point arabs were some of the most educated, civil and intellectual people, then something happen and time stood still, unfortunatley for you we are in 2012 and the rest of you are still in 1880..

Thumb cedar 19 June 2012, 16:43

you even talk like bashir ;)

Thumb cedar 19 June 2012, 16:46

Lebanon is built on sactarian lines. The army is built on lebanon, there fore the army is limited in what it can do based on those sectarian lines.

The only solution is a Christian Controlled and Populated Lebanon.

Thumb J_Sarkis 19 June 2012, 18:36

Cedar is right, Lebanon needs to be controlled by the Christians. Look at all the sectarian violence between the Muslims, is there any between the Christians; NO. Exactly. If Lebanon is populated and controlled by Christians, Sectarian violence will be non-existent in Lebanon, and neither will there be any more violence, the country will once again be the greatest in the world. Great thinking and commenting Cedar, you are absolutely right. :)

Missing feekahraba 20 June 2012, 01:45

Yah, just look how united the christians are now. What a efn joke you are sarkus. One of the main problems we have is your general Aoun. Did you forget about him?And how about Zagarta, they just get along so well with the christians in Bchare.

Default-user-icon mazen (Guest) 19 June 2012, 16:58

army should be given orders to SHOOT and KILL everyone:

1. masked in public
2. carrying a weapon in public

No rocket science, actually.

Thumb Abubakr 19 June 2012, 17:13

There is no such thing as an Islamic state. Amateurs talking. and remember who set up those so called islamic govts from al saud to the ayatullah's, one protected by america the other was a refugee in france..soo open youre eyes..
Another thing i Live in Europe unfortunately : Tell me , what countries have the highest rate of prostitutions in the world ? muslim countries or western countries ?, what countries have the highest rate of drug addiction, alcohol addiction and deaths resulting from both ? muslim or western countries ?
What countries have the highest rate of suicide ? muslim countries or western countries ?
What countries have the highest level of child molestation and pedophilia ? muslim countries or western ?

Thumb Abubakr 19 June 2012, 17:13

which countries allow pornography to be blatantly put on television billboards subways , magazines in the public ..muslim or western countries ?
so i ask you , which countries are most civilised ? i already answered that i been to 37 countries ..
do you know that between the us and england alone : 500 000 thousand babies are killed through abortion every year : that doesnt happen in Islam .
In the western countries 2 men can adopt a child : that doesnt happen in Islam ..
So Slash the issue of freedom , dont mistake opression by muslim leaders to be a lack of freedom by the peoples spiritual ambition !

Missing forces 20 June 2012, 12:12

As opposed to being oppressed, jailed, tortured, made to cover up so no man will comit adultery ( your own law suggest you are dirty), a clear divide between women & mens rights. Told what to think, believe, what you can and cannot do, otherwise it is haram and you will be looked down on or even killed by your family, who are allowed to do that on a suspicion. Told what not to eat and drink, ( what's with the prok thing?) no tolerance of anyone else, i can do this all night. now re-think your preference..

Thumb shab 19 June 2012, 17:32

Idiots on both side. Religion is poison

Thumb Abubakr 19 June 2012, 17:40

I'm sure you have 0 knowledge about it . Salam :)

Missing forces 20 June 2012, 12:15

your kind do not even know what the phrase salam reers to so don't even think you are disginguishing yourself by adding that, salam means peace and something we had in the bible way before whoever wrote thekoran used it :)

Missing allouchi 19 June 2012, 20:24

Separation of State and religion is the future, your believes are your own business and what goes in your bedroom are also your private business (as long as they are legal ;))

Missing allouchi 19 June 2012, 22:46

So let’s let the people peacefully decide.

Default-user-icon Joseph (Guest) 20 June 2012, 06:51

These Palestinians in Lebanon are nothing but filth. Ohh how I'd love to join the army just for this conflict and kill a few myself.Lebanon, "If you don't like it, leave it!". And, @Rastafarian, spare us your pity BS, no one cares about khalifa or your empire you wanna bring around. Lebanon is not like the other 'Arab' countries, we have and will never have any of that BS, thanks to Christians, and the moderate Muslims.

Missing forces 20 June 2012, 11:58

well said FT
This is the second time i read this idiot's islam BS. @rastfathead re educate yourself again champion, lebanon is a Christian state, happy to co-exist with our muslim country men in peace. It's filth like you that need erradication. now have you found that soap yet?

Missing forces 20 June 2012, 12:17

everlasting only in your minds, by even thinking you are in some kind of holy battle with the west proves your mind is contaminated and deserve nothing more than a nice cell at guantanamo bay :)