MP Strida Geagea slammed on Wednesday Hizbullah MP Mohammed Raad, saying that he could’ve had the minimum amount of “credibility and morality” before criticizing the assassination attempt of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

MP Geagea said in a statement issued by LF press office that all the official stances confirm the “seriousness of the attack.”

Head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad criticized on Saturday attempts by some politicians to exaggerate incidents and fabricate events, calling on the Lebanese to find consensus among each other.

“Some are exaggerating events or instigating incidents in order to divert attention away from Lebanon's best interest,” Raad said in comments on Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea claims that he had escaped an assassination attempt, without naming him.

Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui has turned down several requests to provide telecom data to security services, putting the country in an “information blindness” that risks holding him legally accountable, security sources and MP Marwan Hamadeh said.

The sources that are investigating the assassination attempt on Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea told An Nahar daily on Saturday that Sehnaoui has so far refused to meet the request of handing over the telephone communications information to the agencies probing the attack.

Lebanese security experts, who have scoured the forest in the vicinity of Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea’s residence in Maarab, have uncovered that a nine-member assassination team divided into three groups was involved in the killing attempt, media reports said Friday.

Al-Liwaa daily reported that two of the three groups were in charge of firing on Geagea as he was walking on Wednesday in the garden of his fortified house, northeast of Beirut.

Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui slammed on Friday the March 14 forces’ accusations that he would be held responsible for preventing the security forces from obtaining the telecom data.

“The ministry will deal with the issue according to principles and will not back down on implementing the law,” Sehnaoui told As Safir newspaper.

The United States denounced on Thursday the assassination attempt against Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and said Washington was concerned he may have been targeted because of his opposition to the Syrian regime.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Washington "condemns in the strongest terms what appears to be an assassination attempt targeting Lebanese politician Samir Geagea."

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea revealed on Thursday that investigations into his assassination attempt have uncovered the location from which the snipers fired their shots, announced the LF in a statement.

He said: “I was not hasty in making political accusations in the matter.”

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly expressed on Thursday concern about the “reported” assassination attempt against Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea.

He said after holding talks with Interior Minister Marwan Charbel: “The incident underlines the need for vigilance.”

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly conveyed on Thursday to President Michel Suleiman the United States’ “deep concern over reports of an assassination attempt on a leading Lebanese political figure.

She noted that Lebanon’s embrace of and support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon demonstrates it has definitively rejected such practices.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Thursday that the assassination bid of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea affects the security situation in the country.

“The incident affects the security of the nation and the citizens. I have informed the security authorities to follow up the matter,” Miqati told An Nahar newspaper.