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Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin analysis & editorials from miscellaneous sources published on December 15-16/16
Dr. Geagea Has Abandoned all that is LF historical stances, convictions and sacrifices/Elias Bejjani/December 15/16
Is tacit Aoun-Berri struggle blocking Cabinet formation/Hasan Lakkis|/The Daily Star/December 16/16
Lebanese Cabinet on ice for now as previous grudges surface/Nazih Osseiran/The Daily Star/December 15/16
U.S. Money Transferred To Iran Used To Expand Iran’s Military Budget/By: Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli/MEMRI/December 15/16
Usud Al-Cherubim: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia/Aymenn Al-Tamimi/Syria Comment/December 15/16
To the Muslim Brotherhood: Quit Shouting Islamophobia and Quit Attacking Muslim Families/Saied Shoaaib/Gatestone Institute/December 15/16
Iran Breaks Nuclear Deal and UN Resolutions/Majid Rafizadeh/Gatestone Institute/December 15/16
Egypt: Christians Still Denied Churches While Government Opens 10 Mosques Every Week/ Raymond Ibrahim/Coptic Solidarity/December 15/16
Stop calling the Syrian conflict a ‘civil war.’ It’s not./Hanin Ghaddar/Wahington Post/December 14
Turkey’s Slide into Authoritarianism/Burak Bekdil/Middle East Quarterly/Winter 2017
Titles For Latest Lebanese Related News published on December 15-16/16
Dr. Geagea Has Abandoned all that is LF historical stances, convictions and sacrifices
Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Insistence on 30-Member Cabinet Further Freezes Agreement
Is tacit Aoun-Berri struggle blocking Cabinet formation?
Aoun confirms plan to visit Saudi Arabia
Major General Beary chairs tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF
Aoun: Renewed Arab and international trust in Lebanon incentive to start change trend
Berri, Jumblat Push for 30-Member Cabinet to Include all Parties
Geagea Says No Vetoes but LF Won’t Give Any of Its Govt. Seats to Other Parties
AMAL MP: Efforts Ongoing to Form Cabinet before Holidays
Cabinet Line-Up Shuffled, Formation Back to Square One
Mustaqbal Urges ‘Cooperation’ in Govt. Formation, Clings to Hybrid Electoral Law
Arslan Warns against Undermining Druze Share in Cabinet
Hizbullah Bloc Says Proportional Representation ‘Obligatory Path’ for ‘State Rise’
Berri and EU Ambassador Launch Parliament’s New Bill Tracking System and Mobile Application
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Visits the Bekaa Valley
Ambassador Shorter: The UK Has Not Forgotten Akkar
Jumblatt, Hariri meet
Laham meets Czech parliamentary delegation
Indian Ambassador arrives in Beirut
State Security Member Shot in Akkar
Qatari Embassy cancels National Day ceremony in Beirut
Mundis leaves Beirut to Paris
Bomb explodes in Ain El Helwe
Christmas tree lit up in Tripoli, Pharaon hopes for year of stability
Lebanese Cabinet on ice for now as previous grudges surface
Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin For Miscellaneous Reports And News published on December 15-16/16
Hundreds Leave Aleppo under Rebel Withdrawal Deal
50,000 People Still Trapped in Eastern Aleppo, Says U.N. Envoy
Evacuation Convoy Heads for Syria Villages under Rebel Siege
Russia not Meeting its Commitments on Aleppo
With Aleppo Advance, Syria Army Sweeps Up Conscripts
Putin’s Victory? Russia’s Role in Recapturing Aleppo
Russia Pledges Fighting Pause in Idlib during Aleppo Evacuations
Explosive Traces Found on EgyptAir 804 Victims
Iraqi Children Battle Trauma after Life under IS Rule
Yemen’s al-Qaida Condemns ‘Deviant’ IS Rivals
Egypt Executes Convicted Jihadist
Iranian Regime’s MP: Government Subsidies Are Monopolized by a Mafia of 250
Iran: Fear of Corruption, Reason for the Reluctance of Foreign Investors
Latest Labor Protests Across Iran
EU Policy Has Encouraged Iran Regime’s Internal Repression and Crimes in Syria
Iran: Critically Sick Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike in Danger
Why Mrs. Mogherini Has Failed to Condemn the Appalling Human Rights Violations in Iran?
First on CNN: Adviser says Russia crucial to Trump’s Middle East plans
Obama Allows Iran Sanctions Renewal Without Signing Bill
Links From Jihad Watch Site for on December 15-16/16
Germany: Muslim migrant accused of sexually assaulting boy 68 times calls it “love affair”.
UK to train “moderate” Syrian opposition forces to target the Islamic State.
France: 10,000 troops on streets as Islamic State threatens Christmas jihad massacres.
DC: Former Metro Transit cop indicted for trying to aid the Islamic State.
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Gay activist hits Brady Bunch star for saying Qur’an is political.
Intel report: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar supporting jihadis in Germany.
Islamic State recaptures Palmyra, displays severed heads of Assad forces.
Yasmin Seweid’s lies show mainstream media is chief purveyor of “fake news”.
Hamas top dog calls for Israel’s destruction: “Every inch of Palestine is just ours”.
German probe: 2,000 Muslim migrants assaulted 1,200 women in Cologne New Year’s Eve.
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Confusions of Tony Blair, Part I.
DHS knew OSU jihadi was terror recruitment target, let him into U.S. anyway.
Minnesota: Muslim state rep claims “Islamophobic” harassment, doesn’t report it to cops.
Video: Thousands of Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” march in London, demand caliphate.
UK Armed Forces top dog says jihadis “hiding in plain sight” among Muslim migrants.
Germany: Muslim migrant who murdered teen had attempted murder conviction abroad.
NYC: Muslima made up “Islamophobic” attack by Trump supporters to avoid punishment for missing curfew.
Islamophobia” reporter hired at Buzzfeed.
Austria: Muslims attack demon Krampus in traditional Christmas parade.
UK: Nurses flown in to perform FGM, parties follow.
Links From Christian Today Site for on on December 15-16/16
Evacuation Of Aleppo Begins As Ambulances Come Under Fire.
Charleston Church Massacre Survivor Describes Terrible Night 9 Were Shot Dead During Bible Study.
Twitter and Facebook Unite To Oppose Trump’s Plan For Muslim Database.
Three-Parent Babies’ Approved In UK As Campaigners Warn Of ‘Designer’ Babies.
Thousands To Pray In London For Persecuted Ahmadi Muslims.
Christians Condemn German Arms Sales To Repressive Regimes.
Could Non-Catholics Share Communion With Catholic Spouses At Last? This Cardinal Thinks So.
Pagan Priest Wins Right To Wear Horns In Driver’s Licence Photo.
Thousands Demand Turkey Release US Pastor Jailed On Terrorism Charges.
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Dr. Geagea Has Abandoned all that is LF historical stances, convictions and sacrifices
Elias Bejjani/December 15/16
https://eliasbejjaninews.com/2016/12/15/elias-bejjani-dr-geagea-has-abandoned-all-that-is-lf-historical-stances-convictions-and-sacrifices/
What is devastating and sad at the same time, is that Dr. Samir Geagea, the chief of the Lebanese Forces Party (LF) is not any more the kind of that strong, loud, sincere and patriotic leader that he used for years to portray himself…
In summary, the man did not change politically or strategically President Micheal Aoun or his Free Patriotic Movement Party after forging an alliance with both of them. Practically, Geagea did no bring president Aoun or his followers politically and stances wise to the Middle as he proudly, but falsely alleges.
He also he did not move Aoun an inch from where he went in 2006 after his alliance with Hezbollah.. the Iranian armed terrorist and denominational proxy. Instead, Dr. Geagea himself and definitely based on very wrong grandiose personal, and patriotic calculations he and against all odds joined president Aoun and his party in their Hezbollah alliance.
Geagea in reality and practicality has abandoned all that is Lebanese Forces historical stances, convictions and sacrifices.. The dilemma here lies in the unfortunate fact that his followers with very few muted exceptions worship him and where ever he goes they blindly follow and glorify his wisdom!! Yes, and for sure it is a sad reality, but it is the reality that we are living and witnessing at the present time.
In conclusion, Samir Geagea is now in the same limbo and bizarre position that he and again based on wrong calculations put himself and his party and the Christian community after accepting the “Taef Accord” in year 1989, when willingly he dismantled the strong and influential LF militia and handed over its weapons to the Lebanese-Syrian armies, while Hezbollah remained fully intact political and militarily.
Currently, Geagea is a hostage of his own deviated stances and can not go back to where he was after burning with Saad Al Hariri their ships and destroying the 14th of March alliance. At the same time he and Hariri are not and can not making any difference where they are.
Both, Geagea and Hariri by destroying and dismantling the sovereign and patriotic 14th of march Alliance not only lost themselves, the cause and their free decision making process, but directly or in directly they have totally succumbed to and accepted unconditionally the Iranian occupation of Lebanon.
Practically they became mere tools in Hezbollah’s leadership hands.
Below is a comment that Roger Bejjani posted on his face Book on December 13/16…It describes honestly and straightforwardly how many Lebanese patriotics envisage the current choices of Dr. Samir Geagea
(I wish I would see the LF (Lebanese Forces) and Geagea above the fray, différentiant in the eyes of the Lebanese not compared to the rest of the politicians cheese eaters. Unfortunately, 45 years of resistance, military, intellectual and moral seem to have had reason to the intrepid hakim who suddenly decided to join the club of politicians cheese eaters, despised once both by Bachir that by him. As we bend the spine once and/or we dial once with Hezbollah terrorists and/or we dive head the snout first in the dish of rotten cheese, we can no longer recover. The cries of victory has the con we nagging with the poor idiots stirring their sectarian instincts the most primitive are effective in the short term. In May the snow will melt and what will be will be very visible.My disappointment in the LF and in hakim makes me sad. Never before 18 January 2016, I had lost faith in this organization in general and in Geagea in particular. Unfortunately Hakim seems to have lost his references.)
