Jumblat Meets Hariri, Hits Back at Nasrallah over Nusra Remarks
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat hit back on Tuesday at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who said that people should not differentiate between the extremist al-Nusra Front and Islamic State groups.
He said via Twitter: “As long as there remains a single Syrian fighting the terrorist regime of Bashar Assad, then I support that Syrian.”
Nasrallah had declared during a speech on Monday: “We should not fool ourselves in differentiating between the Nusra Front and IS. They are both of the same essence, mentality, spirit, action, and goal.”
“We hope to find someone, especially someone in Lebanon, who would explain this to us,” he said in an indirect reference to Jumblat, who in October had refused to label al-Nusra Front as a terrorist group.
He instead stated that it consists of Syrian citizens.
Jumblat continued on Tuesday: “It appears that the media affiliated with the IS and the manner in which its executions are filmed are aimed at diverting attention from crimes being committed elsewhere.”
“Up until this moment, over two million Syrians have been killed or wounded and ten million have been displaced,” said the MP of the ongoing uprising against the Assad regime.
“This is my final answer and I hope your consciences can now rest,” he added to his followers on Twitter.
“This is my opinion and I know that it will not change the balance of power in the region, but my conscience is clear,” Jumblat remarked.
Later on Tuesday, Jumblat, accompanied by his son Taimur, visited al-Mustaqbal movement leader MP Saad Hariri at the Center House in Beirut.
Talks tackled “the political situations and the local and regional developments,” according to a statement issued by Hariri's office.
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17 February 2015, 20:16
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Mr. Jumb - You are a compulsive coward and very unwise. If you think that such silly words of support for the thugs in Syria would ingratiate you with them, you would be mistaken. Rest assured Mr Jumb that if ISIS/Nusra win the war in Syria you and all your people would face the same fate that the Yazidis in Iraq had faced.
17 February 2015, 21:52
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and Let's say this syrian that remains fighting Assad is from ISIS or Al nusra, do you Jumblat fight him ? Al nusra and ISIS are the same, both whahabit, they differs on some minors things, before ISIS, Al nusra were doing the beheadings, Isis is a group inside al Nusra that didn't want to be under Ayman el Zawaheri so they left al Nusra and they became the incontrobale monster like now, not Even the west (Nato ect ..) control them now.
18 February 2015, 01:20
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Loooooool Walid Bek the joker of Lebanese politics always trying to take a neutral stance on everything... But seriously he's the smartest politician in Lebanon. He is the unquestioned leader of his people in Lebanon, and his concern is what's best for his people. If the other sects were united under one person, perhaps there wouldn't be as much dysfunction.
18 February 2015, 02:28
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Nasrallah had declared during a speech on Monday: “We should not fool ourselves in differentiating between the Nusra Front and IS. They are both of the same essence, mentality, spirit, action, and goal.
I agree with Nasrallah except that I will add HA to the mix. ISIS. Nusra and HA are of the same essence, mentality, spirit, action with diverging goals. ISIS/Nusra for Caliphate and HA for Welayat Elfaqih.
18 February 2015, 15:36
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That is the worst thing to do, yes indeed Jumblat knows Al Nusra beheads druze in Syria, he just fall down on his knees and kiss their feet. Just like he would do for Israel and USA if they seek to slaughter his people, no resistance just kissing.
18 February 2015, 17:46
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“It appears that the media affiliated with the IS and the manner in which its executions are filmed are aimed at diverting attention from crimes being committed elsewhere.”
sure! NO m8ers acknowledge that their beloved assad commits the very same crimes as isis... bad for their propaganda... yet they support a butcher...
it makes them NO better than ISIS...
