affirms to the Lebanese that he will continue to shoulder the responsibility in safeguarding the constitution and the laws. |
But Lebanon will never be ruled from Syria. This will no longer happen. |
could not have been taken without the approval of top-ranked Syrian security officials and could not have been further organized without the collusion of their counterparts in the Lebanese security forces. |
Hariri was a big problem to Syria. |
I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. |
I prefer to settle this matter after a peace agreement is signed between Lebanon, Israel and Syria and Israel, |
I think we will soon be able to prove the contrary. |
is to get the truth behind the assassination of Hariri in response to the demands of the Lebanese people themselves. There are some people who want the truth to remain hidden and are threatened by what the truth may reveal and I think that that's the link with the May Chidiac attack yesterday. |
Lebanon is a center of terrorism and regional instability, and we have all seen what happened yesterday in this regard, |
made it very clear ... that the United States is engaged in the peace process. |
Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did. |
Right now we have to think of our country, |
The elections are behind us and we don't see anything in front of us but the future of Lebanon, |
The Lebanese people voted this time for change, ... So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision. |
was organized by Syrian and Lebanese security officials. |