The Murderers’ Address is Known:
Inside Lebanon's Militia Safe Havens and Mini-States
By: Elias Bejjani
LCCC Chairman
27 April/207
The hands of crime and hate that today killed in Lebanon the young men Ziyad
Qabalan and Ziyad Ghandour are the hands of treachery, fundamentalism and
terrorism. The same hands that are drenched in the blood of the innocent, the
proud and the believers in sovereignty among our people. The same hands which,
over the decades of the wars of others on Lebanon, targeted all our martyrs
among the politicians, journalists, activists and free citizens and members of
the clergy.
May the two martyrs rest in peace in the company of those who preceded them, and
we ask the Almighty to grant their families and friends all the virtues of
patience and consolation and faith. Lebanon and all its honourable and free men
were the target of this barbaric and savage crime which, if anything, shows the
degree of abjectness and baseness to which the planners and perpetrators and
those behind them have sunken.
The purpose behind this massacre crime is clear: To sow the seed of strife among
the Lebanese communities and disseminate a state of security anarchy in the
country, in order to obstruct the rise of a strong, unified, and legitimate
State, a free, sovereign and independent State that is self-reliant on its own
institutions and armed forces, and the elimination of the authority, weapons and
influence of the militias and their mini-states and security zones, as well as
their culture of hatred and violence, the rejection of others and their
fundamentalism.
The responsibility for this crime and any ramifications that may ensue lies
squarely on the leaders and politicians of the militias who are trying by force,
blackmail and threats to prevent the State from spreading its legitimate
authority with its own armed forces over every inch of Lebanese soil. They are
the same ones who stand today in the way of implementing the international
resolutions and the control of the borders with Syria to deny the smuggling of
weapons and infiltrators into Lebanon.
We urge everyone to display patience and have faith, to remain committed to the
Lebanese State and its legitimate institutions, and not be dragged into the
trappings of internecine strife and infighting. We call on the security forces
of the army and police to shoulder their responsibilities and uncover the
criminals and hand them over to justice. We from the Lebanese Canadian
Coordinating Council (LCCC) strongly condemn this crime and join our voice to
those who rely on the Almighty to guide us on the right path.
*Elias Bejjani
Chairman for the Canadian Lebanese Coordinating Council (LCCC)
Human Rights activist, journalist & political commentator.
Spokesman for the Canadian Lebanese Human Rights Federation (CLHRF)
E.Mail phoenicia@hotmail.com
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