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Samir Geagea Meets LF France
Recently Samir Geagea met with Lebanese Forces memebers in France. Click here to download a video from the meeting.
[WMV 10.2MB From Lebanese-Forces.org]

Georges "Jessy" Succar Passed Away
Georges "Jessy" Succar was a veteran of Tal el Zaatar battle, was wounded in Tal El Zaatar, Fought in battles all over Lebanon, in the Aswak, Fanadik, Zahleh, Iklim, Deir il Kamar, Koura, and Knat. The LF has Lost a true and honest Fighter/Leader, he served under William Hawi, BACH, Fadi Frem (Horse was his best man at his wedding), Fouad Abi Nader, Elie Hobeika (HK) and Hakim. But I will remember him mostly for the summer of 75 during the battle of Koura when he fought in the Early days Alongside the hero and martyr Chibil "Bilo" Issa il khoury.

The son of a Lebanese Hero and Patriot of Early Lebanon and WWII Fighter Pilot Commander Emile Succar, young Georges Emile Succar passed away from a Heart Attack last week.

Rafi' Jessy we owe it to Brave men like you, to carry on the struggle, in the words of W. Churchill, "Never Never, Never Give up"

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 | Permalink

Speech by Daniel Spiro
We have a short video of the speech given by Daniel Spiro today. The video was taken by Ejram.

Right click on link and then Save As
Daniel Spiro Speech at Bkerki

Posted by 40-Tactical on Sunday, December 28, 2003 | Permalink

Beirut bound Plane crashes on coast of Benin
A Beirut-bound charter jet crashed Thursday on takeoff from a coastal airport in the tiny West African country of Benin, killing at least 36 people, a Lebanese security official said.

He said Benin authorities had recovered 36 bodies from the wreckage. Authorities also reported finding at least four survivors, he said.

The Lebanese security official quoted Benin authorities as saying it appeared the Boeing jet was overloaded and hit a building during takeoff, causing it to crash.

It was not immediately known how many people were on the plane, but sources in Benin told CNN they believed as many as 140 passengers plus the crew were aboard.

Benin TV showed video of wreckage on a beach and reported that the plane crashed during takeoff from the international airport at Cotonou, which hugs the Atlantic Ocean. Benin lies adjacent to most of Nigeria's western border.

The security official said the Boeing 727 was a chartered plane belonging to a company called UTA. There is a significant Lebanese presence throughout West Africa and most of the aircraft's passengers apparently were Lebanese nationals returning to their country for Christmas.

click here to view pictures of this tragic event

Posted by 40-Tactical on Thursday, December 25, 2003 | Permalink

LF AUB Christmas Stand
The Back To Roots Club had a Christmas stand for 3 days collecting gifts for the children of the LF martyrs. They managed to collect over 100 gifts worth more than $400.

Gifts will be distributed to LF orphans so that they have a Merry Christmas like everyone else. Christmas is all about love, the family, friends and most of all needy people.

The LF has expressed this true spirit throughout the years; it has kept the true Christmas spirit alive. It has kept its strong commitment to our savior Jesus Christ and his teachings throughout the hardest of times.

We thank everyone who contributed in helping the orphans and wish you all a Merry Christmas.

click here for pictures of the LF AUB Christmas Stand

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 | Permalink

Bandwidth
Some of you may have noticed a "Bandwidth Exceeded" error while trying to download the media files. This problem has been solved now and won't happen again.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 | Permalink

LF Christmas Cards 2003
Thank you LFAUB for sending us the cards.

Masla7a Christmas Card
Outside
Inside

Ilige Christmas Card
Outside
Inside

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, December 22, 2003 | Permalink

Sfeir defends church’s right to role in politics
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said on Sunday that the church’s defense of people’s freedom and the country’s sovereignty is not an interference in politics but a political responsibility. Speaking during Sunday Mass, Sfeir said: “The church is not interfering in politics and political disputes, but being politically responsible, which stems from its role as the primary caretaker of its people. It is responsible for their fate, freedom and dignity as citizens possessing political rights and public freedoms.” After Mass, the patriarch met with a delegation from the Employees and Workers Union at Casino du Liban that submitted a memorandum stating their problems to Sfeir. The memo addressed general issues pertaining to workers in the country such as foreign competition, the danger of privatization, unemployment as well as national issues. The memo also expressed the delegation’s refusal of plans to resettle Palestinian refugees in their host countries and called for resolving the Lebanese University’s crisis. It demanded that owners of diesel-powered buses would be treated justly and given fair compensation. The memo denounced the failure of MPs to satisfy the demands of workers and urged President Emile Lahoud to put an end to squandering. “How can we remain silent as workers when the minimum wage is LL300,000, which is not enough to buy bread, when an MP … who should defend us … has allocations of more than LL11 million per month.” the statement questioned. Sfeir also met with a delegation of Lebanese Forces (LF) students who presented to the prelate a study on youth emigration. The LF’s student committee is working on halting the brain drain. The delegation submitted a memorandum urging the government to “treat the causes of the crisis politically and economically … by promoting national consensus, protecting freedoms, building a transparent and productive administration and creating job opportunities.” It said that if emigration continued, it would be one of the main factors that pave the way for resettlement. The memo urged churches to study ways to end emigration and encourage young people to stay here and called on civil associations and political parties to give the issue top priority. According to the memo, expatriates should stop comparing their societies with the Lebanese society and should develop a sense of belonging here through moral and financial assistance. The statement urged both Christians and Muslims to stop thinking in terms of majorities and minorities and work together for the country’s interest.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, December 22, 2003 | Permalink

No More Donations
We have stopped collecting donations since we need to buy the toys and gifts now for the martyrs children and families. For those of you who donated we would like to thank you on behalf of the martyrs families. We would also like to thank the LF at AUB who currently have a stand setup there and are collecting toys for the kids. We also want to say thank you to all the people who supported this good cause, all the wardens who helped collect the money and also the two other LF sites who helped out in a great way LFboston.org and the official Italian site forze-libanesi.it. Finally a special thanks to our warden Aline in UAE for her dedication.
Thank you everyone and Merry Christmas.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Sunday, December 21, 2003 | Permalink

Last day for donations
Today is the last day to send in your donations for the LF children. click here to find out how to donate

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, December 20, 2003 | Permalink

Pope likes Gibson's 'Passion of Christ'
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Pope John Paul II has seen the controversial Mel Gibson movie, "The Passion of Christ," and he liked it, Vatican sources said Wednesday.

"It is as it was," the sources quoted the pope as saying.

The National Catholic Reporter, a weekly Catholic magazine, first broke the news. The magazine quoted a senior Vatican official who spoke on condition of anonymity as saying, "The Holy Father watched and enjoyed the film."

The Vatican has refused to comment on the matter publicly. The magazine reported that the pope watched a tape of the movie provided by the film's producers.

The film, which depicts the final 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life, is to be released on Ash Wednesday, February 25. It has already come under fire from some Jewish and Roman Catholic groups that are concerned it will fuel anti-Semitism.

The Anti-Defamation League has raised concerns because of what it calls "obvious historical mistakes" in the screenplay. It says a committee of nine Jewish and Catholic scholars reviewed early versions of the screenplay and "found it to be historically inaccurate, unfaithful to the gospel narratives and to project a uniformly negative picture of Jews."

"The screenplay depicts the Jewish society at the time of Jesus as the central force behind the decision for crucifixion, graphically implying that the Jews bear the responsibility for the death of Jesus," the Anti-Defamation League says. Others, including many Christians, such as Billy Graham, and media Web personality Matt Drudge, who is Jewish, have called the film "beautiful" and "magical." Biblical scholars have called Gibson's reading of the New Testament into question, and rumors abound that the script's sources include an 18th-century Roman Catholic mystic.

Gibson's company, Icon Productions, has denied the rumors. The movie was to have been shown at a Vatican-sponsored film festival earlier this month, but Gibson pulled the movie because he wanted to re-edit parts of the film. The actor, who wrote and co-produced the film, at that time said he would be happy to re-schedule a preview in the Vatican once the movie was finished.

click here to download the trailer for the passion
(right click then save as)

Posted by 40-Tactical on Thursday, December 18, 2003 | Permalink

Israel's army phases out Uzi submachine gun
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's military is phasing out the legendary Uzi submachine gun, calling it antiquated and replacing it with more sophisticated, electronics-outfitted weaponry, an army spokesman said Wednesday.

But the Uzi, a national icon and the country's most famous contribution to the arms industry, will still be produced and exported, to the presumable delight of drug dealers, gang members, Secret Service agents and Hollywood action stars alike.

Israel's military took the simply constructed, half-century-old weapon out of front line units two decades ago, but continued to issue it to some elite units and soldiers carrying heavy gear who needed a light weapon for self-defense.

Now the army says it will dump it altogether.

As of this week, "we're no longer training soldiers on the Uzi," said army spokesman Capt. Jacob Dallal. "Basically, it's antiquated," he said of the 9-mm weapon.

click here to read the rest of the article on cnn

Posted by 40-Tactical on Thursday, December 18, 2003 | Permalink

Lebanese Forces Children
Since 1990, the Lebanese Forces have been organizing a Christmas party for LF orphans and sending gifts to LF martyrs families. We have 10,000 martyrs. Each martyr equals one, or more, families. When we were still at the apogee of our power, each year every family was taken care of, not one family was forgotten. Since 1994, and the disbanding of the Lebanese Forces, this effort was led on a personal initiative by a couple of comrades who made sure that each year, no matter what were the circumstances, the LF children would have their Christmas celebration.

This year we will be collecting donations which will go towards the purchase of toys for the children. Show how much you care. Show what the Lebanese Forces means to you. These orphans, widows, and mothers are still crying over their lost sons and have no one but you. They need your help NOW. We all need to help, even if just by a small prayer.

If you can, and your situation allows you, we need your financial aid. We have arranged three channels for donations:

1- Money transfer to an LF bank account in the states set up especially for this purpose. Account number: 10875-14461; Bank of America

2- Through selected wardens in your country; (check the list below)

3- Through direct donations to the St. Elige organization in Lebanon. Call one of these two numbers: +961 3 778110, or +961 3 200324

ALL THE MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN
Each toy costs LL5,000. A donation of $10 for example would buy 3 gifts for 3 children. A $100 would buy 30 gifts for 30 children etc..

Wardens List:
If you live in any of the countries below, you can contact the wardens in those countries and they can collect the money from you.

Kuwait:
Ramzi
Ramzi@ouwet.com
Tel: +965 6120244

USA, California:
Bozo
sadem_bozo@hotmail.com

USA, Cleveland:
lfcleveland@yahoo.com

USA, New England:
kamikaz10452@hotmail.com

UAE, Dubai:
Aline
airani2005@yahoo.com

Italy:
Ernest
info@forze-libanesi.it
Tel: +39-349-7368946

Lebanon:
Elias
+961 3 200324

You will receive a receipt for any donation made. Thank you for your cooperation.

If you have any questions please send them to
webmaster@lebaneseforces.com

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 | Permalink

New Songs
Three new songs were added to the Audio Archive:
Al Assad Sarakh
Dam3it Hizin
Libnan Houbouka

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, December 15, 2003 | Permalink

Site Statistics
The LebaneseForces.com statistics for the month of November is now online. There was a 12% increase in visitors over the month of October. click here to view the stats

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, December 15, 2003 | Permalink

LF Recital
We just received pictures from todays LF Recital. We will be getting details of the event plus more pictures tomorrow.
click here to see the pictures from todays event

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, December 13, 2003 | Permalink

LF Children Donations - Italy
We have updated the donations page by adding the contact info for our warden in Italy. If you are in Italy and would like to donate to the LF Children, here is our contact:

Ernest
info@forze-libanesi.it
+39-349-7368946


Thank you in advance

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, December 13, 2003 | Permalink

LF Children Donations
If you were having problems emailing the wardens in the USA, we have fixed this issue and you can contact them now.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Friday, December 12, 2003 | Permalink

LF Grabs Hekmeh's Student Presidency from FPM
The Free Patriotic Movement lost the presidency of Hekmeh's student executive committee for 2003-2004 to the Lebanese Forces in the university's student elections Wednesday. The LF allied with the opposition branch of the Phalange party against the FPM and the National Liberal Party.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Friday, December 12, 2003 | Permalink

Suicide Bomber Arrested at U.S. Embassy in Aukar, Lebanon
A would-be suicide bomber was arrested outside the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanese security officials said. The man was carrying explosives with the apparent aim of blowing himself up inside the embassy compound in the Beirut suburb of Aukar, the officials said. A senior Lebanese military official said the suspected bomber, a Lebanese identified as Abed Mreish, was arrested by Lebanese soldiers at an army checkpoint about 500 meters from the embassy compound. "The man was carrying a kilogram of explosives in a small suitcase," the official told The Associated Press, refusing to speculate on the man's motives, and adding that Mreish, in his 30s, was being interrogated by army officers. The U.S. Embassy official confirmed that a man with "a suspicious package" was arrested when he tried to enter the embassy. Wednesday's incident came less than a week after the U.S. State Department urged Americans in Lebanon to keep a low profile, vary times and routes of travel and avoid Palestinian refugee camps because of growing tensions and anti-American rhetoric in the Middle East. On May 30, the United States reopened its consulate in Beirut, nearly 20 years since its closure during the war.

Taken from Naharnet

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 | Permalink

Charles Malek Tribute
On the anniversary of the Universal Decleration of Human Rights, the LF at USJ will be organizing a seminar as a hommage to Dr. Charles Malek. The hommage will be held at the Medical School on Wednesday the 10th of December at 5pm. click here to view the flyer

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 | Permalink

Christmas Recital
The Lebanese Forces Students will be holding a Christmas recital on Friday the 12th of December at 8pm. The recital will be held at the Mar Antonios Church.
Click here for the invitation card
Click here for the poster of the event

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, December 08, 2003 | Permalink

Camille Chamoun day at AUB
The Back To Roots club, in collaboration with the NLP students organization are organizing an exhibition to commemorate the great Camille Chamoun, one of the most distinguished leader, founder of the National Liberal Party, was among the founders of the Lebanese Front and most importantly was one of the rare presidents who worked for Lebanon and the Lebanese people.

The inauguration of the exhibition will be held on Wednesday the 10th of December at the American University of Beirut, West Hall.

A conference entitled "President Chamoun through his contemporates" will take place in the Bathish room and will be presented by Dory Chamoun, head of the NLP party and son of President Chamoun. Mahmoud Ammar, Khalil Khalil and Ghassan Tueni will also be present to talk about their experience with Camille Chamoun.

More than 20 political and social figures will be attending this event, among them we will Amine Gemayel, Solange Gemayel, Strida Geagea, Pierre Gemayel, Hares Chehab, Nadim Lteif, Gabriel el Murr, Poussy Achkar, George Deeb and more.

The exhibition will continue from Wednesday the 10th till Friday the 12th of December 2003 from 9am to 5pm.

Everyone is invited to attend the conference and visit the exhibition.

click here to view the poster

www.LFAUB.com

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, December 08, 2003 | Permalink

El Amrou Li (The Command is Mine) - Samir Geagea
Two words, ONE leader. Only ONE leader, and no one else. No one but Samir Geagea holds command of the Lebanese Forces, and we will only answer to him, we always have, and always will. Samir Geagea is more than a leader, he's a symbol, he's a living martyr, and when he chose to be incarcerated instead of enjoying freedom in some remote country, he did it for us, his Rife', his comrades, because he would not let the sacrifices we made go unacknowledged for. We have sacrificed everything, and we are still ready to sacrifice everything, and the struggle has been passed on from a generation to another, over hundreds of years. Why?? Why were all these young men ready to sacrifice their lives, leave everything, and fight? And for whom?

We all fought for one purpose: Freedom, freedom to live in a safe country, be able to pray and ring our churches' bells whenever we wanted, and remain like every poet and orientalist described us. Proud people. Proud because even the mostly illiterate shepherd knows that the Christians of Lebanon carry a heritage, and had to support the burdens of history since year 0 AD. Why we chose the Lebanese Forces? Because we always believed it will allow us to fight tyranny without being subjected to one. We always knew that our leader will lead us into battle, and not commandeer us around, that he would be a leader at reach, and one from us, a man we can always reach and dialogue with. That is why we respect Samir Geagea, and we obey him. We respect him and obey him because we love him as a brother and comrade, we admire his courage, and we are impressed by his great faith and asceticism. We do not obey him because we are afraid of him, we obey him because we know that he would never take a decision or order us any action without applying that decision to himself first. That is why Samir Geagea is The Leader, our only leader.

Today everyone in Lebanon is laughing at us while all newspapers are talking about 4 or 5 different factions of the Lebanese Forces. To all of those we say: We are ONE. And we will always be. We are the Lebanese Forces, and the Lebanese Forces cannot be limited to one person. And one person cannot monopolize Samir Geagea's or the Lebanese Forces' decisions, and chain of command. We have been struggling for 13 years, all of us, for one purpose and we are not asking for any awards, or rewards. Freedom! That is our goal and nothing or no one can interfere with us. The leadership decision of the Lebanese Forces lies in the hands of Samir Geagea, and us. Each one of us. No one can remove a comrade or relieve this comrade from his duties, especially if this comrade is a role model of sacrifice and resistance, like Toufic Hindi. We tell those whom removed Toufic Hindi from the LF that this decision will make us more attached to the Lebanese Forces, and to Samir Geagea. We tell them that they are changing the face of the Lebanese Forces, and turning it into an organization where decisions are taken against the will of the people whom carried that organization over their bare shoulders for years, without asking for anything. Today we ask for one thing, all of us, do not contribute in making us weaker. We fought and bled and lost everything for the LF, and we will always. Do not reward us by marginalizing us, we will not accept that. Our loyalty will always be clear, we are loyal to Samir Geagea and the Lebanese Forces, and we know the decision to remove our Rafi' Toufic Hindi was not taken by El Hakim. We know and we are sure. And you will also know when the day comes...

Posted by Dragunov on Friday, December 05, 2003 | Permalink

Christmas for the LF children
Dear rife', Christmas is coming soon, and the first people that come to our mind in this occasion are the children. You know that every year our guys in Lebanon organize a party for the LF children, and children of martyrs. We need your help this year, whether you're in Lebanon or abroad, you can help. We will have all details posted tonight or tomorrow afternoon, so please keep checking the site for further updates. This is an occasion to show your solidarity, and to show that you care. If you have any ideas, comments, or suggestions, contact the webmaster: mark@ouwet.com or dragunov: ramzi@ouwet.com.
Thank You

Posted by Dragunov on Thursday, December 04, 2003 | Permalink

Lack of updates
Sorry for the lack of updates by me but I have been busy with work. Starting Saturday though, things should be normal again. We will be adding 2 new sections next week and hopefully have atleast 1 new video online and 2 songs.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, December 03, 2003 | Permalink

The Testimonies of Jihad and Fadi
The official Lebanese Forces site have the testimonies of Jihad Sleiman and Fadi Mouhanna who speak about their conditions of their incarceration at the Ministry of Defense in Lebanon. They describe how they were treated, tortured and forced to admit things they didn't do. If you haven't read the testimonies already then you can by clicking here [Lebanese-Forces.org].

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 | Permalink

The Forgotten Christians of Lebanon
Once free and equal, Lebanon's Christians now struggle against tremendous odds in a country dominated by Syrian politics and an increasingly Islamized culture. - Habib C. Malik
click here to read the article at Lebanese-Forces.org

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, December 01, 2003 | Permalink


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