Throughout Lebanon's
history no man was able to cause as much harm and suffering
to the Christian community as Michel Aoun did.
He began as a simple army officer, then prostituted himself
to his superiors or LF leaders to gain positions and when
he did, he would turn on his allies and attack them everyway
he could. Aoun managed to do in one year what the Syrians
and the Palestinians failed to do in 20 years time. Aoun
managed to destroy our community like no one did, to divide
our people, weaken our political stance, cause the death
of hundreds even thousands of people, damaged our free
Christian regions heavily and all that for a stupid chair.
This is a chronology of Aoun’s relations with the
LF through his drive to presidency, showing how this man
climbed positions through lies, deceit and how he divided
the Christians and led them to a deadly war that we are
still paying its price till now; while his majesty is
in France making his blind followers think he is still
the savior that our nation has been waiting for.
Aoun (1980): The first fight with the LF headed by Sheikh
Bashir at the time.
In the late 1980s, General Aoun was still an officer in
the army who fought fiercely the Palestinians in the Tal
El Za3tar. He requested from Sheikh Bashir that he pressures
President Sarkis to appoint him as head of the army section
in Mount Lebanon to handle the Palestinian attacks along
with the LF and so join the efforts.
Few days after Aoun was assigned to this post, he started
harassing the LF units present in Mount Lebanon and refused
to answer Sheikh Bashir’s calls for an explanation
of these aggressions against the LF. Things got worse
when Aoun invaded the Badaro central, which was an essential
location for monitoring for the LF.
Two days later, Aoun finally showed up and contact was
made with him and this was part of the dialogue that occurred
between him and an LF high responsible:
LF responsible: "shou 2ostak ma3
Bashir?"
Aoun: "La chay2 , 2amma el jaysh
3ala 2ared 2amma Antom."
This was back in 1980 and Aoun had already started showing
his hatred towards the LF at a time our country was still
heavily threatened by the Palestinians and the Syrians.
Aoun (June 1984):
After Sheikh Amine Gemayel was elected for president,
he decided to change the head of the army and Aoun was
among the favorites. Aoun met with the LF to get their
support and quoted when asked if he had any plans on attacking
the LF after being appointed:
"Bikoun chi? ana minkoum wou feekoun, Ana 2odroub
el Kouwat el Lebnaniyye? Ana 2ouwajjih Baroudi 2ila seder
masi7e?"
And in another meeting he assured "2inna darba el
Kouwat 3ala yadi lan ya7ssol wou 2annahou damana lil Kouwat”.
On the 23rd of June 1984, news that Aoun was going to
surprise the LF by a sudden attack to take over the military
council (Majliss el 7arbi) and the "7awoud el khamiss"
and the roads leading to it were heard. Fadi Frem quickly
asked for clarifications from Aoun, but Aoun who apparently
lost the surprise factor denied any attack was planned.
Aoun (15 January 1986):
After Dr. Geagea assumed the leadership of the LF by putting
out HK (who was kept alive by orders from Michel el Murr,
Michel Aoun and the Syrians), Hk and his followers were
driven out at that time in four armored vehicles property
of the LF, and Aoun was supposed to give them back. When
a few days later, cars were still not returned, Pakradoni
vice president of Hakim called Aoun and this was what
came in the dialogue:
Note: Aoun's sentences are not available but you can conclude
them from Pakradoni's responses what he said.
Pakradoni: "Bonsoir General. ma3ak
karim Pakradoni 3ala el khatt. keef el 2a7wel General.Inchallah
Mirte7."
Aoun: …
Pakradoni: " Eh General . Bass hawoudi
la 2ilna. "
Aoun: ...
Pakradoni: "La ma fi yiddi3e 2annaha
Melek khass, keef melek khass. chou houwwe chere hal siyyarat
min bet bayyo? "
Aoun: ...
Pakradoni: "Hayda mich manti2. Ma
bimsa7lak t2elle hek. Inta 3miltilna 2al wataniyye wel
2amene"
Here Pakradoni hung up the phone and the cars were never
given back by Aoun.
Later that year, the LF needed army officers to train
LF soldiers to restructure the whole LF. Aoun did not
respond arguing that " la2anno 3ala el ketef 7immel"
or "la2anno Amine natirni 3ala da2ra baddo yichilne".
Later on Simon Kassis head of the army intelligence assigned
several officers to help the LF but they never came and
when Aoun was asked about that his answer was "ma
7ada 2alle chi. ma 7ada 2a3tene chi".
This is how Aoun dealt with the LF from Bashir to Samir,
every time he wanted a higher post, he would "prostitute"
himself in front of other parties mainly the LF and when
he got the post, he would attack them on any occasion.
Aoun (September 1986): Al katee3a
After HK tried to attack Hakim back to regain his post,
the LF stood up to him and Aoun helped hoping to get 2
birds with one stone. The LF then asked permission to
put check points in Monteverde to capture the rest of
the HK followers 20 meters away from the army check point,
and Aoun's answer was "OK".
After the LF set up the checkpoint, an hour later an army
officer approached it and threatened saying that they
had 30 minutes to dismantle the check point or they would
be forced to attack them. While contacts were being made
with Aoun, the checkpoint was removed by force and the
result was 2 kills and several wounded.
The tension ascended between the LF and the army and Hakim
tried in that critical time to meet up with Aoun to settle
things once and for all through some mediators. George
Saade tried to fix a meeting but Aoun excused himself
claiming to be busy. The next 3 attempts were made by
George Gabr, first time Aoun did not attend claiming Amin
was aware of it, second time he was apparently busy with
a meeting with a UN commissioner and third time he did
not show up to.
The last attempt was made by Chaker Abou Sleiman head
of the Maronite league at the time but he failed too and
the tension was still rising.
Aoun (1988):
In 1988 after Aoun had led a large harassment campaign
against the LF, he asked Hakim to assist him in boycotting
the presidential elections in 1988. The LF asked to setup
checkpoints at Mat7af region to stop them and General's
answered saying that he could put up checkpoints wherever
he wanted. The elections were successfully boycotted.
A few days later, Jezzine MP Farid Ser7al was kidnapped;
the LF answered back and captured Adel Osseiran, minister
of defense at the time. Aoun called Hakim and told him
he cannot but answer to the kidnapping of Osseiran since
he is in the government but assured him they will fake
patrols.
Later that night the army created fights on some LF checkpoint
which resulted in attacks on all other LF checkpoints
which were mainly in Achrafiyeh and the Mat7af where Aoun
himself had allowed the LF to put check points in order
to stop the elections.
Aoun (1988): The formation of the temporary military government
The formation of a new government was necessary since
Amin Gemayel's presidential mandate ended. All christian
parties met and when Aoun asked Hakim about what he'll
do if he (Aoun) was not included in the new government,
Hakim answered:
"Iza ken 7aza el mawdou3 yihemmak ya general, fa
ana 2ou2akkid 2innana la nakbal ka ouwet 2an youkilouka
min 2al kiyada wa 2innana la nakbal aydan 2an tou2allaf
la takoun chakhsiyyan 3adouwwan fiha. Iza 7awala ta2lif
7oukoume wa 2istab3adaka fa ana lan 2ouwafik 3ala el 2ichtirak
fiha".
Then Hakim continued: " Wa Lakin fil moukabil ya
general yajib 2an nantahi minal jawou el mou3adi lil kouwat
al mawjoud fil jaysh."
Aoun replied (lifting his broken arm): Bi charafe el 3askare
ya Samir khallas. 2i3tibir el Jaysh mitil el Ouwet wel
Ouwet mitil el Jaysh. Khallas khallas. 2ittafa2na 2ittafa2na.
When Hakim asked him of his position if he (Hakim) was
not included in the new government, he replied: "
Ana 2arfod zalika. Wa haza min beb to7sseel el 7assil".
Later at night in the meeting, right before Amin declared
his decision, Hakim asked Aoun if he accepts to be in
a civil government, Aoun answered: No. Then he continued
asking him if he accepts to be in a military government,
Aoun replied "Iza badkoun".
Here Hakim felt that some hidden agenda was about to show
so he took Aoun aside and told him: "Ya general 2innahoum
ya3maloun kil hal chi likay nakhtalif ana wa inta ma3
ba3dina", so he answered: "abadan. Bi charafe
el 3askare sa2a3oud wa 2ouwassi3ouha fima ba3ed 7atta
tosbi7 siyyasiyya".
And so after promising Hakim yet again and gave his word
(his word as general of the army) that he will not enter
a new government without Hakim in it he showed how low
and untruthful and filthy he could be when he accepted
to head the new temporary military government that Amin
declared later. Notice here that the three muslims that
were included in the new government retreated from it
just after it was declared.
END OF PART I. PART II COMING SOON.
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