Hezbollah to March14: Whoever is Used to Cheating can Only Excel in Fabrications

Local Editor

In response to alleges made by some March 14 figures and reported by several websites affiliated to them on the assassination of late MP Gebran Tueni, Hezbollah said “March 14 coalition’s stance about several issues based on fabricated documents and facts which are not accurate proves day by day that whoever is used to cheating can only excel in fabrications.”

In a statement issued on Monday, Hezbollah denied “any involvement whatsoever” in Tueni's assassination, saying it is “awaiting the judiciary’s ruling in this case.”

“The latest wave March 14 went through was what Saudi Arabia's Al-Arabiya prepared and claimed were documents it attributed to Syrian opposition members, inventing events and fabricating accusations that have nothing to do with the reality, including the assassination of late MP Gebran Tueni,” the statement said.

“It was not surprising that those who had excelled in fabricating false witnesses have resorted to fake documents whose authenticity has been questioned by their regional allies, on top of which were the Qataris and Turks, who considered Al-Arabiya documents as false, fabricated and baseless something that calls into question whether March 14 forces have received an American memo to strain the domestic conditions,” Hezbollah added.

While Hezbollah denied any involvement in the assassination of Tueni, it stressed its condemnation of political assassinations, noting that “some of those claiming keenness on safety of the country and its people do not enjoy the minimum sense of responsibility.”

Last week, Al-Arabiya television released what it claimed were leaked communiqués between Syrian intelligence and the state's leadership. In the documents, references were made to Hezbollah and its alleged activities with the Syrian security apparatus, according to websites.

One of the alleged communiqués – sent from the head of the operations department in Syrian Intelligence Hasan Abdel Rahman to the head of State Intelligence Assef Shawkat – claimed an operation, referred to as “mission 213,” was successfully completed ‘with the help of Hezbollah members.’

The Saudi-based television channel said this communiqué was sent on the same day MP and journalist Gebran Tueni was killed in a car bomb on Dec. 12, 2005.