Raad: Future position in line with US-Zionist scheme

Source: Al-Manar, 17-4-2007
The head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Parliamentary bloc MP Mohamad Raad criticized a statement released late Monday by the Future movement of MP Saad Hariri which dismissed Hizbullah`s weapons as "illegitimate. "Raad said the Future parliamentary bloc "by describing the resistance weapons as illegitimate went too far with a scheme to reconcile with the Zionists and the Americans who want to create a new Middle East. Such a new Middle East is based on recognizing the Zionist entity, normalizing relations with it and abolishing any opposition to or resistance of the `Israeli` enemy." Raad said this description of the arms of the resistance needs an explanation and clarification not only by the Future bloc but by the masses loyal to this bloc, because this is a dangerous position on the strategic level and casts doubt about the feasibility of any dialogue. He also charged the parliamentary majority of pushing the international tribunal`s law to the U.N. Security Council to be approved under chapter seven of the international organization`s charter. "Chapter seven will not solve the Lebanese people`s problem. The tribunal is not the problem. The problem is in the government. U.N. Security Council under chapter seven is tantamount to "placing Lebanon under an international mandate."
He vowed that Hizbullah will declare its position regarding such an international resolution on time.