Berri Fears Plans to Divide Syria, Lebanon
House Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed Thursday the recent reports about a plan to assassinate him. However, he added that similar plan targeted Head of LA General jean Qahwaji.
In remarks to "al-Akhbar" daily, Berri said: "This man who wants to kill might have a fake name but he is certainly someone wants to throw a burning matchstick on a flammable ground."
He feather cautioned that "there is an international project or map prepared in advance to divide Syria."
"This might explain the backgrounds of what's happening in Syria and Lebanon, and in more than one place," the Speaker said.
Moreover, Berri revealed that "a European president advised various Lebanese political parties not to object the division of Lebanon into a Switzerland-like federation."
In remarks to "al-Akhbar" daily, Berri stressed that "fifteen days ago, the mentioned President stated that "Lebanon is moving to a Swiss federation"."
"All political parties should be wise and not must not object such a plan because refusing it would shake Lebanon's stability," the speaker quoted him as saying.
"The head of the EU state," Berri said, "added that "the fire is spreading rapidly and it would be wise to douse it in its cradle."
Source: al-Akhbar, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
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