Sentence examples for geagea from inspiring English sources

Samir Geagea, the wartime Lebanese Christian militia leader, was indeed put on trial for the murder of Prime Minister Rashid Karami and spent 11 years in prison in Beirut, languishing in the basement of the defence ministry after - say his friends - quite a lot of torture.

(He also arranged a pardon for Samir Geagea, a Maronite Christian militia leader, who had been convicted of four political murders, including the assassination, in 1987, of Prime Minister Rashid Karami).

In April, Samir Geagea, the leader of a Christian party known as Lebanese Forces, narrowly survived a sniper attack while strolling outside his house.

Like Mr. Geagea, Mr. Farrah said he favored democratic means to counter Hezbollah and Syrian influence.

Mr. Geagea said the government could be forced out through political pressure and democratic means alone, and he distanced himself from the armed Sunni supporters of the March 14 alliance who have taken to the streets this year.

Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces, one of Lebanon's main Christian parties, demanded action, even if it meant a replay of Nahr al-Bared.

In January 1990 intense strife broke out in East Beirut between Aoun and Samir Geagea, who then headed the LF, which proved very costly for the Maronite community and, over several months, resulted in the deaths of numerous (mostly Christian) Lebanese.

The Syrian National Socialist Party's former leader Fayed Shakr – a Shia from the Bekaa Valley – turned up to blame the Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea and the Sunni ex-prime minister Saad Haririi's Future Party.

"It missed me by chance, or by providence," said Mr. Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces, one of the country's main Christian parties, of the apparent attempt on his life April 4. "It depends on if you are a believer or not".

The assassination attempt against Mr. Geagea, a critic of Hezbollah and Syria, and another soon after on Mustafa Jeha, a lesser-known figure with similar views, served as a reminder of ever-lurking instability.

Thus far, Mr. Geagea has spoken only in vague terms about who he believes was behind the attempt on his life, offering hints while not naming names.