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Church Bombing Anniversary
Used To Pray For Geagea
March 1, 2002
Students from the outlawed
Lebanese Forces have held
a memorial mass on the
eighth anniversary of
the bombing of Our Lady
of Salvation (saydet el
najet) church in which
LF leader Samir Geagea
was implicated, convicted
and sentenced to four
life terms in prison.
Father Saad Nimr, who
presided over the mass
service attended by tens
of students holding Geagea's
pictures and lighted candles,
said "prayer is the
best weapons to fight
oppression in this world."
Nimr charged that the
real identity of the criminals
who detonated the bombs
inside the church was
still hidden and that
others were incriminated
unjustly, in reference
to Geagea.
"We call for the
release of those who were
imprisoned unjustly and
the liberation of Lebanon
from foreign pressures
which are affecting directly
and indirectly public
freedoms especially the
freedom of expression,"
Nimr told the participants.
He said the Lebanese "both
Christians and Moslems"
want a free and independent
Lebanon without foreign
tutoring, in an obvious
reference to Syria.
The father said a special
prayer for Geagea who
is held in solitary confinement
in an underground cell
at the ministry of defense.
Only his wife and lawyers
are allowed to visit him
twice a week.
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