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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Court Charges Geagea over Beirut Violence

LF leader Samir Geagea speaks during an interview with Reuters at his home in Maarab in the mountains overlooking the seaside town of Jounieh, October 31, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

A military court has charged Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea over deadly clashes in Beirut last October, a judicial source said on Thursday, a move that could stoke political tension two months before an election.

An LF official in said the charge against him was political, and the investigation into the violence had been political from the start.

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