and terrorist forces, the Lebanese Canadian Coordination Council (LCCC) bows in respect and tribute to the souls of the martyrs of the Cedars nation, military, civilian, and men of religion alike, and to the thousands of handicapped and injured. We raise our prayers humbly to Almighty God asking him with the benevolence of Lebanon’s saints Charbel, Rafqa, and Hardini, to have mercy on the souls of all those who died in the field of duty. And to nurse the wounds of all sufferers, and for the return of those forcefully displaced from their homes.
The LCCC calls for the uncovering of the fate of all missing and kidnapped Lebanese citizens detained arbitrarily without any due process in Syrian prisons.
stance of denial was, and still is, adopted by Lebanese officials, politicians, and warlords from the Syrian occupation era.
is a nation of sacrifices, eternity, and holiness. This nation is proud of the will of liberation and peaceful resistance, which the Syrian occupation failed to snuff out, and of the great sacrifices offered by its free people during those dark long years. This will to freedom was displayed again in the Cedars Revolution of March 14, 2005 in a popular expression never before seen in Lebanon’s history.
will be exposed sooner or later, and then there will be tears and gnashing of teeth.
On October 13, 1990 the Syrian Army savagely invaded the last remaining free regions of Lebanon, killed and mutilated hundreds of Lebanese soldiers and innocent citizens in cold blooded murder, kidnapped tens of soldiers, officers, clergymen, politicians and citizens, sent the legitimate government into exile and erected a subservient and puppet government. Since then, the Lebanese people commemorate the painful event each year on October 13.