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Samir Geagea , né le 25 octobre 1952, à Ain-el-Remmaneh , est un ancien chef de milice et homme politique libanais. Il est marié à Sethrida Tawk. Pendant la guerre civile libanaise, il est très proche de Bachir Gemayel, chef de la milice des Forces libanaises ; il lui succède quand Bachir est assassiné en 1982. Son rôle pendant le conflit est très controversé: accusé de nombreux crimes, dont les assassinats du premier ministre Rachid Karamé et du chef de milice chrétien Tony Frangié, il est jugé après la guerre dans des conditions inéquitables. Il passe 11 ans en prison entre 1994 et 2005 avant de reprendre une place dans la vie politique libanaise. Wikipedia  

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“They were long, dark, black years.”

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As quoted in "Lebanese ex-warlord is released" in BBC News (26 July 2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4716701.stm

“I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.”

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November 2004, speaking to a delegation from the Human Rights Committee of the Lebanese Parliament, quoted in "Samir Geagea will be out of Jail this weekend" in Ya Libnan (18 July 2005) http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/07/samir_geagea_wi.php

“Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying (as a minority christians).”

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March 1989, addressing crowds in ain el remeneh.

“I have spent 11 horrific years in solitary confinement in a 6-square-meter dungeon three floors underground without sunlight or fresh air. But I endured my hardships because I was merely living my convictions.”

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On his release from prison, quoted in "Samir, Sitrida Geagea Airborne for Month-Long Recuperation Abroad" at Lebanese Forces.com (26 July 2005) http://www.lebaneseforces.com/2005_07_01_archive.asp

“You have come out of the big prison which you had been put in and you have taken me out with the same act from the small prison which I had been put in.”

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Upon being released from Yarze prison, as quoted in an Associate Press report "Ex-Christian Warlord Released in Lebanon" by Zeina Karam (26 July 2005)
Variant translation: Now that you (Lebanese people) have come out of the great prison to which you were confined, you have released me from the small prison in which I was put.
Full text of speech made on his release from prison (26 July 2005) http://www.lebanonwire.com/0705/05072701LW.asp