MOSCOW—Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday a journalist pulled off a plane that was forced down in Minsk had been plotting a bloody rebellion and accused the West of waging a hybrid war against him. In his defiant remarks, his first in public since he ordered a warplane to intercept a Ryanair flight between EU members Greece and Lithuania, he showed no hint of backing down from a confrontation with countries that accuse him of air piracy. “As we predicted, our ill-wishers from outside the country and from inside the country changed their methods of attack on the state,” Lukashenko, 66, told the parliament. “They have crossed many red lines and have abandoned common sense and human morals.” Belarus has already been subject to EU and U.S. sanctions since Lukashenko cracked down on pro-democracy protests after a disputed election last year. But his decision to intercept an international airliner …