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"As for the telecommunications network, the army will look into the issue in a manner that is not harmful to the public interest or the security of the resistance [against Israel]."
A clear statement of priorities. Never mind that Iranian client state-within-a-state. "Lebanese army revokes government decisions against Hezbollah," from France 24:
The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had frozen measures taken by the government against the Shiite Hezbollah movement, and called for all armed militants to withdraw from the streets.
"The army command calls on all parties to (help restore calm) by ending armed protests and withdrawing gunmen from the streets and opening the roads," the military said in a statement.
It said that the head of airport security, who had been reassigned from his job, would remain in his post pending an investigation and that the army would look into a communications network set up by the militant group.
"The head of airport security, Brigadier General Wafiq Shqeir, will remain in his post until appropriate procedural measures have been taken after a probe," the statement said.
"As for the telecommunications network, the army will look into the issue in a manner that is not harmful to the public interest or the security of the resistance" against Israel, it said.
The military said it had taken these decisions in the light of a government wish that it rule on these matters. The army statement came shortly after Prime Minister Fuad Siniora made a televised address to the nation.
Tuesday's government decision to reassign Shqeir and launch a judicial probe into the communications network sparked bloody clashes that saw Hezbollah seize control of west Beirut.
Posted by Marisol at May 10, 2008 12:47 PM
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Okay. I know these people are a little bit crazy.
However, armies are for fighting, not governing.
Good God! (And, I do mean that as a prayer.) It boggles the mind. Imagine the uproar that would ensue, should the U.S. Army, for example, decide to ignore the government, and seize the reins!
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at May 10, 2008 1:13 PM
This is the clearest evidence that the Lebanese government does not control its own army.
Posted by: Liggett at May 10, 2008 1:40 PM
With all the effort we are putting into Iraq to form a Democratic Government. One would expect the State Department would make a firm commitment to the Democratic Government of Lebanon. Opportunity exists to damage Hezbollah in a major way. I doubt they can withstand a 2 front War.
Divide and Conquer. We have plenty of the first.
Posted by: flowerknife_us at May 10, 2008 3:41 PM
Don't worry about this dude.
Just looking at his picture , he is aiming for the intensive care unit soon .
at May 10, 2008 4:03 PM
Remember the horror and gnashing of teeth over a democratic election being held between two terrorist minded groups? Well, the people chose the lesser of the two evils and it did not take long for a non-democratically elected power grab take place.
At the time of the election I stated that at least if the people chose a government of terrorism we would know that the whole nation was complicit and guilty of the government's actions. This shows that, at the very least, the people in Lebanon are not in line with the worst of the power groups in that territory. My God help those people and the people of Israel.
Posted by: mekan at May 10, 2008 5:02 PM
Listening to the 'noble' President of Lebanon in his address go on and on about defending the country against the wicked Israeli enemy blah blah blah. All I could think is, God save the Christians of Lebanon... sunni, shia.... you can go to hell. Drown in each other's blood. Turn your beautiful country into a wasteland yet again.
Posted by: poetcomic1 at May 10, 2008 5:50 PM
""Lebanese army revokes government decisions against Hezbollah,"
It sounds like the Lebanese army chooses the terrorists over its own government. No wonder they fled the fighting so fast.
Posted by: pulsar182 at May 10, 2008 6:02 PM
Is the Lebanese government really a government by definition? It doesn't control the army and it doesn't control much of Lebanon. So, is it a government and if so, of what?
Posted by: Seymour Paine at May 10, 2008 7:56 PM
By the way, aren't those useless UNIFL forces still in Lebanon?..oh yeah, must be those guys hiding in the hill behind the largest rocks they can find.
Posted by: pulsar182 at May 10, 2008 9:09 PM
It looks like they'll have to call out their useless army again.
Lebanese violence reaches Tripoli
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7394395.stm
Just can't keep those Mohammetans quiet too long. They got to go and cause mayhem and death, as their prophet ordered them, all Allah's will, ya know. Of course, since Allah is just a Mesopotamian pagan moon god, can't expect too much. Idol worshippers.
Too bad Lebanon's army is no account. They need somebody like Ataturk to set things straight in that God forsaken country, now that Mohammetans took over what only a century ago was a predominantly Christian country. Islam brings failure, mayhem, and death. Nice legacy for a "religion of peace," n'est ce pas? What a joke!
Or do we smell Iran's hand in this too?
at May 11, 2008 2:05 AM
The headline: War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You Think.
The site:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8942
According to this, Iran was sternly spoken to today.
And there are plans underway to attack Al-Quds.
at May 11, 2008 7:08 PM
We would be better off crushing Sadar in Iraq first. Render Impotent Iran's proxies first. Striking Iran should be left for last.
Purging other Country's from the Iranians is a better long term solution.
The Administration can make a better case for going after Iran's proxies at the present than they can against Iran proper.
The Iranians have shown a pattern of stirring up "problems" around the region ln a somewhat circular pattern.
First here, then there, then somewhere else the round and round we go.
It is time to throw someone off the Merry-Go-Round for good
Posted by: flowerknife_us at May 12, 2008 1:25 PM
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