Hizballah says Beirut government declares war Thu May 8, 2008 11:00am EDT By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Thursday the U.S.-supported Beirut government had declared war by targeting its communications network. Hezbollah launched a new street campaign on Wednesday, piling pressure on the government after it declared […]
Transcript provided in English by Now Lebanon and in Arabic by Al Manar. [Emphasis mine] Nasrallah: The government must know that it has led Lebanon into a dangerous situation. I will speak of many issues as they are. Nasrallah: The first topic is the communication network, then the issue of airport security, Chief Shoukair and […]
Officials closed the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut Thursday morning as Hizballah supported demonstrators blocked the entrance with burning tires and mounds of earth. Riots and gunbattles erupted for the second straight day amid labor protests and opposition to electoral laws ushering former military commander Michel Suleiman to the presidency. Former President Emile Lahoud […]
The government got bold (thus far only in press statements) and declared Hizballah's communication network as illegal. Go figure! Second in command, Sheikh Naim Kassem warned them. “Hezbollah will deal with those who interfere with the network as if they were Israeli spies, and they will face a ferocious resistance.” Aha! So the elected government […]
“The containers near the airport must be removed, the Iranian ambassador in Lebanon must be expelled from Beirut and Iranian planes must be banned from landing in Lebanon,” Jumblatt said. A report that landed on Jumblatt's desk said that Hizballah is keeping under surveillance the airport. This is yesterday's news. The airport […]
Whatever the Israelis offer, Syria won't give up its alliance with Iran, which allows it to punch above its weight in the region said Jonathan Spyer. What else is new? Every so often Assad repeats the same old, same old. The alliance with Iran is Syria's upper hand. It has Hizballah and the Palestinian […]
The Arab League from its headquarters in Cairo backed a plan by Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to hold a national reconciliation dialogue to end the political crisis in Beirut. A delegation from the 22-member Arab League plans to visit Lebanon to start a national dialogue with Berri and members of the Lebanese opposition groups […]
Walid Jumblatt was the first of the March 14 group to give one more chance to Nabih Berri's call for yet another round table discussion. They did not stop talking, mind you, just that they failed to agree on a solution. Walid Jumblatt did well for accepting Berri's call, which most likely is a bluff. […]
The so-called friend states of Lebanon (yes, the ministerial meeting was actually named "Friends of Lebanon") met earlier this week to find a solution for the Lebanese political crisis. They called for the “full implementation of the Taef agreement, all UN Security Council resolutions pertaining to Lebanon, including resolutions 1559, 1680, 1701, and 1757, as […]