Report: Lebanon to Receive Additional Grant from UAE to Boost Army's Capabilities

another blow to the Iranians occupying our country :)

why is there still weapons outside the state when we have a well equipped army?

looking forward to seeing the Iranian guards leave our country :)

The sad part is we believe this s***

'A March 8 source told An Nahar newspaper that “the Saudi grant is linked to the extension of Suleiman's mandate as Saudi Arabia aims at controlling the army to confront Hizbullah.”

'Ya of course you figured it out, who ever you are Mr. M8 source.'
Im happy that finally the Army will grow some balls.
Let Hizbshitan try to confront the National and People's Army... like they attacked Captian Samer Hanna's helicopter or when they killed one of their own Mr. Hashem Salman outside the iranian embassy. I truly believe that Hizbshitan would lose an election within their own if there were ever to have an election.

resistance against Israel. my As..
resistance against the Lebanese people and army is more of the truth.

The Formula is:
ALL LEBANESE + ARMY = Resistance!!! how hard is that ... simple, and no more this crap the lebanese army will be ill equipped to handle Israel ...
Mark my words the Thugs will now do anything to derail this army enhancement.

to all Iranian traitors in Lebanon:

in light of the recent bombing and all your murderous activities in our country, you outstayed your welcome, so get the hell out of our country.

is that clear enough?

flaming fool, the hizb will never be with the state or its institutions as they represent the militias left over from the Lebanese civil war.

Ours is an epic battle between the remnants of our state against a powerful militia funded and lead from abroad

"people like lebcan need to stop provoking hatred with their useless posts of confrontation between LAF and hezb. wont happen despite all your prayers to see the country burn"

So you know that if the army decides to reclaim the Lebanese peoples sovergeinty over all of Lebanon and disarm everyone and anyone (Hizb included) the country will burn. The army is not some armed militia with a bunch of brainwashed stooges following it. All of Lebanon is against your weapons of terror and destruction ya FT, show me one Lebanese outside the tight circle of HA that wants weapons in the hand of drug dealing murderous thugs.

May God bless KSA and the UAE for their donations. Unlike the Russian offer, this is not a money loan. Now that the two Satans are talking to each other (Iran - USA) the French and the Saudi's will be Lebanon's salvation. I hope they won't give the money to lebanese politicians from the current government (Ba$$il and the others are thieves) but that President Suleiman will go shopping in France and bill KSA.

Geha
Thank God for that. Should this money pass by our politicians most of it will be gone to the politician's personal accounts.

Omg this guy droning on about the grant be a loan. Do you suggest HA do the same? Does this imply HA are the indebted minions to Iran? You said it in your own words. Can you be anymore pathetic?

ft
it is about time you realize that no true Lebanese does not hate hizbushaitan.
it is about time you realize that your comments are the reason everyone hates you.

perhaps if you were Lebanese you would understand what we are talking about?

Most lbanese are so easily bought whether by ksa or iran. You think ksa and uae has our best interested at heart? If so why didnt they arm the army before? Wake up. How cheap can a people be? always crawling to ksa or iran for money and dont mind being enslaved while at it.

Darling , I want to take I out for lunch to celebrate the 3 billion I received from the
Saudi king

You came back from your "Arabian night in the desert" patriot?

Wiping and mopping : all that you, M8 and FT will ever be good for :)

Der General ...

(1). Michel, I disagree with you. let facts be facts, in spite of Lebanon being the land of all corrupt politicians, albeit a very few and rare ones, President Michel Suleiman is a person NO one can touch in as far as corruption is concerned. It's possible that you don't know Suleiman, but ask those people who know him well, the president is one of those very few and rare Lebanese personalities that have 100% clean hands, and general Qahwaji is one of them clean people too. Just like Bachir Gemayel, these people cannot be bought, corrupted or told to do anything against their will or principle. What is abundantly clear, Michel Suleiman is not liked by those polticians who cannot intimidate him into submission, he has shown now that he is a man of his own thinking.

(2). Michel Saba. The KSA has always preferred to deal with Lebanese leaders that have solid principles, it's quite possible that at some stage they will try to buy a leader, but when that leader stubbornly refuses, then they will respect him and trust him. Bachir Gemayel was one such person, he won not only their trust and respect, but in fact everyone's, even Hafez Al Assad's. For heavens' sake, we have a good president, who cannot be bought, who cannot be swayed, all he has is his impartial interest for his country, what are we talking about then?

Russia and Iran impose Hezbollah onto us along with their BS weapons which are good for nothing.

At least, with cash, we can buy real weapons, not Iranian and Russian cheap toys, and don't need to accept Iran's army in Lebanon along with it !

Everyone knows, that only a strong Lebanon with a strong LAF, and a strong constitution can guarantee our survival, yes, that's correct, you all heard me, Our Survival. In the absence of all these key elements, Lebanon will forever live under the shadow and the boot of militias and their foreign mentors. yesterday it was the PLO, then Syria, now Hezbollah, look you all at our current situation, we cannot even tie our shoe laces anymore, is that what we want?! When the KSA and the UAE say it's a grant, it means it's a grant. When France whose president went to the KSA and say, "we will supply the weapons" it means as the French president said. When will such a chance come again? We have a 100% clean president, a 100% Army general, a good PM designate, here's our real chance, to make that clean break from the merciless grip of militias and their foreign patrons, should we just postulate and remain paralyzed forever?

(4). It's clear, everyone has some kind of interest with their parties, with all my respects to them all, none of them can replace the state, even Bachir Gemayel at the peak of his powers and the Lebanese Forces', he has made it perfectly clear, no one can replace the state, even in its weakest of forms, so how about s strong state then? It was in 1982 when we Lebanese had our best chance to create a strong state with strong institutions, Bachir was taken away from us in a cold blooded murder, (and we all know who did it), today as we face the same nefarious situation still controlled by the militias, are we going to destroy this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and continue squabbling between ourselves or take the plunge and go for it?

(5). Maybe many of you still don't know this, but President Suleiman, general Qahwaji, and those very few noble Lebanese politicians are not waiting for anyone to tell them what to do, these people know what to do and they are doing what is best to save this country from total destruction and annihilation. Sure and without doubt, there will be many as of now who will be kicking and slurring about this move, as there will be many who will be here to assassinate the good character of the president and his top cadres, through their TV channels, they will deafen us with one wild rhetoric after the other, but they before anyone, they know, that in the history of many nations, their salvation has come during those darkest of theirs.

(6). We are today seeing our history boldly being written, by a few brave and courageous people, people who have the guts and the toughest of steel skins to weather all wrongful accusation thrown over them, when almost everyone is trying his utmost to break the legs of the people of Lebanon, and the country they love so much, a few good men remain to keep us standing, even in the face of the worst adversities. Maybe today as the people of Lebanon, we should recall the words of Sir Winston Churchill when he said, "never in time have so many owed so much to so few".

FT don't worry, as soon as some M14 ministers get into the cabinet, we will get to work on the oil file. I see you bring up this issue a lot and I just wanted to assure you that we will be drilling within five or so years, just not with Aoun in control of the cabinet. See, we want the oil revenues to go towards building infrastructure and other things of that nature, not to Ba$$il's personal bank account.

Russia ???? I cant remember that.
They proposed the non existing lebanese air force rusty MIG21.
We refused them and ask for Mi24 Hind. We are waiting for their answer for 4 years...

the fact, air defence costs more than $3 billions, will be vetoed by USreal or destroyed in Beirut port. Plus to be coherent u need an air force to protect it.
It wont be 3 billions in acquisition, it doesn't work that way. 30 to 50% will go to parts, ammos, training,etc...
We'll probably get more M4/M16,.50cal HMG, Milkor MGL, aifv/m113, leo1 from old european stocks, milan 2 atgw, i hope 84mm rl or rpg32, we defo need communications, artillery and NVG. The navy needs to get upgraded coz of the offshore oil so probably helicos, patrol boats and patmar aircrafts.
We wont get manpads. Probably some DRAC uav even if i'd rather US scaneagles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWRi4NKGdx8

The president being the ex army General, plus having a good right hand man in Qahwaji heading the LAF, I am sure that Lebanon will have the right to chose its weaponry. It might surprise you that our army needs the most of basic elements, add this new modern weaponry and we are on our way to becoming a nation of laws under a strong army. No one needs to see this as a double edged knife, the majority of the Lebanese am sure will feel the same as I do.

A monumental bullshit like ever FT. It was Saad Hariri himself that was negotiating the purchase the purchase of Russian helicopters. The deal did not go through as the army refused the technical and financial conditions set by the Russians. Bravo for your brainwashed lobotomized brain.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...

Unlike you, before accusing Hezbollah, Hariri waited for evidence to be gathered and analysed.

Hassan Nasrallah started defending his terrorist party even before anyone accused him of murdering Hariri. This is a verifiable fact.

Talking about evidence : if Hezbollah had "evidence" from the start implicating the Israelis, why did they wait so long to talk about them ? and why did they still fail to submit them ? If they knew Israel was monitoring Hariri's route, why didn't they warn him ? They could have done so even before the STL was created.

I will tell you why : THEY ARE GUILTY !

oh! this will not please hypocrit M8ers... the army getting weapons? no way! they prefer it to stay weak to justify their divine militia! LOL

sure bigjohn: if the army gets strong then M8ers will have no more excuses to have a fake "resistance" ! so arming the army is a very bad thing for their business! LOL