Suleiman Tasks Bassil to Gather Information on Israeli Strike to File Complaint at Security Council
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
President Michel Suleiman has ordered that the necessary measures be taken in order to file a complaint to the United Nations Security Council over Israel's strike against a Hizbullah position on Monday.
He tasked Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil to gather all available information on the strike ahead of filing the complaint.
The assault is a violation of Security Council resolution 1701, remarked Suleiman.
He had held talks on the issue with army chief of staff Walid Salman.
Hizbullah had confirmed on Wednesday the Israeli strike, saying that it targeted a party position near the Jinta region in the Bekaa near the Lebanese-Syrian border.
It vowed that it will “choose the appropriate time and place” in order to retaliate to the attack.
No one was killed or injured in the incident, it added in its statement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel was doing all that was "necessary" to ensure its security.
"We will not say what we're doing or what we're not doing" to maintain Israel's security, he added.
26 February 2014, 13:24
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He will do it in 5 minutes! Had it been a Syrian attack, it will take months just to locate the point of attack, look for the empty shells, and interview the local residents and shepherds.
26 February 2014, 14:17
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Israeli strickes on hezbollah rockets lunchers, so i guess against the hezbos millitary wing seen as terrorist organisation by most of the international comity..
The request of gebran bassil will be a tough one to adress....
But at least president is doing his duty toward lebanon...
26 February 2014, 14:25
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Exactly, when it is an Israeli attack, and we are not even certain that it is on the Lebanese side of the border with Syria he knows quickly to complain.
On the previous day when there was a Syrian attack on Lebanese territory, and there is no doubt that it was on Lebanese territory, he did absolutely nothing.
These are not the actions of a gentleman whose interests as President of his country to make sure that all aggressive actions against his country are treated in the same way.
26 February 2014, 14:39
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Lets start looking at it the other way.
If attacks are from Syria, it will drown in the abyss you are right, but why no action is taken ?
This is one of the diplomatic ways to send an impending message to all foreign states that you are bound in your speech, and where the threats come from.
When the president of Lebanon makes a statement, all foreign agencies listen and know better than we think they know.
26 February 2014, 13:59
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It is not a slap to Suleiman as you stated dear Roar, but a slap to every single Lebanese citizen who was hoping that we could finally aspire to a real state. yes, once again, muscle power won this round, but the real losers are and remain the people of Lebanon who now have become used to this abject situation, something far from new. You my dear brother are living there, in down under. You have a real government, real policies. you can subject refugees to PNG camps, yes, I cannot dispute such policies, you live under a state of laws, unlike us here. o if you get ill, the state is there for you. But for us here, today we Lebanese got confirmation of hard facts, we still have NO State, and you know thanks to whom. Don't gloat, I am sure you have relatives here, it won't be long when they will ask you to visit them in PNG. Hezbollah and the choir boy are not the state you see?
26 February 2014, 14:20
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Thanks brother Roar, all I can tell you is this: calm down, calm down, check my posts to you where old man Aoun is threaded. Nothing personal bro, just opinions. You have a good day bro, just be serene, prayers do help.
