Report: Syrian Letter to U.N. an Attempt to Return to Lebanon
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Syrian letter sent to the U.N. Security Council claiming that al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood are involved in incidents along the Lebanese-Syrian Border is merely an attempt by the Syrian authorities to intervene in Lebanon, An Nahar newspaper reported.
Informed sources told the daily that the Syrian allegations coincide with calls made by a well-known political party in northern Lebanon for the Syrian army to re-enter the country.
Head of the Arab Democratic Party Rifaat Eid hinted on Wednesday that calm will not be restored in Tripoli without the return of an “Arab army” to Lebanon, noting that Syria is capable of undertaking such a mission.
However, Eid noted on Friday that his statement were taken out of context, saying that “in case we entered the unknown then the United Nations will demand the Syrian army to enter northern Lebanon and resolve the crisis as it knows the area better than any other Arab army.”
Eid had voiced his remarks in the wake of several days of deadly sectarian clashes in Tripoli that have left more than 10 people dead and over 100 wounded.
The army is expected to issue during the upcoming hours a statement to respond on the Syrian letter, according to sources.
Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria’s U.N. envoy, addressed a letter to the U.N. Security Council on Friday claiming that al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood are involved in incidents along the Lebanese-Syrian border.
The letter claims that “arms depots” have been created in Lebanon’s border areas, noting that the alleged weapons are being shipped “by sea or on planes belonging to certain countries, which are shipping arms to Lebanon with the aim of smuggling them into Syria.”
19 May 2012, 11:33
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أالله معك ونحنا دايماً معك يا جيشنا الباسل حامي لبنان الأوحد الموحد آمين
19 May 2012, 16:08
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Rifaat Eid isn't this guy a Syrian national ? got his Lebanese citizenship during the Syrian occupation ? of course . so why are we surprised to what he is saying
19 May 2012, 17:15
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Rih3at are you dense look around, the syrian army could not restore calm in Syria let alone Tripoli, besides if you guys refrain from following Bashar's order to create strife calm would be restored automatically.
19 May 2012, 17:55
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This is the biggest joke ever said. Deploying the Syrian army in Tripoli, as if they don't have ehough to do in their own country, the're not even capable of crushing a rebellion armed with AK47s against tanks and the whole syrian army. Ever wondered how many days they will last if they go to war against Israel? I'll give them a few days, and i'm generous...
19 May 2012, 18:15
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Ali Eid and Rifaat Eid have history of belonging to the Syrian boots, let's play by your game, how is it that the Syrian Army for the past 13 months has fixed or resolved their own problems in Syria? why do we have UN monitors in Syria today? How about we put UN monitors between all the borders of our neighbors so that the Arms are stopped BOTH ways.
19 May 2012, 18:15
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Execute Eid for treason, disarm his militia and dissolve his party.
19 May 2012, 19:20
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One reason for Lebanon to abandon the Taef Accord's 50-50 split of Parliamentary seats between "Christians" and "Muslims" is forestall actual minorities like Christians and de jure minorities like Shiites and perhaps, in this story today, Sunnis, from going to foreign countries for the security and legitimacy they should receive from a civil-rights regime at home. Likewise, when the Christians go to foreign countries like France, the US, and the UK (all of which regimes are beholden to Israel), to bolster their positions, it only tells the Muslims that there is no civil rights regime anywhere on the domestic political horizon.
As for this story, it presents an opinion, not a fact, so it is not a report, but an analysis/evaluation/speculation.
20 May 2012, 04:10
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syria doesn't have to invade, just drop some missiles on lebanon and you'll see all those rats and roaches run for their lives. if it weren't for syria there would be no lebanon only israel.
