Tensions Persist at Nahr al-Bared Despite Army, Palestinian Efforts to Restore Calm
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Tensions have remained high in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in light of the killing of a Palestinian during a confrontation outside the shantytown, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday,
It said that a meeting was held between a number of officers headed of Army Intelligence Edmond Fadel and a delegation of Palestinian factions in order to restore calm in the camp.
Fadel pledged on behalf of Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji to uncover the details of the crime “through a swift investigation that will determine the perpetrators and prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future.”
For their part, the factions stressed the “deep relations between the Lebanese and Palestinian people, especially their ties with the army.”
Both sides emphasized the need to prevent the incident from being politically exploited.
A Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded on Friday when the Lebanese army opened fire during a spat at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a Palestinian source told Agence France Presse.
The violence erupted after the army arrested two Palestinian men who were on a motorcycle and refused to stop at a checkpoint, the source said.
The arrest prompted hundreds of the camp’s residents to block roads with burning tires and hurl stones at army troops, the source told AFP.
The Army Command said in a statement on Saturday that the spat erupted when soldiers arrested an individual on a motorcycle who was not carrying any official papers.
Nearby residents soon flocked to the area and began pelting the army with rocks, before blocking the road leading to Nahr al-Bared with burning tires.
Clashes then broke out between the army and “saboteurs” as the former tried to reopen the road, said the statement.
A number of injuries were reported and several individuals were consequently arrested in the incident as the army continued its attempt to reopen the road, it added.
17 June 2012, 11:32
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this is not isreal you GRUBS you want to attack our lebanese army and think you can get away with it like the 70's u are dreaming...either enjoy your grubby stay or get the hell out!Long Live The Syrian Civil War
17 June 2012, 13:30
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This is what happens when there is no authority of the state. Every crime escalates and everybody wants to flex their muscles. We either want a state with one arm and one authority or we just live in the shit we always have been living in.
17 June 2012, 15:51
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"Fadel pledged on behalf of Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji to uncover the details of the crime"....Crime? what crime? I hope he is not talking about the army committing a crime!!!!! The army has the right to defend itself, the Lebanese people and to stop anyone who threatens civil peace....especially against the Palestinians....they harbor thieves and murderers and protect them with illegal weapons...they either respect Lebanon and its' laws or they should leave, jump into the sea to the west or better yet, go to Syria and cause trouble there!
Long Live Lebanon and its' army!
17 June 2012, 16:14
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The only solution to all these refugee camps is the "Tel Al Zaatar" approach, otherwise let the other Arab countries with vast land and resources take them on as their own guests.
We have had enough of them for 65 years...they are ungrateful, full of hatred, and they multiply like rats...
17 June 2012, 17:37
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Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you...
But Palestinians are not our enemies so to hell with them!
17 June 2012, 18:01
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There is no difference between a Palestinian and a Lebanese. We are all brothers and sisters and our families and our blood cross across multiple nationalities. Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian, and so on. We are such fools, arguing with each other while foreign powers steal everything behind our backs. Fools.
17 June 2012, 18:54
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our dear country shouldnot have rebuilt the camp and they should ve sent away the refugees to the gulf countries ,
and btw all 12 palestinian refugees should be closed and people sent away
where ? anywhere
do you guys know there is not 1 single refugee camp in saudi arabia
god bless lebanon
no to taoutine
17 June 2012, 20:34
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Disarm and deport these criminals once and for all. If the Arabs love them so-much, they should welcome them in their country. We are behind the army 1000%, long live the Army, we are ready to support you in entering these camps and cleaning up immediately. My village of Bint Jbeil knows all too well how these people work, we were used as human shield in the 70's when they enticed Israel to attack our villages, we are ready to collect from these unwelcome and ungrateful people once and for all.
18 June 2012, 02:48
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This all started when thugs on motor cycles did not stop at a Leb Army checkpoint, if it was prior to 2005 and the Syrian Checkpoint shot and killed those thugs who did not stop, then we would not have seen anything on the news. Enough AKL Khara and undermining the state authority. (i.e. Pal Camps, Dahyeh, Bekaa, Bab El Tabeneh, Akkar and etc..)
God Bless the Leb Army.
18 June 2012, 10:41
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I say KILL EM ALL ( give them a chance to get the hell out or bomb them back to the stone age )
