Reports: Berri, Jumblat Urged to Take Precautions over Assassination Attempts
News about the alleged assassination attempt of the head of the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch, Col. Wissam al-Hassan, revealed that Speaker Nabih Berri and Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat might also be targeted, according to newspapers published on Monday.
An Nahar daily reported that security agencies urged Berri and Jumblat to take precautions as they move from and into their residences in Ain al-Tineh and Clemenceau.
According to the newspaper, the homes of the two officials are under “surveillance,” as other officials are taking precautions and moving by taxis.
Jumblat told the daily that “the security coordination is very important, amid the stage that the country is passing through.”
“Head of the ISF intelligence branch is playing his role, and we shouldn’t forget the accomplishments made by the branch in revealing the identity of a number of Lebanese for collaborating with Israel,” he noted.
According to As Safir newspaper published, Jumblat was informed of the security threats during his visit to Moscow last week.
Concerning the controversial telecom data that renewed the dispute between Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui and the Intelligence Branch, Berri called on officials to implement the law.
“A judicial authorization should be submitted to the phone call interception command center,” the speaker told An Nahar.
Berri’s visitors told al-Joumhouria newspaper that the telecom data shouldn’t be open to everyone.
For his part, Jumblat urged politicians, in remarks published in An Nahar, not to settle accounts with the ISF intelligence branch.
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