Shea: We reject the threats of some to drag Lebanon into a new war
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea said Monday that Washington and “the Lebanese people” reject “the threats of some to drag Lebanon into a new war,” in an apparent reference to Hezbollah’s attacks against Israeli forces on Lebanon’s border.
”We are … here to say unequivocally that our commitment to the Lebanese people is so much stronger than any cowardly act of violence or terrorism,” Shea said at a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, in which a suicide bomber killed 241 U.S. servicemembers.
“Today, we reject, and the Lebanese people reject, the threats of some to drag Lebanon into a new war,” she added.
“We continue to renounce any attempts to shape the region’s future through intimidation, violence, and terrorism – and here I am talking about not just Iran and Hezbollah, but also Hamas and others, who falsely paint themselves as a noble resistance, and who most certainly do not represent the aspirations – or the values – of the Palestinian people, while they try to rob Lebanon and its people of their bright future,” the ambassador went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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