سليمان يطالب بدعم الجيش وميقاتي يأمل ان يبقى الوضع في طرابلس "ممسوكاً"
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نوه رئيس الجمهورية ميشال سليمان بدور الجيش اللبناني بحماية الاستقرار الوطني، مطالباً بدعمه في مهامه، بدوره اشاد رئيس الحكومة نجيب ميقاتي بمقررات المجلس الاعلى للدفاع، آملاً في ان يبقى الوضع في طرابلس "ممسوكاً".
واثر جلسة مجلس الوزراء التي انعقدت في بعبدا، صباح الاثنين، نقل وزير العمل سليم جريصاتي عن سليمان تشديده في مستهل الجلسة على "ضرورة الحزم وتدخل الجيش في قلب المناطق الساخنة".
وتناول سليمان "ما آل إليه اجتماع مجلس الدفاع والخطة الأمنيّة التي وضعها الجيش لضبط الأمن في طرابلس التي لا علاقة لها بما يجري في سوريا، منوهاً بدور الجيش ومطالباً بدعمه في مهامه التي تحمي استقرار الوطن".
من جانيه، اشار ميقاتي، وفق ما نقل عنه جريصاتي ايضا، الى ان "صمود الشعب اللبناني لم يتزعزع يوما أيام الحرب وفي السلم سنواصل التمسك بقيم التسامح والديمقراطية والحريات المدنية".
ولفت جريصاتي الى انه و"بناءً على طلب رئيس الحكومة وافق رئيس الجمهوريّة على تحريك المشاريع الإنمائيّة التي تم إقرارها لطرابلس والشمال وكان هناك إجماع في مجلس الوزراء على ان الإنماء يجنب التوتر".
الى ذلك، اكد وزير الدفاع فايز غصن، امام زواره الاثنين، ان "الجيش سيكون بالمرصاد لكل من تسول له نفسه العبث بالأمن".
ودعا القيادات السياسية إلى "ملاقاة الجهود التي يبذلها الجيش من خلال نبذ الخطاب التحريضي والفتنوي والعمل على تحييد لبنان عن أي توترات قد تجرّه إلى إنتكاسات أمنية خطيرة تودي بنا إلى ما لا تحمد عقباه.
واثر الاشتباكات التي دامت قرابة الاسبوع، والتي لوقعت عدداً من القتلى والجرحى، عقد المجلس الاعلى للدفاع، اجتماعاً الاحد في بعبدا، لبحث الوضع الامني في طرابلس، حيث اطلع المجتمعون على الاجراءات التي يقوم بها الجيش اللبناني في طرابلس لضبط الوضع. وتم توزيع المهام الامنية على كافة الوزارات المعنية، على ما افاد البيان الصادر اثر الاجتماع.
وبدأ التوتر في طرابلس بعد ورود خبر مقتل عدد من اللبنانيين (وسط تضارب المعلومات حول عدد القتلى) في 30 تشرين الثاني في منطقة تلكلخ في سوريا في كمين للقوات النظامية.

Why doesn't this "amazing" army deploy in the south? or are they only strong against the poor, Jaish il Shah-hod

No one should have weapons except the Lebanese state....NOT Hizb, Amal, SSNP, Palestinians etc..absolutely no one...

No for anyone having weapons outside the state.
does any of you m8 guys concur to this statement?

Mowaten, the lebanese government cannot really control the weapons of al qaeda or the FSA, can it? As for the Future and LF, I understand their wanting to have weapons after HA launched their dogs SSNP and Amal and other thugs on them in 2007. They have to defend themselves. I dont like future because of the 50B $ debt, and I dont like LF for their being vassals to future. But HA's weapons and attitude is the source of 1- our lack of security, and 2- the contempt of everyone for state authority, and 3- the rearming of everyone, 4- the redlines against disarming palestinians. Insofar as weapons are concerned, DO NOT TRY TO DILUTE RESPONSIBILITY: HA IS RESPONSIBLE.

The Army should not have to wait for political cover ... When violence breaks out they should be allowed to use all force necessary to end the violence.
It is clear in this case that delaying the needed response only allowed the situation to escalate. The government and the army need to be seen as efficient and effective as this will help stop violence in the first place.

the army should have taken over jabal Mohsen's weapons long time ago. the others would not have had to get armed.
anyway, the army should take out all weapons from all sides now. will they do it? no.
they do not dare touch jabal Mohsen weapons.

mckini I would agree with your statement if it applies to Hezb areas as well. Would you agree to that? Hezb decides when and if they allow army or ISF to deploy or investigate or search for criminals in their areas every time an explosion or crime take place.

Tanetzakar wazir difa3 wa tasri7ato 3an alka3ida tesri7ato kanet li tagtiyet erhab mamlok wa sma7a wa shayban btetzakaro
Bas la tazkir lmawdu3 jabal mohsen wa bab tebeni 3ali 3id erhabi mejrem metel m3almo bashar lezem yenfo men jabal mehsen tayerteho ahlel jabal wa bab tebbeni

The army is there to turn off the fire. But efforts should be done to prevent fires to start. The armed cheikhs full of vengence and hatred inciting our youth to war should be put in jails. What is being said in mosqs should be monitored by moderate moslems. All these youth are being brainwashed to carry weapons by these so called men of religion carrying weapons.

I like the title for the headlines. "top leaders".... What a joke! They're just followers of Iran or Syria... They don't lead crap.

Lebanon just sucks in general guys. I mean yeah we can criticize Hezbollah's militia activity but who will defend us against Israel if they attack? Saying Israel only attacks because of Hezbollah is wrong, history has proven that. If the Lebanese army is capable of defending Lebanon then we won't need Hezbollah, but they aren't.....they can barely control two neighborhoods.....
As for the article, hopefully now the Sunnis of Tripoli can give Najib Miqati the credit he deserves. Hariri has done good things for Tripoli, but no where near as much as Najib Miqati, allah yehmihu.

Your argument defending HA's weapons is linear and one dimensional. If you take the money HA steals yearly from the port and other sources, (around 1B a year), you can buy a good amount of weapons for the lebanese army. And that would be good deterrance against israel. And against our other ennemies, internal and external. So spare me the "resistance" argument bullshit. HA became a MILICIA hated by more than half the lebanese. It is probably hated more than israel.

Everyone in Lebanon steals. Everyone in Lebanon is corrupt. March 14 and March 8. Hezbollah is just the best at playing Lebanese politics. If it was your group in Hezbollah's position you would be happy. Want hezbollah to change? Change this broke system that empowers them in the first place, get rid of the sectarianism that makes Lebanon a free-for-all. Then you will see how easy it is to be rid of Hezbollah.

Says the man with someone smoking weed in his picture. I am not sure if I should take you seriously.
Anyway I hate Hezbollah as much as you guys. But all of you support the system wishing your party was in Hezbollah's position. Do not deny it.

No I do not wish being my party being in HA's position. I dont wish to have to grab the country by force, I dont like stealing the gvt money, I dont like to have to cover Syria's crimes in Lebanon, I dont like reporting to a medieval mollah in Iran, and I dont envy having hatred (against Israel or others) dictate each and every move I make.
So no I dont wish my party is in HA's position. I moved from admiring HA in the past to being disgusted with it.

"Says the man with someone smoking weed in his picture".....what the hell does that have to do with anything? But as long as you HATE HA....I love you man!!! :-)

That's too much weight, guys. If those in Tripoli won't get killed by bombs and bullets, the weights of these filled with crap buffoons will definitely have a worse effect. So, buffoons, get off, you useless punks.

Good, all the parties, minority majority , mouwelet li baddak yeh, they shoudl all concentrate their efforts on sollving the crisis in Tripoli. We are in the 21 Century, the game has to change, resolve tripoli, and everything will fall in it's place or one thing at a time....