غارة سورية جديدة على عرسال.. الجيش يعلن للمرة الأولى جهوزيته للرد وسليمان يهدد برفع شكوى
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تعرضت بلدة عرسال البقاعية الحدودية الى غارة جوية سورية ظهر الاربعاء، ما أدى الى اصابة شخص على الأقل، وفق ما أفادت معلومات صحافية، فيما أكد رئيس الجمهورية ميشال سليمان أن من حق لبنان الدفاع عن سيادته وتقديم شكوى الى الجامعة العربية والامم المتحدة.
وأعلنت قيادة الجيش في بيان للمرة الأولى أنه "عند الساعة 13.50 من بعد ظهر اليوم، خرقت طوافة حربية قادمة من الجانب السوري الأجواء اللبنانية في منطقة جرود عرسال".
وبحسب البيان أطلقت الطوافة "صاروخين من مسافة بعيدة باتجاه ساحة البلدة، ما أدى إلى إصابة أحد المواطنين بجروح، إضافة إلى أضرار مادية في الممتلكات". واتخذت وحدات الجيش المنتشرة في المنطقة "الإجراءات الدفاعية اللازمة للرد الفوري على أي خرق مماثل" بحسب البيان.
وكانت قد أفادت الـLBCI، أن المروحية أطلقت 3 صواريخ وسط بلدة عرسال.
من جانبها أفادت الـMTV، أن مروحية سورية أغارت على وسط بلدة عرسال وألقت برميل متفجرات.
وسبق ان تعرضت عرسال، البلدة ذات الغالبية السنية المؤيدة للمعارضة السورية والتي لها حدود طويلة مع سوريا، لقصف من مروحية للجيش السوري.
وشهدت منطقة وادي حميد-عرسال الخميس هجوما شنته مجموعة من المسلحين على حاجز للجيش اللبناني اعقبه اشتباك ادى الى مقتل مسلحين اثنين، وفق بيان للجيش.
وتفيد تقارير، أن المعابر غير القانونية بين لبنان وسوريا في عرسال تستخدم كممر للنازحين والجرحى من سوريا منذ بدء النزاع، انما كذلك لتهريب السلاح والمسلحين، وهي حركة يحاول الجيش اللبناني ضبطها.
وعليه، دعا رئيس الجمهورية الى "عدم تكرار" الخروقات السورية لبلدة عرسال، مؤكدا أنه "بعد التشاور مع رئيس الحكومة من حق لبنان اتخاذ التدابير الكفيلة بالدفاع عن سيادته وحماية أبنائه وأمنهم وسلامتهم".
وأضاف: "بما في ذلك تقديم شكوى الى جامعة الدول العربية ومنظمة الامم المتحدة".
ورأى سليمان الذي أجرى اتصالات برئيس حكومة تصريف الاعمال نجيب ميقاتي ،ووزير الخارجية والمغتربين في حكومة تصريف الاعمال عدنان منصور، وقائد الجيش العماد جان قهوجي، والامين العام للمجلس الاعلى اللبناني - السوري نصري خوري، أن "القصف المتكرر على بلدة عرسال من قبل المروحيات العسكرية السورية يشكل خرقا لسيادة لبنان وحرمة اراضيه".
وقال: "هذا يعرض امن المواطنين وسلامتهم للخطر"، لافتا الى أن ذلك "يتعارض كذلك مع المعاهدات التي ترعى العلاقات بين البلدين ومع المواثيق الدولية، في وقت تسعى الدولة اللبنانية للمحافظة على استقرار لبنان وسلمه الاهلي".
14:18 ,2013 حزيران 12
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residents of Arsal, if you want to live a quite life stop allowing arms and fighters to cross to Syria from your town.
The snake doesn't bite you if you don't touch him
15:47 ,2013 حزيران 12
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That is an awful logic. Should we say the same when israel attacks the south? I would never do that but you are using the same words that they use after attacking the south. Or should the FSA attack cities and villages from where hezballah men leave to fight in syria and use the same words to the residents of those areas? Wallah 3ayb. I guess partition is the answer if this is how people will reason. Let pro bashar areas join bashars syria and let anti bashar areas join FSA:s syria or form a bunch of mini-lebanons such as lebnen el islemeh, lebnen el marouneh, lebnen el dirzi. It seems this is what people want. Lebanese nationalism has died and returned to being a nationalism of sects, ideologies and leaders.
17:12 ,2013 حزيران 12
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When the Greeks conquered the Middle East, they wrote that they found the Persians to be cowards but smart and calculating. They wrote that the Arabs were brave but naive and impulsive. That was the 4th century BC.
23:04 ,2013 حزيران 12
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rafehh, that is one of the most interesting historical facts about this region, but Lebanon is not just Arabs and Iranians. We have Western, Arab, Central Asian, Turkish, Armenian and north African blood.
17:02 ,2013 حزيران 12
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BS! So it's ok to allow Iran, Russia and HA help a blood-thirsty murdering regime crush helpless freedom fighters? Good job to all those in Arsal!
18:36 ,2013 حزيران 12
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That is an ignorant comment, the residents of the town are not responsible for the border, the government is. Unless, off course, Lebanon lives in clans and tribes and not in a governed nation.
21:43 ,2013 حزيران 12
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M.C. if the people are not responsible, than why you allow corrupt politicians and clans rule your towns
get up and start a riot against them if they want to live in peace
21:37 ,2013 حزيران 12
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you know I respect you 1 phoenix
just because one is doing , so the other should do it. That's our problem in Lebanon, we are involved in other people's business on both sides, try to build an independent and sovereign nation on your merits only
21:41 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Banima I'm not you M 8 filth, I'm a tue Lebanese who thinks of only Lebanon, not Syria not Isreal, not Palastine, anyone who wants to fight these people go there, leave my country alone, including those corrupt politician on both side of the aisle.
That means alone every inch of the country
15:09 ,2013 حزيران 12
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the Lebanese army is useless to protect Lebanese citizens against hizbushaitan murderers and the Syrian regime.
it should be scrapped. I do not see why we have to pay salaries to those who are supposed to protect us while they do nothing but protect our aggressors.
17:21 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Why what did the army need to stop that black shirt from killing the protestor infront of the Iranian embassy ?
Our army has been moderately equipped the past couple of years but not well enough due to your friends. If our army does not have what it takes to do what's needed and protect us why are we kidding each other and wasting money ? Let's stop it until we can afford a real army a real protector against hizbulla thugs Israel or Syria
17:31 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Wow HA must have done a great job on conditioning that pea brain between your ears BSThrower (aka farsi fagblower). You just can't stop wasting time defending these scums. Pathetic!
18:33 ,2013 حزيران 12
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ft
each day your comments prove who is the habeel :)
stupidity after stupidity comes out from you.
how can you come with such crap?
if you are an indication of m8 then no wonder why no one is able to communicate with you guys!
20:59 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Yeah, the army needs f-22 hornets and long range ballistic missiles to protect lebanese citizens from getting killed by sectarian thugs and terrorists during a peaceful demonstration. That is the Aouni logic!
15:29 ,2013 حزيران 12
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if hizbushaitan cannot be overcome soon, then partition is the answer.
we do no want to live with these baby killers any more.
we do not want to live with people not paying their taxes/electricity bills/... while we are.
we do not want to pay an army that does not defend us rather it defends those attacking us.
15:35 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Arsal is in Lebanon? Yes. A foreign government is attacking it with helicopters. Yes. Well then of course the Hezbollah Resistance is on the spot to defend Lebanese from border attacks, right? This is why they went to Qusayr, right to defend Lebanese border towns and Lebanese people there too?
But Hezbollah is not there ready to resist aggression against the people of Arsal? Oh that's right, Hezbollah is supporting those who are firing rockets from helicopters on to Lebanese soil.
Some Resistance they are. In fact this is no "Resistance" at all. The last veil has fallen off of the fat lady dancing. Now its just a fat ugly lady with no veils to cover the ugliness.
15:40 ,2013 حزيران 12
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No mention of the 20.000 Syrian "rebels" who are hiding there?
17:23 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Superhabib - you did not answer the1phoenix. The 20000 you mention are refugees - mostly elderly, women and children.
17:23 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Superhabib - you did not answer the1phoenix. The 20000 you mention are refugees - mostly elderly, women and children.
18:55 ,2013 حزيران 12
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But you keep forgetting that the only ones who continuously killi Lebanese soldiers are the Salafists. Hezbollah has shown that even with as much control as they have, they are not forcing Christians to wear veils, convert, not drink, and whatever. That cannot be said for Salafis in Egypt and Iraq.
18:56 ,2013 حزيران 12
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The actions of one lone deviant is not comparable to the actions of an entire group. And where was he reported to be Alawite? Syrian workers are mostly Sunni.
16:20 ,2013 حزيران 12
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The army is to attack inside if somebody threats Hisbshit since when they did something logical to the country or to the weak people? They don't deserve the name or the uniforms!
16:41 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Its sad that there is no unity in common sence. Too many will choose to support tyrants as long as he is from his religion.
16:53 ,2013 حزيران 12
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weird show of force from the army... Why didnt the army move when that poor chiite was killed by HA next to the iranian embassy? That is the biggest reproach i have towards the army since 2008. What triggers it to move?
Mystery...
16:56 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Wow... I'm just shelll shocked that the army FINALLY wants to respond to something... I'll only believe it when it happens and see news articles of it 0.0
17:17 ,2013 حزيران 12
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The1phoenix - there are many heads (as you call them) to the Syrian people. There are those that wants freedom and liberty and this is the mass of people opposing the regime. Unfortunatelly, they were let down by the world. As for Lebanon, I am afraid you are right. Many Sunnis are starting to tell al-mustaqbal to f-off since they are unable to protect them or provide them with weapons to defend themselves. The rest will follow.
17:17 ,2013 حزيران 12
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I am not defending any side in the Syrian war, however, I would like to mention that it the so called 'revolutionaries' who are the ones getting support from various countries and entities. Hezbollah supporting Assad's regime is nothing more than the support the 'revolutionaries' are receiving. If anything their public intervention is very recent.. I ask a simple question. Why do we criticize Hezbollah and the regime when the other side has been receiving money, weapons, logistics,and political support even before this all started? It's time people start to set aside their bias and take a deeper look at things.
17:20 ,2013 حزيران 12
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Awireless - the moderate opposition and the syrian people is caught between a monstrous regime, radical elements and an indifferent world.
04:34 ,2013 حزيران 13
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ooooh, the Army is gonna protect arsal from Syrian attackers, I'm sure the Syrians are peeing in their pants right now.
06:49 ,2013 حزيران 13
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It would be something to see the Lebanese army at least once fire back at the Assad forces.
07:30 ,2013 حزيران 13
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Unfortunately, what with the impasse over the elections, the attacks by Syria into Lebanese territory, and the free hand that Hizballah has in many areas of the country, I can only see a civil war breaking out in the not too distant future. This will not be one side fighting against the other, but 5 or 6 groups each fighting one another. May the Good Lord save Lebanon from total implosion.
08:52 ,2013 حزيران 13
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2 questions:
1) does the president task mansour to file complaints or is he going to get someone who actually does the job?
2) if our army does retaliate, which side will hizb iran take?
14:27 ,2013 حزيران 13
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Dear Mr.President! u talk the talk but can u walk the walk? In nahr le bared the army men use to throw bombs by hand!
