Barrack cuts short south Lebanon visit amid protests
Lebanese state media said U.S. envoy Tom Barrack cut short a visit to the south on Wednesday amid protests in two planned stops against U.S. pressure to disarm Hezbollah.
The official National News Agency (NNA) reported that Barrack arrived by helicopter at a Lebanese Army barracks in Marjayoun near the border, with soldiers deploying in the area.
The news agency later reported that the envoy had canceled planned stops in nearby Khiam, which was pummeled by Israel during its latest hostilities with Hezbollah, and in the coastal city of Tyre.
A spokesperson told AFP the U.S. embassy did not comment on officials' schedules for security reasons.
An AFP correspondent in Khiam saw a group of residents, some waving Hezbollah flags or holding pictures of fighters killed in the conflict, demonstrating against Barrack.
Some were standing on a Star of David that had been drawn on the road in blue, near the words in Arabic "America is the great Satan", and "Barak is animal" written in English.
The last was a reference to comments by the U.S. envoy at a Beirut press conference on Tuesday which sparked an outcry in Lebanon.
Barrack told journalists to "act civilized", adding: "The moment that this starts becoming chaotic, like animalistic, we're gone."
Bilal Kashmar, an official from the southern municipalities union, said dozens of people had demonstrated in Tyre on Wednesday against Barak's expected visit and Washington's "biased policies."
Under heavy U.S. pressure and amid fears of expanded Israeli military action, Lebanon's government tasked the army this month with drawing up a plan to disarm Hezbollah by year end.
The Iran-backed group, which enjoys strong support in the south, was left badly weakened by more than a year of hostilities, including two months of open war, with Israel that largely ended with a November ceasefire.
Fellow U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus said in Beirut on Tuesday that the Lebanese government needed to implement its decision to disarm Hezbollah, adding that Israel would respond in kind.
Hezbollah insists that Israel must complete its withdrawal from Lebanon and halt its continuing strikes before the future of the group's weapons can be discussed.
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Operation Hammer of God:
U.S. and Israel Plan to Destroy Hezbollah Leaked Documents Reveal Blueprint for Lebanon Invasion
Leaked Pentagon files and internal Mossad assessments obtained by the International Center for Political Analysis and Forecasting (DIIPETES) suggest that Washington and Tel Aviv are preparing a large-scale military campaign aimed at dismantling Hezbollah under the guise of a peaceful disarmament initiative.
According to a classified Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) report dated July 2025, the Pentagon drafted a three-phase scenario for a Lebanon incursion:
-Cyberattacks crippling Hezbollah’s infrastructure, including power grids, communications, and the financial system.
-Special forces landings in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley to neutralize command centers.
-Intensive air and missile strikes on more than 1,200 targets using fighter jets and cruise missiles.
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The operation was reportedly approved by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with Mossad providing nearly 85% of the precision target data, including tunnels and concealed rocket launch sites embedded in civilian areas. Execution is tentatively set between November 2025 and January 2026, a window chosen to minimize Russian or Chinese intervention at the U.N.
CIA mapping shows Hezbollah has constructed 480 new military sites in southern Lebanon.
Satellite imagery from August 2025 reveals 28 newly dug tunnels, some 80 meters deep, equipped with ventilation, electricity, and communications systems.
A Pentagon briefing labeled these tunnels a fifth-generation strategic threat.
Israeli officials even considered using tactical nuclear weapons to neutralize them, a proposal Washington ultimately rejected, fearing regional escalation.
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War on the Horizon
The narrative of peaceful disarmament masks preparations for the largest military operation in Lebanon since the 2006 war. A RAND Corporation assessment warns that diplomacy will fail unless Hezbollah’s military capacity and Iranian support are destroyed, a campaign that could result in 100,000 Lebanese deaths and risk a broader regional conflict with Iran.
Despite public rhetoric about peace, Washington and Tel Aviv appear to be accelerating toward confrontation.
The leaked documents suggest November 2025 may be the decisive moment, when the outcome will be determined not at negotiation tables, but on the battlefield.
source : @ibrahimtmajed on X
