Miqati Chairs Security Meeting in Tripoli, Urges Stricter Measures
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Prime Minister Najib Miqati chaired on Saturday a security meeting with senior officials in Tripoli to follow up the latest developments in the northern port city.
The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Mohammed al-Safade, State Minister Ahmed Karami, Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami, MP Mohammed Kabbara, head of the Lebanese Army Intelligence bureau in the north, Brigadier Amer al-Hasan, and ISF commander in Tripoli General Bassam al-Ayoubi.
The gatherers agreed on imposing strict measures in al-Qobba area, Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen and resolve the gaps to prevent any security breach.
“The army and the ISF have clear instructions to control the security situation and fortify their deployment in order to restore calm in the city,” a statement issued by the PM’s press office said.
Clashes sparked over the weekend in Tripoli between the mainly Sunni neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Alawite Jabal Mohsen after the General Security Department detained Islamist Shadi al-Mawlawi on charges of belonging to a terrorist group.
Sectarian clashes between residents of the two districts earlier this week left 10 people dead and some 100 wounded and raised fears that the revolt in Syria could engulf its tiny neighbor.
19 May 2012, 16:25
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Michel Aoun September 12, 2002: There are about 11 organizations of terrorism in Damascus. Among them, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the Democratic Front and the General Command Front of the Palestinians Liberation Army... since Lebanon was occupied by Syria, they extended the base of their terror operations to Lebanon, and they are stationed in Syria, but they act from the Lebanese territory... there are terrorist regimes like Syria that are generating terrorist organizations... what we call in military terminology "indirect strategy." You make a problem and then you come to solve it. Therefore, I propose a plan that first, to disarm the organizations; second, to democratize the regimes; and then to help them to develop their country.
19 May 2012, 18:01
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Start disarming everyone and build a real army .... stop the pretension that something is getting done.
20 May 2012, 05:13
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Yes they followed the US embassy footsteps as the latter advised its citizens not to travel to Lebanon few weeks ago. Now, this Gov is happy for not siding with the Arab League and they see how Syria sold us in the UN assembly in no time and declared the root cause of its incompetency to fix its problems on the Lebanese borders.
