WikiLeaks: Suleiman Asserted that Army Will Not Interfere in July War

The Lebanese army will not intervene in the July 2006 war, announced then Army Commander General Michel Suleiman, revealed a leaked U.S. Embassy cable published by OTV.

The WikiLeaks cable dated July 18 reported on a meeting with then U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey and then French Ambassador to Lebanon Bernard Emie.

The latter informed the American official of a meeting he held with Suleiman soon after Israel bombed the Jamhour army barracks during the July 2006 war.

The army commander had told the French ambassador that the Lebanese army will not “fire one gunshot in retaliation to the attack.”

In addition, Emie revealed that the March 14 camp is hoping that Israel would succeed in “clipping Hizbullah’s wings” during the war, which the ambassador doubted it would be capable of achieving.

He asked: “Does Israel want to hand Lebanon over to Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah?”