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Hezbollah In Beirut Pullback In Face Of Army

From a highly disappointed Associated Press:

Shiite gunmen gesture next to pictures of Lebanese army commander Michel Sleiman in a west Beirut neighourhood.

Lebanese opposition to withdraw gunmen from Beirut streets

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah TV says that Hezbollah-led opposition forces will withdraw all their gunmen from Beirut in compliance with an army request.

An opposition statement says the move comes after the army called on gunmen to get off the street and reopen the roads.

But the statement said that a “civil disobedience” campaign will continue until its demands are met…

An army statement said that the airport security chief, whose firing precipitated the latest crisis, will be reinstated. The statement also said that Hezbollah’s controversial communications network will be put under army supervision instead of being dismantled. The measures are seen as conciliatory to Hezbollah and meet some of their demands.

The statement came after Prime Minister Fuad Saniora accused Hezbollah of staging an “armed coup” against Lebanese democracy, and called on the army to restore law and order.

In a nationally televised address, Saniora called on the army “to impose security on all, in all areas, deter the gunmen and immediately remove them from the street … to restore normal life.”

“Hezbollah must realize that the force of arms will not intimidate us or make us retreat from our position,” he said in his first comments since the fighting began…

Lebanon’s Cabinet had sought to rein in Hezbollah by ordering the removal of an airport security chief over alleged ties to militants and demanding the dismantling of the movement’s private phone network.

Along with seizing neighborhoods, militants also have shut Lebanon’s airport by barricading the road leading to it. The seaport also was closed…

The Lebanese are only delaying the inevitable.

The statement also said that Hezbollah’s controversial communications network will be put under army supervision instead of being dismantled.

Or even hastening it.

If history has taught us anything, it has taught us that one cannot give in to terrorists.

But obviously history has not taught us anything.

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This article was posted by Steve Gilbert on Saturday, May 10th, 2008 at 10:38 am. You can leave a response.

2 Responses to “Hezbollah In Beirut Pullback In Face Of Army”

  1. Gila Monster
    May 10th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the minister of hope and change says;

    Hezbollah’s power grab in Beirut has once more plunged that city into violence and chaos. This effort to undermine Lebanon’s elected government needs to stop, and all those who have influence with Hezbollah must press them to stand down immediately. It’s time to engage in diplomatic efforts to help build a new Lebanese consensus that focuses on electoral reform, an end to the current corrupt patronage system, and the development of the economy that provides for a fair distribution of services, opportunities and employment. We must support the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions that reinforce Lebanon’s sovereignty, especially resolution 1701 banning the provision of arms to Hezbollah, which is violated by Iran and Syria. As we push for this national consensus, we should continue to support the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Siniora, strengthen the Lebanese army, and insist on the disarming of Hezbollah before it drags Lebanon into another unnecessary war. As we do this, it is vital that the United States continues to work with the international community and the private sector to rebuild Lebanon and get its economy back on its feet.

    http://tinyurl.com/5wfwb9

    OMG, save us Obamessiah, you’re our only hope..!! We need to try diplomacy again, for the umpteenth time, the Hezbos will listen to us. I have spoken, so it is thus…BHO, 2008.

    The man is a deluded fool. Negotiating with terrorists, yeah right, that always works well. Moron.

  2. David
    May 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    “It’s time to engage in diplomatic efforts … and the development of the economy that provides for a fair distribution of services , opportunities and employment. ”

    I see, President Bush’s scheme of planting a western style democracy in the middle east is misguided, instead we should be creating communist systems in the middle east. Aren’t we all awed at the incredible depths of Obama’s foreign policy!


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