Lebanese have had it with Hezbullah
During a United Nations Security Council special session on the Middle East on Monday night, Gabriela Shalev, Israel's ambassador to the UN, read a letter from Lebanese citizens to Lebanese President Suleiman in which the Lebanese demanded that their President take action against Hezbullah. "The recent explosion (in Hezbollah's arms depot in south Lebanon) was very dangerous, and it prompted us to publicly say what everyone is trying to conceal: Illegal arms are being stored by Hezbollah within civilian population areas in basements near our children," the Lebanese citizens wrote in the letter, which was addressed to President Michel Suleiman and published by the Al Mustaqbal daily on July 16.The 'improved' UNIFIL, which was created by UN Security Council Resolution 1701 at the end of the 2006 Second Lebanon War, will need its mandate renewed in August. The Israeli government is pushing to correct at least one of the mistakes made by the Olmert-Livni-Peretz government: It is seeking to remove the requirement that UNIFIL have the Lebanese Armed Forces' permission to search homes and buildings in southern Lebanon. Given that the Lebanese Armed Forces closely cooperate with Hezbullah, that seems like a bare minimum to give UNIFIL half a chance of being an effective peace-keeping force.
"The cover-up that followed the incident served the interests of certain elements at the expense of the well-being of Lebanese citizens," the letter read.
"We are not naïve. We've already experienced a massive disaster in 2006 (Second Lebanon War) during what you (Hezbollah) called a victory. If you are acting in the name of Allah and the religious leadership, then you must clear the civilian areas of weapons and anything else that endangers our lives."
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:08 PM
2 Comments:
...and the likelyhood of Lebanon agreeing to this is what...1 in a million?
I doubt even that will curb Hezbollah. It doesn't hurt to try though.
What could go wrong indeed
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