Peace in Lebanon? Soldier killed by Hezbollah

Posted on May 29, 2008
Filed Under Media, News

If you thought that the election (after 19 attempts) of the President in Lebanon and ending of the circle of violence ignited by Iranian puppet terrorist gang Hezballah will finally bring some kind of long-term stability to this country, the Middle East gives you another reality check:

BEIRUT - A Lebanese soldier was killed in clashes late Tuesday between pro-government and opposition supporters, the latest incident to flare up despite a deal aimed at ending a long-running political feud.

The army said in a statement on Wednesday that the soldier was killed after a verbal altercation between rival clans degenerated into armed clashes in Dohet Aramoun, a small town southeast of Beirut.

Several people were arrested and being questioned, the army said.

News reports said the altercation between members of the Progressive Socialist Party of MP Walid Jumblatt and Hezbollah supporters began over a parking space and escalated into violence.

The incident is one of several such clashes between rival clans in the last two days despite a deal last week to end a long-running political crisis between the Western-backed ruling coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition.

In a bid to defuse the tension, the interior ministry on Tuesday imposed an indefinite ban on motorbikes, provocative convoys, slogans or flag waving in Beirut.

It is common practice in Beirut for supporters of rival political factions to drive around the city waving party flags, blaring slogans on loudspeakers and shooting in the air.

A security official said that 450 motorbikes were seized late Tuesday as a result of the ban.

After the Lebanese ruling coalition, in a pathetic display of cowardice, surrendered to the demands of Iran and Hezbollah at the negotiations table in Doha, Qatar, it seems like this is far from being enough to cool down the violence.

“Ya-Libnan” gives the account of the events that followed the “surrender accord” stroke in Doha.

The defiant speech which Nasrallah delivered today on video tape excited his
followers and Amal supporters

1- When he started his speech his supporters used fire arms to shoot in the air but in doing so they injured 2 people who were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment

2- After his speech ended his followers again used fire arms to shoot in the air but in doing so they injured this time 16 people who were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment

3- In the Beqaa valley Valley village of Taalabaya Hezbollah-led opposition clashed with the ruling majority supporters

4- More violence was reported in Beirut , which was blamed on Nasrallah’s speech. Amal and Hezbollah gunmen opened fire and hurled rocks in the direction of Tarik al-Jedideh and Corniche al-Mazraa . RPGs were also fired at the Abed an- Nasser mosque. The Lebanese army has been deployed and has cut off the roads between Corniche al-Mazraa, Barbour and Tarik al-Jedideh. The wounded have been transferred to nearby hospitals.

If this is what Nasrallah calls an accord , then Lebanon is heading for more trouble as Hezbollah more and more points its arms against the Lebanese people and the Lebanese institutions.

The pressure will now be on the newly elected president to immediately start the dialogue on disarming Hezbollah, to spare Lebanon another civil war

There is one thing certain about the Middle East - there will always be another round of violence.