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March 14 Activists Urge Aoun to Protect Lebanon from 'Risks Created by Hizbullah Arms'

The March 14 Moustamerroun group of activists noted Wednesday that the latest remarks by President Michel Aoun about “economic and financial threats facing Lebanon and the Lebanese due to the new U.S. and international sanctions that are being prepared to target Hizbullah and its supporters” were “a blunt acknowledgment of the threats created by Hizbullah's arms for the country, the people and the institutions.”

“This requires the president, the Cabinet, the parliament and all legitimate institutions to take the necessary measures to protect Lebanon, its economy and the interests of its sons from the security, military and economic threats created by Hizbullah's weapons, instead of them carrying on with defending the illegitimate arms in return for some presidential, ministerial, parliamentary and administrative posts and a lot of financial and personal gains,” the group said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

Aoun had warned Monday that a new anti-Hizbullah sanctions bill that the U.S. Congress is mulling would “greatly harm Lebanon and its people.”

Media reports said a Lebanese delegation is conducting contacts abroad in a bid to tone down the U.S. bill.

According to reports, the proposed law might for the first time target AMAL Movement, Hizbullah's key Shiite ally.

Other reports said the bill might target several other allies of Hizbullah.


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