Fadlallah Says U.S. Request to Establish Telecom Station Requires Further Discussions
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Head of Parliamentary Information Committee Hizbullah MP Hassan Fadlallah confirmed on Tuesday reports that the U.S. army requested to establish a telecom station in Lebanon.
The lawmaker said in a press conference after chairing a meeting for the committee at the parliament that the committee members will thoroughly discuss the matter on Thursday in presence of Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui.
He pointed out that several MPs wondered if foreign countries are allowed to directly file the request to the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority instead of filing it to the competent authority.
“We demanded the Telecommunications Ministry to provide us with the documents related to the matter,” Fadlallah told reporters.
“There are no agreements yet between the U.S. and Lebanon concerning the issue,” the lawmaker noted.
As Safir newspaper reported over the weekend that the U.S. request is being considered by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority which will eventually refer it to the government for discussions and to take the appropriate decision.
The newspaper said that the station will be using very small aperture terminal (VSAT) technique, a satellite communications system, whereby each end user is interconnected with the hub station via the satellite. The system handles data, voice, and video signals.
Observers voiced concern that the approval of the request would jeopardize security in Lebanon as it might transfer data to Israel.
Should it be approved, As Safir reported that the station may be established near the U.S. Embassy in Awkar.
Concerning the request filed by the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau to obtain the content of the text messages (SMS) circulated among the Lebanese, Fadlallah stated that “it should be according to certain measures protected by the law so that it doesn't breach the freedom of citizens.”
He said that the matter wasn't discussed thoroughly as the “MPs who proposed granting the telecom data to security agencies didn't attend the meeting.”
“The cabinet and the Telecommunications Ministry will stick to implementing the current law concerning the Intelligence Bureau's demand,” Fadlallah added.
The cabinet rejected during a session at the Grand Serail last week to provide the security agency with the full text messages data, saying that it will only hand over the data of “suspicious” numbers.
18 December 2012, 14:28
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But establishing an illegal Iranian telecom network throughout the country requires zero consultations with anyone. Tfou 3laykon malla urtet kleb wearing the iranian uniform of light beards and open white shirts under bad fitting suits.
18 December 2012, 14:59
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It's a terrorist and assassinator's hotline, necessary for committing murders against political opponents
18 December 2012, 15:12
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Once again you're at it.
An internal Lebanese affair, but you have to drag Israel into it.
Don't you realise that we in Europe and the US who read this website get fed up with your claims that virtually everything that happens in Lebanon is Israel's fault.
Get off your horse, and get real.
19 December 2012, 01:57
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mowaten lol.. the fact that fadlala is even considering this request from the great satan says alot dont you think? lik akh... yuor true enemies are us the arabs not the israelis nor the americans..ne7na the arabs.
19 December 2012, 07:44
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WTF mowaten, "HA military communications network and necessary for coordinating resistance actions", is there an army in this bloody country?
18 December 2012, 16:05
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mo, I don't speak farsi like so many of you do but it's CLEAR that this govt. does as Nousrala commands...it doesn't take a genius to see that...my goodness :)
19 December 2012, 01:59
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and what did hizbustan do about sheb3a genius? what did he do about gaza 2008 and 2012?? nothing nada! hizbustan has pretty much signed the peace treaty with israel in 2006 and became a gaurdian of the borders. Since then hizbustan/iran turned their attention on their real historic enemy: the suni arabs.
18 December 2012, 14:52
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"one might even think that israel is not still occupying areas of lebanon and refusing to let go of them."
Where exactly, as the UN has stated on more than one occasion that Israel does not occupy one single meter of Lebanese soil.
"one might almost believe we have not been at war with israel for decades when he hears you."
There was once a Hundred Years War that ended in a peace treaty.
"one might also be under the impression that israel did not bomb, invade, massacre in lebanon,"
Don't forget that forces operating from Lebanon have shelled
Israeli territory, crossed the border to murder children in Maalot, kidnap people. Or is this one side action permitted by you.
18 December 2012, 14:55
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Any electronics observation place flying over Israeli territory, or over the Mediterranean, can pick up all telecommunications in Lebanon, so don't use Israel, or any other state, as an excuse not to advance the infrastructure and economy of Lebanon.
18 December 2012, 16:36
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if you don't practice what you preach how can you be viewd as credible? Your telecommunication network is outside state authority. It is controlled by a group that is financed and controlled by a foreign country. can you tell which network I am speaking about? hizb tz or the US proposed? two sides of the same coin.
18 December 2012, 18:47
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I don't know what this Fadlallah is to Mohammed Hussein but I know the nephew of that Shia cleric who's one of my brother's closest friends. Let me tell you that the nephew and several persons from his family cut all contact with the now dead uncle as of the 80s.... the guy was already blacklisted within the family... I think these pendejos are pure terrorists.
18 December 2012, 19:20
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Mowaten.
So now you are using 2007 newspaper articles to prove the situation in 2012.
18 December 2012, 20:51
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oh my oh my... lebanon was a long time ago known as Canaan, then phoenicia, then a province of several empires... and not too long ago Syria. your remark is therefore baseless.
18 December 2012, 21:26
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you are talking about mapping experts mowaten that determined shebaa lebanese but you still forget that UN is awaiting official written documents from your bashar friend proving it isn t syrian but lebanese...
what did your "resistance" do to get them from damascus? nada...they should pressure bashar for that!
but for their marketing it is better to look like a proud "resistance" resisting to liberate shebaa LOL!
till then shebaa is officially syrian not lebanese....
19 December 2012, 11:27
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Mowaten : "Lebanon and Syria say the Shebaa Farms, measuring just 22 square kilometers, is Lebanese territory, though the UN has ruled it part of the Syrian Golan Heights, which lie just to the east, across water-rich Mount Hermon." dated 2009....source electronicintifada.net
i won t repeat what i already said above, but the solution lies in the hands of the syrians! and hezbis consider shebaa farm as their raison d'etre so they are not in a hurry to liberate it... just open your eyes mowaten and come back to reality!
18 December 2012, 21:36
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is it possible? a hezbi not spitting on USA and thinking about their proposal? moreover a telecom station?
waw... hezbis are getting a low profile , seems they know they ll be in a dire position soon and are placing their pawns to save their a...!!!
19 December 2012, 01:29
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Those who think the US is against the new hizbustan should have their head examined. The US sends their drones to hunt down suni jihadis all the way in somalia, whereas in lebanon they let hizbustan form a government. Hizbustan pretty much signed a peace treaty with israel in 2000 that was breached in 2006, regretfuly akeed 'law kuntu a3lam' and since then hizbustan has been a gaurdian of the israeli borders: any bullet on sheb3a !?
19 December 2012, 02:00
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and what are you doing about this 'occupation' of sheb3a?? you gave it away just like bashar taba3ak gave th golan away and you turned your jihadis to invade beirut in 2008 and qusair 7umus in 2012 but my friend the revenge is coming and your irani huizbustan will pay dearly on the hands of the true arabs.
