Saniora, MP Hariri to Hand Suleiman Memo on Aftermath of Sidon Clashes
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Head of the Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora and MP Bahia Hariri are expected to submit a memorandum to President Michel Suleiman on the recent developments in Sidon in the aftermath of the clashes in the southern city, the daily An Nahar reported Friday.
It said that the memo will include accounts on Hizbullah fighters' participation in the unrest.
Mustaqbal sources told the daily that “anger has prevailed among the residents of he city over the manner in which the clashes were portrayed and over Hizbullah's participation in them.”
“The residents have been wronged due to the practices in the city that have created a shock among them,” they added.
They therefore explained that Saniora and Hariri chose to submit the memorandum to Suleiman due to his position as president, high commander of the armed forces, and protector of the constitution and citizens.
The memo will also address the “haphazard arrests in Sidon and the insults some Sidon residents are being subjected to due to superficial reasons, such as their beards and having had performed prayers at the Bilal bin Rabah mosque,” said An Nahar.
Eighteen soldiers were killed and 50 were wounded in clashes between the army and armed supporters of the Imam of the Bilal bin Rabah mosque Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir on Sunday and Monday.
More than 20 of al-Asir's supporters were killed, according to a security official.
Dozens of them were also arrested, but there was no sign of the cleric.
Sidon Ulemas accused on Wednesday Hizbullah fighters of taking part in the battles alongside the army, despite assertions by various officials that the army acted alone in combating the gunmen.
28 June 2013, 08:08
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will it change anything?
the STL has had names for years... we're still waiting for their capture and for them to be handed over to the Hague.
28 June 2013, 09:11
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@FT/Mowaten/Charletan: The army should be cleansed of people like you. You deserve the guillotine.
28 June 2013, 09:14
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so if the army is pro HA and is corrupted, what do u suggest now ? what's the next step ?
28 June 2013, 10:00
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btw I don't believe a word of the article u mentioned in www.mcclatchydc.com
28 June 2013, 11:49
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roaring_fakethrower.
use your belt push the botton. you sorry excuse for a human.
28 June 2013, 13:29
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Maybe Saniora can also hand Suleiman a memo on his spending and financial records when he was Prime Minister, and how billions of dollars magically disappeared from the government treasury under his watch.
28 June 2013, 15:56
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hezbis are just spilling oil on the fire together with OTV's propaganda to exasperate sunnis and hoping they will radicalize to have an excuse to confront them openly and then again play the poor victim...
hezbis are trying to make forget their deep implication in syria by igniting strife in lebanon.
how many civilians were killed in saida? why can't anyone tell it? how many hezbis? why is nothing clear? if everything was clear we would have transparency! it proves that this operation was not clear from the beginning....
before assir was just a minor thing but hezbis are making him a hero now in the eyes of extremists on purpose so that extremists will now take arms to create strife in lebanon as needed by hezbis....
28 June 2013, 15:58
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" Notice that these M14 and salafist supporter talk about nothing important and of substance. "
because this post is of substance? LOL!
28 June 2013, 18:07
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I am surprised at your comment phoenix. I have recently decided I am against m14 and M8 equally but I question what you are implying. If she is complicit in fueling criminal acts against the Army then she is a victim of being manipulated into doing so. Do you really believe this woman will knowingly fuel and support the likes of the filth named Assir and his twisted followers?
28 June 2013, 19:56
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Phénix est FT....it took him a while to build his character until someone unveiled the mystery.
28 June 2013, 21:31
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whhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? the1 is FT??? I often accused him of that but had no proofs only suspicious. How did you uncover this Ben? You have proofs? I want to know, lay it on me man...
30 June 2013, 15:35
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How about Hariri hand in a resignation instead. Her and saad are the causes of all this. Along with rafik who ruined Lebanon and pretended to be so called saviours. How come we never hear about guys like Issam Fares who gives yet doesn't boast about it and make everyone know about it? That's true giving.
