Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel has warned that rocket attacks and bombings would not stop even if the suspects involved in the latest attacks in Baabda district were arrested but he expressed optimism on the security situation.

In an interview with An Nahar newspaper published on Sunday, Charbel said: “We should arrest the perpetrators.”

U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly has expressed hope that Lebanese officials would support President Michel Suleiman in his efforts to defend Lebanon’s sovereignty.

In remarks to An Nahar newspaper published on Sunday, Connelly said Suleiman is reacting positively to the concerns expressed by the Lebanese and does not await the results of the Syrian crisis to defend Lebanon's independence, sovereignty and stability.

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel stated on Saturday that two armies cannot exist in one country because that would contradict the demands of sovereignty and the official armed forces, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5).

He told the radio: “Lebanon's salvation cannot be achieved without complete loyalty to the nation.”

Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel condemned on Saturday the Baabda rocket attack, considering that it targeted the Lebanese army and the presidency, Says President Michel Suleiman's speech wasn't targeting the resistance.

Charbel expressed hope in comments to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) that politicians would try to evade all disputes, pointing out that the incident will have a dangerous impact on the security and economic situation in the country.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun criticized on Friday the rocket attacks in the Baabda region on Thursday, saying that they were a message to President Michel Suleiman and the Lebanese army, reported al-Mada radio.

He told the radio: “It's true that I oppose Suleiman's views, but he should not be criticized in such a debased manner.”

Hizbullah slammed on Friday reports that linked President Michel Suleiman's speech about the resistance on Army Day to the rockets that landed near the presidential palace in Beirut's suburb of Baabda.

"The goals behind the crime that targeted military sites and the surroundings of the presidential palace in Baabda are known,” the party said in a released statement.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat condemned on Friday the Baabda rocket attack, wondering if it was a crime for President Michel Suleiman to defend the constitution and Lebanon's “democracy and diversity despite their flaws.”

He asked in a statement: “Is it a crime for the president to pinpoint the difficulties facing the army, most notably the contradiction of the presence of legitimate and illegitimate weapons in Lebanon?”

President Michel Suleiman asserted on Friday that recurrent messages through anonymous rocket attacks on different areas in Lebanon will not change the national principles or convictions.

“No matter who the perpetrators behind the rocket attacks are and no matter what objective they have, these messages will not change our convictions,” said Suleiman in a statement released by the presidential palace.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea condemned on Friday the Baabda rockets that were fired late on Thursday, lauding President Michel Suleiman's stances on Army Day.

He said in a statement: “I never once imagined that the president could be targeted by Lebanese powers.”

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam denounced on Friday the Baabda rockets incident, describing it as a “dangerous and suspicious.”

“Targeting the areas that include national symbols is a new chapter in the series of suspicious security incidents across the country,” Salam said.