LIC Statement on Latest Armed Fighting in Lebanon

May 21, 2007

  

The Lebanese Information Center in the US, reflecting the sentiments of concerned Lebanese-Americans, expresses its support and its gratitude to the Lebanese Army and to Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces as they bravely confront the terrorist “Fateh Al Islam” faction.  The latest aggression against the Lebanese Army by the said terrorist group is yet another deplorable attempt by agents of the Iranian and Syrian regimes to destabilize Lebanon and to turn the country that has historically been a beacon for moderation, democracy and progress in the Middle East into a satellite state of their extremist and violent ideology.

 The Lebanese Information Center further maintains that: 
  1. Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon must not remain islands of lawlessness and breeding grounds for terrorism. They must be subject to the authority and to the sovereignty of the Lebanese government.
  1. Hezbollah and other militias must completely disarm, in accordance with both the Taif Accord and relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions.
  1. Lebanese political leaders of all inclinations should agree that the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces must be the only entities that should be allowed to be armed anywhere on the Lebanese territory. 
  1. Punitive measures by the international community must continue and escalate against the Syrian and the Iranian regimes until they cease their efforts to turn Lebanon into a launching pad for regional destabilization as a means of deflecting international pressure against their tyrannical rules.

The Lebanese Information Center offers its heartfelt condolences to the families of the soldiers and of the fallen innocent civilians and prays for Lebanon to come out stronger, united and victorious.

 

© 2007 Lebanese Information Center – www.licus.org

 

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