Members of the Hizbullah party prevented a procession from the American embassy in Beirut from passing on a road in south Lebanon close to the borders with Israel, on the ground that it is "banned to enter this area." A Lebanese security sources said that no confrontation recurred between the Hizbullah and members of the procession of the American diplomats.
| "There was no confrontation. The Hezbollah guys threatened to beat them up, so they left..." |
The security source explained that members of the Hizbullah party notified the Lebanese who headed the procession to inspect the road that they can not pass in this area "because it is banned to enter it." A source at the American embassy in Beirut confirmed the incident noting that a procession for the embassy was prevented from entering a road in southern Lebanon and did not give justification for the presence of this procession in that area. The source said that the American embassy in Beirut filed an official complaint with the Lebanese government regarding that. |