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Shiites reject calls for Hizbullah to lay down its arms |
2005-03-22 |
![]() Last Friday, following meetings with both U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in New York, influential Christian leader Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir joined in the calls on the resistance to lay down its arms. Meanwhile, key opposition leader Chouf MP Walid Jumblatt and other opposition figures have pledged to protect the resistance. Despite the legitimacy widely attributed Hizbullah in Lebanon as a resistance group, the international community defines the organization as a militia that should be disarmed. The U.S. in particular, has always viewed Hizbullah as a terrorist organization that must be disarmed. Earlier last week, the U.S. stand regarding Hizbullah seemed to have softened when Bush expressed openness to the idea of Hizbullah as a Lebanese political party, as long as it discarded its military wing and laid down its arms. But, Hizbullah has repeatedly ruled out laying down its weapons, placing the organization in direct defiance of Resolution 1559, adopted last year, which also calls on the Lebanese government to extend its control to all parts of the country - namely Hizbullah's stronghold along the southern borders with Israel. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Does the IDF know the locations of where Hezbollah's "leadership" call home in Lebanon? Keeping a list of certain GPS coordinates in an initial target list might be a good plan. ;) |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-22 5:55:11 PM |