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| Lebanese army & police to boost security in downtown Beirut |
| 2007-09-25 |
| Lebanese troops and police have been tasked to provide tight security in downtown Beirut ahead of Tuesday's elections of a new president for Lebanon to replace Emile Lahoud. Prime Minister Fouad Saniora is currently presiding over a cabinet meeting with high ranking military leaders to discuss the “security plan” . The daily An Nahar said security would be boosted from Monday afternoon and will cover the whole vicinity of downtown Beirut which houses the Lebanese Parliament in Nijmeh Square. An Nahar said "special measures" would be taken around the tent city that has been erected since Dec.1 by the Hizbullah-led opposition in an effort to topple Prime Minister Fouad Saniora's government. It said details of the actions were not announced. Members of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority have demanded increased security ahead of Tuesday's presidential vote after the assassination of MP Antoine Ghanem. Ghanem, a Damascus critic, and four other people were killed by a car bomb in Beirut's Sin el-Fil neighborhood on Wednesday, an attack pro-government parliamentarians blamed on Syria. Damascus denied involvement. Ghanem was the eighth anti-Syrian politician to be assassinated since the February 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. |
| Posted by:Fred |