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| Lebanon must halt arms that threaten Israel: US |
| 2009-12-16 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] United States President Barack Obama early Tuesday asked Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in White House talks to take action against arms smuggling into Lebanon, which he said threatened Israeli security. Despite vowing support for Lebanese democracy, Obama said there were some issues on which he and Suleiman would not agree, and noted they discussed the implementation of the U.N. resolution on ending the 2006 war in Lebanon. "I want to be clear. I emphasized to him our concerns about the extensive arms that are smuggled into Lebanon that potentially serve as a threat to Israel," said Obama. "President Suleiman and I are not going to agree on every issue with respect to... Israel, Lebanon, the Palestinians and Syria. What we do agree on is we can resolve these issues through dialogue and negotiations, rather than through violence," added the U.S. President. Suleiman said he had brought up Israel with Obama. "We also discussed the Israeli threats against Lebanon which are taking place and place obstacles to the economic growth of the country," Suleiman said. "We asked President Obama and the U.S. to exert further pressure on Israel to implement Resolution 1701." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week denounced the resolution, saying it had proven to be a failure, despite ending the war between Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah armed group. In November, Israel intercepted a ship that it said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran destined for Hezbollah. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 If not, the Great Father will condemn Israel only a 110% (instead of 120%) for leveling Lebanon. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-16 13:25 |
| #2 If not...??? |
| Posted by: Willy 2009-12-16 10:40 |
| #1 Lucy Van Pelt must hold football steady: Charlie Brown |
| Posted by: Grurong Bucket6881 2009-12-16 06:16 |