...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...Army, Amer al-Fakhoury.
The Lebanese website "Lebanon Debate" quoted ’Abdullah as saying:
"Out of respect for my oath and the honorary military, I am resigning from the presidency of the military court in which the application of the law equals the escape of a client, the pain of captives and the treason of a judge."
In response to the release, many people organized a protest in front of the military court, at the invitation of the Prisoners and Editors Representatives Authority, while others cut roads in different cities with burning tires.
In its ruling, No. 515/2020 issued last Monday, the court announced that the crimes against Fakhoury in terms of torturing prisoners in 1998, had passed the ten-year time frame, and decided to release him immediately unless he was arrested in another case.
Despite the decision to prevent the travel Fakhoury, sources told al-Mayadeen TV that "an American military plane landed near the American embassy in Awkar, where the agent Amer al-Fakhoury is," noting that "the plane took off minutes after it landed in the vicinity of the embassy."
Trump Thanks Lebanon after Fakhoury Returns to U.S.
[AnNahar] U.S. President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
has confirmed that former Khiyam Prison warden Amer Fakhoury was released Thursday to the United States, where he is a naturalized citizen.
Trump said that Fakhoury, a former member of the Israeli-backed South Leb Army militia who was detained on his return to Beirut in September, was suffering late-stage cancer. He added that Fakhoury "will now be able to receive the much needed care and treatment in the United States."
"We've been working very hard to get him freed. He's finally able to have his entire family at his side," Trump told news hounds at the start of a daily news conference on the coronavirus
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
pandemic.
"The United States has no higher priority than the safety and well-being of our citizens," he said.
"I'm very grateful to the Lebanese government. They worked with us," Trump added.