Cabinet Discusses Security And Hezbollah Communication Networks
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8/28/2007
After an intensive cabinet session yesterday, the government decided to take action against private communication networks installed by Hezbollah. The government also decided to intensify security measures in the face of threats against foreign diplomats and journalists.
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The five-hour cabinet session on Monday, presided by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and attended by ISF General Director Ashraf Rifi and Army Intelligence Director Brigadier George Khoury, was mostly consecrated to security issues. After the session, Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said that the government is planning to take action against private communication networks installed by Hezbollah. He said the government agreed to draw a plan of action for a peaceful resolution of this issue, but it is serious about resolving it because it is a dangerous matter. Aridi said the government formed a committee to draft a report on recent information that Hezbollah had installed its own communication infrastructure in the south of the country. He said initial reports have shown that the Hezbollah networks 'went beyond (the southern village of) Zawtar Sharqiyeh...to reach Beirut and the suburbs of Beirut which are outside the security areas of the leadership of the
resistance.' He added that the government is determined to protect the Resistance and its symbols from the Israeli enemy but the information that the government gathered does not follow this logic.' He did not wish to give further details. Aridi also said that the government has intensified security measures following recent threats against the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The threats have also targeted journalists. He said recent arrests of suspects in Lebanon 'have helped the army and the internal security forces prevent dangerous acts by groups in several areas' across the country. |
