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Karami calls for demilitarization of Tripoli

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karami w son faisalThe situation in the northern city of Tripoli is back to normal on Saturday following yesterday’s incident when the convoy of Sports and Youth Minister Faisal Karami came under fire , leaving four of his bodyguards wounded and a security patrol car riddled with bullets.

One of the bodyguards died from his wounds , LBCI reported without disclosing his identitity

Several delegations visited Karami at his residence in Tripoli on Saturday and this prompted him to deliver a speech in which he reiterated that he was not the one targeted in yesterday’s attack, but Tripoli’s security and stability.

The Minister also said that the recurrent security incidents in Tripoli should prompt the cabinet to decide to demilitarize the northern city.

“All the incidents that took place in Tripoli should be a lesson to stop the [proliferation] of weapons in the streets,” Karami was quoted as saying.

Sources told LBCI that Minister Karami will be paying the cost for treatment of his bodyguards and other injured persons in Bab el-Tabbaneh.

LBCI also reported that a meeting was held on Friday between Tripoli’s Islamists and Minister Karami whereby they both reiteated that Minister Karami was not the targeted person.

It is worth noting that the March 14 opposition MPs have been calling for the demilitarization of Tripoli since a long time

LBCI

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4 responses to “Karami calls for demilitarization of Tripoli”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    It’s not a ‘military’ which is the problem …. packs of idiots and gangs are the problem.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    It’s not a ‘military’ which is the problem …. packs of idiots and gangs are the problem.

  3. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    “stop the proliferation of weapon on the streets”
    Too late morrons! When you adopt any form of weapon other than that of the state, what can stop other lebanese from adopting another form of weapons outside the state’s. Karami calls hezb’s weapons “resistance to israel” the armed people in tripoli call their weapons “resistance to syria, or iran, or anything that’s not sunni…” How can you stop proliferation in tripoli and not in dahyieh? why would you call tripoli a city without weapons when beirut the capital is full of we know whose weapons…
    Yesterday they put a gun on karami jr.’s head, but the lebanese people have had the “resistance” guns on their heads for 23 years now, so suck it up Faisal and be glad they didn’t pull the trigger like your friends did in 2005 – 06 -08 ….

  4. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    “stop the proliferation of weapon on the streets”
    Too late morrons! When you adopt any form of weapon other than that of the state, what can stop other lebanese from adopting another form of weapons outside the state’s. Karami calls hezb’s weapons “resistance to israel” the armed people in tripoli call their weapons “resistance to syria, or iran, or anything that’s not sunni…” How can you stop proliferation in tripoli and not in dahyieh? why would you call tripoli a city without weapons when beirut the capital is full of we know whose weapons…
    Yesterday they put a gun on karami jr.’s head, but the lebanese people have had the “resistance” guns on their heads for 23 years now, so suck it up Faisal and be glad they didn’t pull the trigger like your friends did in 2005 – 06 -08 ….

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