when it was less than one foot above the ground, meaning that it was not in the sky and the gunmen knew exactly that it was a Lebanese plane
Today marks the first day of Ramadan for the Sunni Muslims . The Sunni Dar el Fatwa declared Monday the first day of the holy month of Ramadan while the Higher Shiite council declared Tuesday the first day of Ramadan
Yesterday's speech by Speaker Nabih Berri during the anniversary marking 30 days of disappearance of the Imam Moussa el Sadr was the main event of the day . Berri asked the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to reveal anything he knows about the disappearance of the senior Lebanese Shiite cleric during a trip to Libya 30 years ago.
Monday
23:20 The Emir of Qatar stressed during his meeting with president Suleiman that his country will continue to support Lebanon and will encourage Qatari investors to invest in Lebanon
21:43 AFP : The summit in Damascus in Thursday will include the leaders of France, Syria , Turkey and Qatar and the Lebanese file will be discussed
20:35 NOW Lebanon: Hundreds fled Jabal Mohsin on Monday for Syria
20:23 MP Franjiyeh : the way they talk about coordination between athe army and the resistance as if the resistance is the institution and the army is a passing cloud and as if there is no state
19:24 former president Gemayel: The helicopter incident raises the question of The Lebanese sovereignty on that spot
In the Lebanese territory that is in the vicinity of Jezzine . This is an extremely sensitive area and by targeting the helicopter they have targeted the army and its national role
19:10 Evening prayers begin in Beirut on the first day of Ramadan.
18:30 Judge Jeane Fahd continues to supervise the investigation surrounding the killing of officer Samer Hanna and the controversy surrounding the incident and the gunman that was handed over by Hezbollah
17:18 Sources say 20-year-old Hezbollah fighter (Moukaddem) took independent initiative in helicopter shooting. He claims that he thought the helicopter was Israeli and had not noticed the Lebanese flag . ( Yesterday defense minister Murr was quoted as saying the helicopter was less than 1 foot from the ground when subjected to the shooting )
17:00 president Suleiman arrived in Doha.
16:30 MP Walid Jumblatt called for a straightforward and responsible dialogue that covers all issues of concern and that can help renew the confidence between all parties
15:44 Army command : several gunmen of Sheikh Lar and Aidamoun ( Akkar) were detained and several illegal vehicles that were used for transporting arms and ammunition were confiscated
14:37 General Jean Kahwaji officially takes post as army commander at the defense ministry.
14:22 President Michel Suleiman leaves to Qatar.
13:20 Minister Taborian : Lebanon will be able within two weeks to generate 250 - 400 MW and this will reflect positively on the number of hours of operation
12:15 Premier Siniora discussed the security situation with ISF commander Gen. Ashraf Rifi.
11:40 MP Michel Pharaoun told New TV that Lebanon was not headed towards partition. He said the true dangers in Lebanon resided in the fact that one group was trying to protect the state and its sovereignty, while another group placed regional priorities before national ones, in reference to Hezbollah.
11:10 Israeli troops carry out war games around their outposts in the occupied Shebaa Farms region. Thuds of explosions echo across southern villages.
10:25 Seven MPs presented a memo to President Suleiman proposing a constitutional amendment banning the naturalization of Palestinians.
10:22 Voice of Lebanon: an anonymous assailant burned the car of Customs Agent Akram Rheim at the Masnaa border crossing checkpoint on Monday morning.
07:49 Al Akhbar : Hezbollah leadership received its first official invitation to visit Cairo, Egypt . The invitation called for a high level leader to head a delegation
07:41 Salim Aoun: The Lebanese army as far as the FPM is concerned is a red line and the FPM is exclusively with the army everywhere in Lebanon
07:37 al Hayat : Political observers are carefully evaluating Fneish's comment that there should be no obstacles in arranging a meeting between Hassan Nasrallah and Hariri ,indicating that contacts continuing regarding such an encounter
06:24 The Sunni Dar el Fatwa declared Monday the first day of the holy month of Ramadan while the Higher Shiite council declared Tuesday the first day of Ramadan
06:13 PM Siniora will visit Tripoli Tuesday to meet with its leaders and to explore its needs
Sunday
21:00 One person was killed and three others were wounded in clashes Sunday between rival communities in the village of Sheikh Lar in north Lebanon's Akkar province. The shooting erupted between Sunni Muslims and Alawites a security source said .The fighting was triggered by a "dispute between villagers. Alawites are an offshoot of Shiite Islam and straddle the border into Syria whose President Bashar al-Assad is a follower of the faith.
13:20 Asharq al-Awsat - The United States has informed Israel that it bans any attack on Iran to knock down its nuclear program according to an Israeli newspaper report that said Washington has "clearly informed Israel… that we would not allow you to launch war on Iran."
12:35 A frightening traffic accident on Dbaiyeh highway causing huge traffic jams between Antelias and Dog ( Kalb ) River
11:41 MP Ahmad Fatfat: We are not responsible for the reservations of the progressive socialist party against the appointment of the army chief and no one told us about the negative factors of the General Kahwaji being the army chief
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