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Mikati denies arming his supporters

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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati denied during a meeting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli his supporters were being armed , National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

“Some have recently spread rumors claiming that my supporters are being armed in Tripoli , but these claims are pure defamation,” Mikati told a gathering of civil society organizations in the northern capital.

“Any security incident in Tripoli targets me in the first place,” he added.

The PM, who is from Tripoli, also said that the “conspiracy against [the Lebanese northern city] has been persisting since 1975 in order to create a rift between its residents.

Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen have been gripped by frequent fighting, reflecting a split in Lebanon’s political scene in which opposition parties back the revolt in Syria while the ruling coalition, led by Hezbollah, supports the Damascus regime.

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8 responses to “Mikati denies arming his supporters”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    So, change to secular democratic government for all Lebanon which treats all factions equally and disallows the gangs with weapons to float around, allows women equal rights especially in legal matters, and show that you care about good food, water, and electricity … etc, etc. You are ‘the man’, right?
    Nice that you chat to those who seek some civility in the downtrodden shivering society of Tripoli. I suppose ….

    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      heres a sad story for you….a friend of mine from tripoli…his sister living in australia came and visited with her 3 children and husband a month ago…her youngest son 13 months old started having problems breathing….she went to 4 hospitals in tripoli area none had a respirator they turned her back and told her they couldnt do anything for her….she ended up calling the australian embassy in beirut who then sent her an ambulance from beirut to oick them up and take them to a hospital in beirut…alas it was too late on the way down the child passed away…..people should be fighting for their basic and rightful social services. health,hospitals,education,employment…the rest becomes irrelevant when the basics are in place

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        There’s no end to the sad stories related to inability, dateam. Or lack of real help. And each time there are so many unanswered questions regarding those ‘basics’, perhaps found in places like Australia, which consider patient needs before the profits of the hospital.
        Why didn’t the first hospital which should know the whole situation call for the local red-cross ambulance which would have cut the time at least in half? Even a crazy speeding taxi-driver (love those rides) can’t do better than an hour and a half between the two cities … but it might have been a good $150 spent.
        Common saying: ‘You die on the hospital door.’ Not always because of lack of money, but usually.
        Really, one is on one’s own …..

        1. dateam Avatar
          dateam

          that last sentence is so true….problem is when will we lebanese realise that?

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    So, change to secular democratic government for all Lebanon which treats all factions equally and disallows the gangs with weapons to float around, allows women equal rights especially in legal matters, and show that you care about good food, water, and electricity … etc, etc. You are ‘the man’, right?
    Nice that you chat to those who seek some civility in the downtrodden shivering society of Tripoli. I suppose ….

    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      heres a sad story for you….a friend of mine from tripoli…his sister living in australia came and visited with her 3 children and husband a month ago…her youngest son 13 months old started having problems breathing….she went to 4 hospitals in tripoli area none had a respirator they turned her back and told her they couldnt do anything for her….she ended up calling the australian embassy in beirut who then sent her an ambulance from beirut to oick them up and take them to a hospital in beirut…alas it was too late on the way down the child passed away…..people should be fighting for their basic and rightful social services. health,hospitals,education,employment…the rest becomes irrelevant when the basics are in place

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        There’s no end to the sad stories related to inability, dateam. Or lack of real help. And each time there are so many unanswered questions regarding those ‘basics’, perhaps found in places like Australia, which consider patient needs before the profits of the hospital.
        Why didn’t the first hospital which should know the whole situation call for the local red-cross ambulance which would have cut the time at least in half? Even a crazy speeding taxi-driver (love those rides) can’t do better than an hour and a half between the two cities … but it might have been a good $150 spent.
        Common saying: ‘You die on the hospital door.’ Not always because of lack of money, but usually.
        Really, one is on one’s own …..

        1. dateam Avatar
          dateam

          that last sentence is so true….problem is when will we lebanese realise that?

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