MP Maalouf: Lebanon FM justifying Syrian incursions

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MP Joseph al-Maalouf said Friday that Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour was justifying the Syrian incursions into Lebanese territories, in addition to the killing of journalists.

“What is noticeable is that Mansour is justifying the Syrian violations against Lebanon; in addition to the killing of journalists,” Maalouf who represents the Lebanese Forces in the parliament told the Free Lebanon radio.

Al-Jadeed   ( New)  TV cameraman Ali Shaaban was shot by gunfire coming from Syrian territory in the northern Lebanese town of Wadi Khaled last  April.

Maalouf’s  comments come after President Michel Suleiman accused Syria  on Monday of violating Lebanese territories and requested Mansour to send a letter of complaints to Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali to address the issue.

Mansour said on Wednesday that he handed over a letter to the Syrian envoy but that “the letter will not include complaints, but rather a comment on a number of violations that happened unintentionally.”

Mansour comes from the Shiite Muslim Amal Movement party which, along with the militant Hezbollah group, supports the embattled Syrian president Bashar al Assad.

The current Lebanese government is dominated by Hezbollah and was reportedly made in Syria.

Mansour has been accused on several occasions of acting on orders from Syria , but since Hezbollah dominates the cabinet prime minister Najib Mikati cannot fire him.

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2 responses to “MP Maalouf: Lebanon FM justifying Syrian incursions”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Mikati is happy in London watching the 3 Lebanese athletes.
    He will love this story … Olympic spirt type that he is …

    LONDON: Olympic officials were forced to erect a screen between Lebanon’s and Israel’s judo fighters on Friday after the Lebanese refused to train on the same mat, the Israeli Olympic team said Friday.
    The incident arose after Lebanon’s two judokas found themselves next to the five Israelis during practice at the official training venue in Redbridge, in east London, said Nitzan Ferraro, spokesman for the Israeli Olympic Committee.
    “We started to practice. They came and they saw us – they didn’t like it and they went to the organisers,” Feraro told Reuters. “They put up some kind of wall between us. Everyone went on and there was no interaction between us.”
    The Lebanese Olympic Committee could not immediately be reached for comment.

    Something about Israeli sweat I guess … but they didn’t learn much about Judo and Zen Philosophy either.

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    5thDrawer

    Mikati is happy in London watching the 3 Lebanese athletes.

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