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Salam: Security situation in Lebanon has never been this stable

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salam w kuwait PMPrime Minister Tammam Salam said on Sunday that the security situation in Lebanon is stable but stressed that the current deadlock in the country’s presidential elections is of greater cause for concern.

“The security situation in Lebanon has never been this stable,” Salam said when asked about Friday’s Dahr al-Baidar suicide bomb attack during a press conference in Kuwait, where he arrived earlier in the day on an official visit.

“Friday’s suicide bombing at the Internal Security Forces’s Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint on the Beirut Damascus highway is “a passing event.” He said

He added: “What [really] occupies the mind of the Lebanese people is the political situation, not the security [situation],” in a possible reference to the failure of the parliament to elect a new new head of state to replace Michel Suleiman whose term ended on May 25.

Salam also urged the United Arab Emirates to stop warning its citizens against traveling to Lebanon, and noted that the entire region is currently facing security threats.

“Everyone knows that a terrorist condition is [affecting] all areas of the region and striking here and there without warning.” He said

“We have, thanks be to God, immunity [against this condition,] and the subject has been given more media coverage than it deserves.”

The United Arab Emirates warned its citizens against traveling to Lebanon, citing security concerns, the Gulf federation’s official news agency said on Sunday.

Lebanon is a popular destination for tourists from the Emirates and other oil-rich Gulf states.

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4 responses to “Salam: Security situation in Lebanon has never been this stable”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    He really said that?? Oh, WELL, he DID ‘live out’ for a while, didn’t he.

    FOOD and water is what occupies the minds of the ones I know … jobless Lebanese women trying to survive, where only Syrian refugees get any aid. I don’t suppose the fact they are Christian has anything to do with that of course … Confessionally, it must be ALL the women.
    And sure, they are really wrapped up in “the political situation”. ‘Security’ is a non-concern, even with a child crying – as they all do at some point – for the pain in the empty stomachs.
    4 years ‘on the edge’ is surely just a ‘political situation’. Riiiiiggghhhtttt … nice secure feeling.
    Why, the bombings and shootings even stopped in Tripoli … that damn media … remembering things again .. tsk tsk. Oh … by the way … thank God. You are ‘welcome’ here.

    1. arzatna1 Avatar
      arzatna1

      Salam must be thrilled that the number of casualties is significantly lower than the during the attacks that took place in Dhahieh.
      I guess in Lebanon it is all relative

  2. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    2 attacks in 2 days safer than ever?

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      It could have been hourly like in Tripoli during one of ‘their’ dust-ups of the last year … 😉
      I loved how the media counted those … I think they got to #26 … an average of one every two weeks .. although they don’t mention each one lasted 2 weeks … of course.
      Maybe now the only ‘danger’ is from the shell-shock-cracked houses falling down … although nobody there is betting there won’t be a #27.
      The KFC was rebuilt. No-one offered money for the burned condos.
      Can’t afford to fix the bullet-holes.
      And who can afford KFC?

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