BEYOND THE DROPZONE

LEBANON UPDATE: Cedars Revolution rejects Arab agreement

Posted by W. Thomas Smith Jr. on 17 May 2008 at 2:52 am UTC

 

“The New Cairo Agreement; What Hezbollah couldn’t take by force, it will receive through the Arab delegation.”After the failed attacks, which were carried out by Hezbollah and its Divine Ruler, against the people of West Beirut and the Chouf; and given Hezbollah’s catastrophic failure and the exposure of its leadership’s planning of oppressing the Lebanese people through the use of weapons of ambush under its control, it now seems that scheming and colluding will take place to provide Hezbollah with the political Arabic protection which will be imposed upon the government and will result as happened in 1968 when the government accepted that despicable Cairo agreement, which cost Lebanon 30 years of Syrian occupation and tyranny, a price which we are still paying until now through attacks against our identity and existence, the assassinations of our symbols of democracy; and the oppressors’ imposition of their opinion through the power of the gun.

“It is from this position that the World Council of the Cedars Revolution calls for the tight scrutiny of the following;

1) That any dialogue outside the principle of the surrendering of arms to the legitimate force is totally rejected and completely unacceptable.

2) That any relief for those who are imposing themselves upon the people of any region of Lebanon, will be considered as aiding and abetting the enemies of Lebanon and the abrogating of responsibilities in the building of a nation of the rule of law which will protect everyone under its wings of justice and equality.

3) Any initiative be it Arab or otherwise which endorses maintaining foreign or external impact against the law, encouraging the possession of weapons which are not under the control of the Lebanese authority, is totally rejected and will not be acceptable to people of Lebanon who are prepared and not afraid to confront the arms and those who trade in them in any situation.

4) That our people’s preparedness to take a solid stand with conviction, particularly in Beirut and Mount Lebanon; and having absorbed the oppression and aggression, makes it impossible to underestimate them and we will not accept the dismantling of the honorable sacrifices of the land of the martyrs.

5) At the very least, the restoration of the honor of the people of Lebanon which has been offended, requires the dissolving of Hezbollah, the unconditional disarming of all groups and the placement of all arms at the hands and control of the nation.

6) That any responsible person who accepts dialogue with Hezbollah prior to the surrender of arms, will be brought to justice before the people of Lebanon, for they must realize that they are creating new conflicts. Everyone knows that leniency towards criminals contributes to further crimes such as the assassination of people and the destruction of the Nation.”

As I mentioned in my previous post, there will be updates and analysis over the next few days.

(photo - Lebanon.at)

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