“Iran’s Road To Tel Aviv Is Through Beirut”
Related: Hezbollah Overruns West Beirut
Lebanese minister: Iran’s Hizbullah believes way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut
Y-Net:
‘Iran is responsible for what is happening in Lebanon,’ coalition member tells Al-Arabiya TV. Peres: We knew Hizbullah would lead Lebanon to brink of civil war
“Iran is responsible for what is happening in Lebanon. The subject now is the Iranian attack on Lebanon. They want us to surrender totally without any compensation,” Lebanese Sports Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Friday during an interview with the Al-Arabiya television network Friday amid reports that Hizbullah gunmen seized control of large parts of Beirut.
“Hizbullah has turned from an opposition party into a militia attempting to impose its control. I think Hizbullah believes that the way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut,” he said.
Fatfat said Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had “taken advantage of the government’s decision to outlaw the (Shiite) group’s communications network in order to declare war.”
According to the minister, regardless of whether a “Gaza-like” revolt occurs in Lebanon, “the government will remain legitimate.”
“We do not want a civil war, and we’ve decided to confront them politically, not militarily,” Fatfat said. “We do not have gunmen like they do.”
Meanwhile, Israeli President Shimon Peres played down Israeli concerns at Hizbullah’s move to expand its control in Beirut on Friday but said he hoped the Lebanese people would step back from the brink of civil war.
“It’s not a total surprise. We knew that Hizbullah is going to divide the country and lead it to the verge of a civil war,” Israel’s elder statesman told reporters.
Knesset Mmeber Silvan Shalom (Likud) said of about the escalating violence in Beirut, “The world must intervene immediately for the good of the moderate people and prevent the Iranian occupation of Lebanon.
“An Iranian takeover would create Shiite succession that could threaten the stability of the Middle East and the entire world. The UN Security Council must be convened in order to prevent this irreversible situation,” he said.
Security sources said at least 11 people had been killed and 30 wounded in three days of battles between pro-government gunmen and fighters loyal to Hizbullah, a Shiite political movement with a powerful guerrilla army.
The fighting, the worst internal strife since the 1975-90 civil war, was triggered this week after the government took decisions targeting Hizbullah’s military communications network. The group said the government had declared war.
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These Lebanese are worthless. Hez bully takes over Beirut with little or no resistance. A pussy military and Fatfat wants to chat. Let hez bully take over the whole country and the entire country will be Israel’s enemy. Gives Israel free reign on taking care of Lebanon. Remember a little while back , Lebanon was declared a no go country by the State Department. They went anyway and when the US finally got them out they sued the US for not getting them out fast enough.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:29 amAll posing
May 9th, 2008 at 9:03 am“Iran’s Hizbullah believes way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut”
This kinda stuff always gives me the giggles. It’s like they don’t even notice the road to Tel Aviv is guarded by Merkava tanks, heavy infantry, and gps guided bombs… and somehow an unguided rocket shot at a city is somehow going to make all those deadly obstacles magically disappear.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:27 am