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Army Starts Removing Jabal Mohsen Barricades
[An Nahar] Army units on Tuesday launched a crackdown on gunnies in Jabal Mohsen and started removing barricades and sandbags from the Tripoli...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... neighborhood, ahead of taking the same measures in the adjacent districts. Abdul Latif Saleh, front man for the Arab Democratic Party, the main political and military force in Jabal Mohsen, welcomed the step but demanded a similar crackdown in the rival neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh. For his part, ADP secretary-general Rifaat Eid voiced reservation over the army's step during an interview with OTV. "I was informed by the Army Command, through Brig. Gen. Amer al-Hasan, that the army will take measures and he asked me whether we have a problem with that and I said no," Eid said. "But I want to ask the Army Command: why do things always start from Jabal Mohsen while nothing has been done on the other frontier," he added. Security sources told MTV later on Tuesday that the removal of barricades and sandbags from Jabal Mohsen will be followed by the removal of barricades from Bab al-Tabbaneh and all frontiers. Future TV said "some army troops were maimed in a clash with gunnies in Jabal Mohsen." Earlier on Tuesday, Tripoli MP Mohammed Kabbara gave a 48-hour ultimatum for the state to control the situation in Tripoli. "The residents of the city will have to defend themselves if the battles continued," Kabbara said after heading a meeting for the National Islamic Gathering. The politician accused President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... , Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati and Army Commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji of cooperating with the regime of Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... "We call on officials to assume their responsibilities as it is their task to maintain the country's unity and the safety of its residents," Kabbara told news hounds. The statement issued by the attendees expressed surprise that the security deterioration in Tripoli is ongoing despite all the appeals to end the chaos. "The army should respond to snipers by firing at them and not just giving them warning gunshots," the MP said. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-05 |
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