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US demands govt. decision on Hezbollah arms, report says
[NAHARNET] The U.S. administration has asked Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...to reach ''presidential consensus'' on the decision of monopolizing arms between President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri ...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... and PM Nawaf Salam ahead of referring such a decision to Cabinet for formal approval, al-Jadeed TV has reported. ''Washington considers that monopolizing arms is an essential first step that must precede any Israeli withdrawal and border demarcation,'' al-Jadeed added. ''U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has returned to the front burner the files that former U.S. deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus and her team had finalized, putting them on the table for implementation within a specific time frame, topped by an official decision from the Lebanese government on monopolizing arms in the hand of the state,'' al-Jadeed said. Posted by: Fred 2025-06-24 |
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