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| UAE ejects Lebanese for refusing to spy on Hezbollah |
| 2009-10-03 |
| A number of Lebanese nationals, recently deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), say their expulsion was a result of their refusal to spy on fellow compatriots and Hezbollah. "Dozens among us were summoned by the security services in the UAE before being expelled and were asked to spy on fellow Lebanese in the Emirates as well as Hezbollah members or face deportation," AFP quoted Hassan Alayan, a spokesman for the deported group. Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have also been forced to leave the UAE in recent months for security reasons, he said at a Thursday press conference in Beirut. The deportees, mostly businessmen with major investments in the Emirates, said they were summoned by the UAE authorities and were given about two weeks to leave the country. The group said, given the lack of action by the Lebanese and UAE officials, they intend to take legal action and ask for compensation against the 'inhuman, illegal and uncivilized' move. The mostly Shia deportees, said the expulsions began after the electoral victory of Lebanon's Saudi- and Western-backed coalition in the June 7 election over the Hezbollah-led opposition. A foreign ministry official in Beirut said the UAE ambassador, who has been summoned several times over the issue, had so far given no clear explanation, but cited diplomatic sources as denying any connection between the expulsions and the religion of those involved. Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government to quickly address what it described as 'clear injustice', and the serious financial losses inflicted upon the Lebanese families. Leading Lebanese Shia cleric Seyyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah has called on UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan to take 'a quick initiative to rescue hundreds of Lebanese families', affected by the expulsions. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Makes sense. If Iran was planning aggression against either the UAE or Israel, or both, they would activate Hezbollah and the Gaza Shiites to cut up rough. Knowing about this quickly would allow the UAE to activate its forces to be ready for an Iranian attack. And the UAE would also likely tip off other powers interested in the situation. Just knowing about a sneak attack can often thwart it. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-10-03 00:41 |