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Larsen Says 'Heavily Armed Militias' Put Lebanon in 'Hyper-Dangerous Situation'
2010-10-29
[An Nahar] Terje Roed-Larsen, U.N. Special Envoy for the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559, said Thursday that Leb is in a "hyper-dangerous" state because of the "heavily armed militias" operating in it.
The envoy, Terje Roed Larsen, called for urgent efforts to disarm groups such as Hizbullah in Leb, warning that there is "a hurricane blowing up" in the Middle East.

"Militias holding arms in Leb today is an intimidation in itself, particularly when it is paired with reckless and irresponsible rhetoric," Larsen told news hounds after briefing the U.N. Security Council in a closed session on Leb.

"Leb is more conflicted every day we see now. And we know that in Leb we have militias which are very heavily armed and increasingly so and this creates a hyper-dangerous situation," he said.

He did not comment on U.S. allegations that Syria and Iran were providing arms to Hizbullah but said: "There is a consistency between allegations we are hearing and statements from Hizbullah itself concerning their capabilities."

"These weapons are of course not coming from the moon."

The Middle East is "a region where we have cross-winds and a hurricane blowing up," Larsen warned.

"In the middle of those cross-winds there is a tent standing and that tent is critically held up by two poles. One is the Paleostinian one and one is the Lebanese. If one of those poles crack, the whole tent will go down.

"In other words, if the Lebanese situation is destabilized I am afraid that it will have rippling effects across the region," he told news hounds.
Posted by:Fred

#3  "NOT coming from the Moon" > D ****, I KNEW IT!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-10-29 19:16  

#2  Terje is back!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-10-29 02:51  

#1  Chalk up another one for "2012" + GUAM TAOTAMONAS - POTUS Bammer is going to need all the luck + prayers he can muster 2010-2012/2016 as per GEOPOL CRISES.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-10-29 00:58  

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