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| Suleiman Denies Receiving Direct Warning from Israel |
| 2013-05-21 |
| [Naharnet] 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... denied on Monday receiving a warning from Israel that it would destroy Leb in case of a Hizbullah attack on the Jewish state. Suleiman's press office said that the president hasn't received such a warning "although Israeli threats and violations of Lebanese airspace never stop." "No party informed the president about such a threat," it said in a statement. The denial came after an Israeli website reported that Tel Aviv has sent a warning to Leb through the U.S. administration that it would "take Leb 50 years backwards" if Hizbullah attacked Israel. The message was delivered to Suleiman to confirm that Israel would not stand idle to any attack by the party or Syria on the Jewish state, the site said. Earlier this month, Suleiman urged the international community to pressure Israel to stop violating Lebanese airspace, saying its activities were in contravention of United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... Security Council Resolution 1701. Hizbullah's capture of two Israeli soldiers in July 2006 led to the 34-day war that killed more than 1,200 civilians in Leb as well as 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Well, I guess he's heard about it now. |
| Posted by: Cheager Angoluque6848 2013-05-21 11:20 |