[An Nahar] Arab Tawhid Party... a Leb political party established by former minister, MP, and Syrian stooge Weaam Wahhab in 2006. Supporters of the party are mainly Druze and it is a part of the March 8 (Hezbollah) Alliance. A bomb exploded outside a party office in the Chouf in 2012.
leader Wiam Wahhab on Friday warned that Syrian warplanes would strike the "gangs" in 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...
if they decided to "attack Jabal Mohsen."
Wahhab, who is close to the Syrian regime, held the Lebanese state responsible for the unrest in Tripoli, noting that security incidents will not end anytime soon in the northern city.
"Tasking the army with containing the situation in Tripoli is just talk in the media if we pay attention to what's happening on the ground, as the gangs want to attack Jabal Mohsen and they will be bombed by Syrian warplanes then, the same as what will happen in Arsal should the situation continue there as it is now," Wahhab said in an interview on al-Manar television.
Wahhab hoped the Lebanese army will "shoulder the responsibility of containing the situations in Tripoli and Arsal to avoid the intervention of the Syrian army."
"But at the same time we must not ask the army to do things beyond its capability," he added.
Wahhab also stressed that "the choice of the Sunni community has always been the state, even during the civil war."
Lashing out at 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...
, Wahhab added: "The president of the republic must realize that his election was unconstitutional and anyone could have submitted a challenge and ousted him."
The pro-Damascus politician also expressed confidence that "the presidential election will not take place and we will remain in a political vacuum."
Following a meeting with President Michel Suleiman and Army chief General Jean Qahwaji in Baabda on Monday, caretaker Prime Minister
Najib Miqati announced that the army will be entrusted with Tripoli's security for six months and that all security forces in the city will be put under its authority.The army carried out raids in Tripoli and incarcerated
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
gunnies and runaways in the wake of the decision.
At least 11 people were killed and more than 100 others maimed in festivities that started Saturday between the rival Tripoli neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen. The army has managed to largely contain the situation after a forceful intervention.
The fighting in the city is linked to the war raging in neighboring Syria. Bab al-Tabbaneh district, which is majority Sunni, and Jabal Mohsen, whose residents are from Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
's sect, have been engaged in severe gunbattles since the revolt against him in March 2011.
Tensions soared in the city in August when twin boom-mobileings hit Sunni mosques and left hundreds of casualties.
Authorities arrested several members of the Arab Democratic Party, whose stronghold is in Jabal Mohsen, on suspicion they were involved and they summoned the group's leader, Ali Eid, for questioning.
Eid has refused to be questioned by police for not being "impartial." His son, Rifaat, said his father is ready to go to any security agency other than the Interal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau.