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| 3 injured as Hezbollah-led opposition targets army and police |
| 2008-02-02 |
| 3 young men were injured after clashes erupted this morning at around 4:00 AM over the erection of Hariri posters in the Corniche el Mazraa area of Beirut, according to Lebanon's National News Agency. The names of the injured are Mohamed Mahmoud Massara , who was wounded in the leg and head and Emad Mohammed Qasim who sustained bruises in the back and Khoder Khaled who had a nervous breakdown. The three were injured from stone-throwing protesters according to The National News Agency . An Internal Security Forces vehicle was also damaged by the stone-throwing protestors The clashes occurred at the Abu Shaker crossroads in the Corniche el Mazraa area . Voice of Lebanon Radio station said the clashes started over the erection of posters. The media reports did not provide further details. Similar clashes were reported last month between Al-Mustaqbal Movement supporters and Hezbollah members in the densely-populated Basta district over the erection of a poster of former Prime minister Rafik Hariri. Hezbollah members opposed the erection of the posters . Al Mustakbal Movement is headed by MP Saad Hariri, son of the slain prime minister. Elsewhere more violence took place in Sour ( Tyre ) as Hezbollah -led opposition youths set rubber tires ablaze and tried to cut of the roads to protest against the power blackouts . The army intervened and dispersed the protesters . It appears all these incidents are targeting the Lebanese army and security forces. Yesterday army positions were subjected a grenade and concussion bomb attacks in East Beirut's Galerie Semaan area and Saint Therese-Hadath neighborhood. Monday assailants tossed four concussion bombs on army posts in Ein el-Rummaneh, Tayyouneh, Shatilla and the Mazda area Monday night , according to Media reports Four hand grenades were also thrown at dawn Tuesday on a military position in the Saint Therese-Hadath neighborhood, one of which failed to explode. Another concussion bomb was hurled on a military post in Beirut's Talet al-Khayat district before daybreak Wednesday. A military Land Rover was damaged in the attack, but no soldiers were wounded, according to the reports. According to reports coming from Damascus , Syria is now opposed to the election of Army General Michel Suleiman as president and this is why it (Syria) gave orders to its allies the Hezbollah-led opposition to target the army and the police force to undermine Suleiman . The assassination of Army General General Francoise Hajj last month and Top intelligence officer Captain Wisam Eid last week and the bloody riots last Sunday are part of the Syrian strategy of undermining Suleiman, the reports claim. The Syrian sources claim that President Bashar al Assad now prefers former Foreign Minister Fares Boueiz as LebanonÂ’s next president and this is why the regime is trying to tarnish the image of Suleiman. On the other hand the parliament majority is determined to have Suleimna as the next president. |
| Posted by:Fred |