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| Charbel: All Forms of Autonomous Security are Rejected by the State |
| 2013-09-12 |
| [An Nahar] Interior Minister Marwan Charbel urged on Wednesday the people to attend to Leb's security, but rejected the phenomenon of autonomous security. He said: "All forms of autonomous security are rejected by the state." He made his remarks during a presser ahead of a meeting of the Central Security Council. The minister added that the people should allow the state's official security agencies to perform their duties, calling on them to contact them through the hotline 112. Moreover, Charbel stressed that only the state's security agencies are entitled to set up checkpoints. Municipal police are prohibited from setting up checkpoints and their security role is limited to monitoring people and suspicious vehicles, he explained. The municipal police should report any suspicious activity to the security forces, he added. He also rejected political parties' erection of checkpoints. Hizbullah had set up checkpoints in and around its stronghold of Dahieh in Beirut's southern suburbs in light of a bombing the Ruwais area. Twenty-seven people were killed and 280 maimed in the bombing that took place on August 15. Commenting on the security of foreign embassies, Charbel said: "We are keen to avoid attacks against embassies." "We will study the security of embassies with the concerned authorities in order to take the appropriate measures," remarked the interior minister. The American embassy in Beirut said Friday that its non-essential staff and family members are being evacuated from Leb because of "threats to U.S. mission facilities and personnel." |
| Posted by:Fred |