Gel, Can you back that up with reputable sources?
I have seen many things (written and live) by the Lebanese government, but I have seen no concrete proof that they have asked for help disarming Hezbollah. I would love to learn otherwise. They have made many impassioned pleas to stop the bombing, many requests for a cease fire, and many requests for a cessation of hostilities. They have not officialy stated the disarming of Hezbollah is something they want done, let alone something they want help with. They have not officially condemned Helzbollah for any action (including the cross-border raid that started all of this) other than to state "I of course wish they had not done that". >From Wikipedia: Siniora was quoted on July 20, 2006 in the Milan-based daily Corriere della Sera calling for the disarmament of Hezbollah. "It's not a mystery that Hezbollah answers to the political agendas of Tehran and Damascus," Siniora said to the Corriere. "The entire world must help us disarm Hezbollah. But first we need to reach a cease-fire." Siniora later denied the interview, but Corriere della Sera stands by its report. "The interview was recorded," a senior staff member said. "The important thing now is to restore full Lebanese sovereignty in the south, dismantling any armed militia parallel to the national army," Siniora said furthermore. "The Syrians are inside our home and we are still too weak to defend ourselves. The terrible memories of the civil war are still too alive and no one is ready to take up arms." [1] However, following the Israeli bombing of Qana on July 30, Siniora expressed a more conciliatory position towards the organization. He stated: "We are in a strong position and I thank the Sayyed [Nasrallah] for his efforts", he stated [2] Also, as to the fact that the Lebanese government has been at least complicate in this affair, Energy Minister Mohammed Fneish (one of two Hezbollah members who are in the Lebanese parliament) said the Lebanese government had been aware for months that Hezbollah would try to capture Israeli soldiers who could be used as leverage to free Lebanese prisoners held by Israel. However, he said, Hezbollah didn't give the Lebanese government notice that it was making the July 12 raid. On 8/4/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lebanon has said and is on record in saying that they will accept > International assistance to deal with Hezbollah, but Hezbollah is a > multi faceted organisation with a multitude of roles within Lebanon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212592 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
