Lebanese president visits site of border skirmish

Michel Suleiman arrives on Lebanon-border site of military incident which claimed lives of one Israeli soldier, three Lebanese servicemen; lauds army's actions as 'heroism'
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Lebanese President Michel Suleiman arrived at the site of Tuesday's border skirmish betweenIsrael andLebanon Saturday.
The incident claimed the lives of IDF Lieutenant Colonel Dov Harari andthree Lebanese soldiers.
Suleiman was accompanied by Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Jean Kahwagi and other high ranking officers. The two are scheduled to meet with UNIFIL's southern Lebanon commander later in the day.
Suleiman reportedly lauded the actions of his military and the "heroism demonstrated by our soldiers."
Earlier Saturday, a senior Lebanese minister was quoted by Beirut-based Annahar newspaper, as saying that Suleiman's visit was meant to "stress Lebanon's protest over Israel's attacks on its sovereignty and its repetitive violations of UN Resolution 1701."
Israel, he said, has no right to attack Lebanon. "We were the injured party and we have the right to defend our sovereignty by any means necessary," he said.
He further commended the Lebanese army for retaliating as they did, saying the Israeli attack aimed to "foil the Arab initiative to stabilize the situation in Lebanon via a Lebanese-Syrian-Saudi summit."
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