Lebanese President Michel Suleiman
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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'
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman arrived at the site of Tuesday's border skirmish between Israel and Lebanon Saturday.
The incident claimed the lives of IDF Lieutenant Colonel Dov Harari and three Lebanese soldiers.
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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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