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Chaos in Lebanese gov't as pro-Syrian ministers resign
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Published: 11.11.06, 20:25
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1. nasrallah will be presiudent next year
(11.11.06)
2. Siniora is like austrian president b4 anschluss
(11.11.06)
3. No to West puppet Siniorita
Figthing for Rights ,   No Justice No Peace   (11.11.06)
Or we, Shiites, have Gov't veto power or there will be no gov't at all. God bless Hezbollah.
4. mr. siniora.....on right path.
v. n.y. ,   usa   (11.11.06)
i congratulate siniora for finally seing the light and what hizbullah, syria and iran did to his country. lebanon was fast becoming a civilized modern and progressive country prior to hizbullah's involvment in its politics and creating the condotions of the lebanon war to culminate in the suffering of thousands. mr siniora, your stance is not only good for peace in the region. it is also good for your country internally, politically and economically. you have nothing to gain and everything to loose by accepting a cancer in your modst. get rid of it. israel posses your country no danger at all unless hizbullah uses you as a staging ground of war against israel. create a liberal government devoid of an agenda for israelis death and eradication. even though a majority of the lebanese are staunch supporters of hizbullah/iran, they too shall come to see the benefits to peace in the region. you have a chance now, now! to institute the un resolution and to protect your country from further abuse by those that do not care what happens to the lebanese. "resistance" and "protecting the lebanese people against israeli aggression" as hizbullah states is their role in lebanon IS NOT TRUE! THE TRUTH LIES WITH THEIR AGENDA TO TOPPLE YOU SO THAT SYRIA AND IRAN CAN USE YOUR COUNTRY TO STAGE TERRORIST WARS AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL. israel is not your enemy. it is those that abuse their rights in your country to mess up the lebanese moderate government, interests and economy. you have all to gain from peace with israel. unless you worry syria will assassinate you as they did hariri.
5. to #4
(11.11.06)
You are saying that israel is not his enemy or enemy of lebanon...she is just the enemy of hezbollah...Then tell me why israel bombed the airport;all the streets;45000 houses;killed 1000 children and women;didn't permit to lebanon to get food from anybody(to lebanese people became hungry);bomb the ambulances;etc....And then you say that israel in not an enemy for lebanon....then what the hell is enemy for u....
6. UNITED IN DIVERSITY?
Arik Silverman ,   Milwaukee USA   (11.11.06)
Was it 20 or 24 years ago that gunmen of Amal and Hezbollah were fighting other? Look at them now. This nowfound unity and friendship is due to what? (You have 3 guesses.)
7. Mr. Siniora
Niki ,   u.s.a.   (11.11.06)
i hope you will get the help that you need right now from your friends and allies, because you are going to need a lot of help . God bless you! and don't give up the fight for Lebanon's democracy! it's now or never! good luck to you!
8. To #3
ZS ,   USA   (11.11.06)
No peace, no freedom.
9. Seniora should have resigned long time back !
fadi ,   lebanon   (11.11.06)
10. to# to start with,
Alan ,   Tel Aviv   (11.11.06)
you, and people like you, who are in deep deep self denail, by the way, when you counted the children that were killed by Israel, did you see any hizbullah man among the dead? or maybe you also think that only 1 doz hizbullah man were killed? Israel is not Lebanon's enemy, and Lebanon is not Israel's enemy, and every one in Israel knows that....
11. to 5 - you don't know the answer?
Shai ,   Israel   (11.11.06)
You're probably being "rhetorical". You're playing stupid, the way Lebanon did for 6 years. "What"?, they'd ask. "You want us to do your dirty work for you"? No, Israel wanted Lebanon to fulfill it's obligations under the UN Resolution to disarm the militants when Israel withdrew, which it did. Shabaa farms is a pretext, and there will be other pretexts when Israel withdraws from Shabaa farms. Israel bombed the airport to prevent supply lines to the Hezbollah, and to prevent removal of the kidnapped soldiers. Not all the streets were destroyed. Some were based on intelligence data that Hezbollah assets were sored there. I doubt your numbers are accurate anyway. 1000 people were killed, by no means all were children and women, and a large percentage of them were fighters. Lebanon was given humanitarian corridors for the puropse of food deliveries. Ambulances were bombed when they were suspected of carrying Hezbollah assets, which they were wont to do, though this is strictly forbidden under international law. etc. you ask? Etc. I answer. You are your worst enemies. You should have dealt with Hizbollah yourselves and you wouldn't have had Israel, which waited for you for 6 years to do it, making the havoc you blame her for. It's your own fault for not taking care to disarm non-state militias, who attacked Israel.
12. Note the difference between Beirut and Dahiya (so. suburb)
NL ,   Israel   (11.11.06)
As 11 said, the airport was bombed as dual-use (civilian and Military) infrastructure, used for smuggling weapons. Notice what was being bombed in Lebanon: SOUTHERN Lebanon, where Hizbullah is based and southern Beirut (where there were many Hizbullah strongholds and headquarters). There are numerous articles from international news sources stating that in Beirut proper, people could still sit in outdoor cafes with no fear, just as one example. So, facts prove you wrong: Israel's war in Lebanon was not indiscriminate. It was targetting the Hizbullah-heavy areas of Lebanon
13. To the Hezbolla Slave in #5
Palo ,   USA   (11.11.06)
You continue to complain about Israel destroying Lebanon, but you failed to mention that your hero started it all. There always consequences with the choices that we all make. He made the wrong choice, and innoscent Lebanese paid for the Hezbollah stupidity. Hezbollah is not Lebanon and only represents part of it but is demanding full country because it is a slave to Iran and Syria. Hezbollah is threatening everyone when it doesn't gets it's way. I would quit worrying about Israel and start worrying about all the rebuilding money that Hezbollah is sending to it's Swiss bank accounts.
14. Giving way again for direct syrnian rule
Arie ,   Afula   (11.11.06)
15. 3 God doesnt bless terrorists... You silly person.
freedom ,   canada   (11.11.06)
God will destroy terrorists... God always triumphs over evil.
16. 9 At least he gets a chance to resign.
freedom ,   canada   (11.11.06)
If Im not mistaken the previous christian leader was assassinated... Like I was betting on.. Here comes another terror state just like gaza..
17. Lebanon
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (11.11.06)
I can see it coming: Shortly, there will be "civil unrest," and Hezbollah and the Syrians will move in and "save" Lebanon, and the "forces" of the UN will stand there with their thumbs up their butts, doing absolutely nothing.
18. that is soooooo funny...................
mark ,   usa   (11.12.06)
for all of you who say that this is good for lebanon(resignation)you are all wrong.what is coming next is a TSUNAMI.their departure from the government will insure that they will come back on top.it is always better to contain them in the government than have them leave and bring it down completely and they are WELL capable of that. WATCH AND LEARN BOYS AND GIRLS. shalom!
19. The New Lebanon
Ali ,   Lebanon   (11.12.06)
Bad news for Israleis, the world is changing..Soon actually sooner than u all think, USA will not have any affect in our region. Iran is tking overm, thanks for the dumb American government and I would like to tell Isralis " Run away if ur seeking a good life", we will get our farms, prisoner and Jurasalem and all Palastine..Godd Bless Lebanon
20. to #10 and #11
(11.11.06)
yes we saw hezbollah's fighter's dead...(150_180fighters)..but I'm talking about the children and women that were killed..(ok;let's say that 500 fighters were dead)...you see that 5oo dead( women and children) are little... and to 11....israel was very intelligent when she bombed ambulances ..(they never find any arms in the ambulances)....They bomb all the ambulances;they didn't think about the 5000 people who needs hospitals.... And you confess in this talkback that shebaa's farms are for lebanon;then devolve it ;(lebanese or syrian's land you have to devolve it)..It's not for u...(theives of lands)... And about the destruction of airport;did this bring u back your 2 soldiers.???.... And about the food ...people in the south were hungry;and when they tried to give them food;israel bombed them.... And about the streets;israel destroyed moreee than 80 bridges..(each one cost 7 millions).... what do you expect from saniora...to say that israel have a great heart;and she treat the lebanese very well;and they will make peace with them..(hehehe)... And just one more question ;why israel occupied lebanon for 20 years(hezbollah didn't even exist }..and they killed thousands of lebaneses...This is the prove that israel wanted to make from lebanon another gaza....but thanks god that hezbollah was there;who put you out from lebanon....and the IDF ran away from lebanon like scary mice....
21. To Number 20
Emilio ,   DC   (11.12.06)
Idiot, you said the IDF run away from lebanon like mice. YOu don't know shit. The reason why we did not crushed the terrorist is because our leaders restrained the actions of our army and did not let them finished the job. Because in a real war, unfortunately, civilians get killed. And mistakes happen. But because of our stupid liability of caring too much about what the UN has to say, the army could'nt level the terrorist bunkers in the cities and level the ground for our troops. But if you think about it, even though the IDF could'nt fight the war we all expected, they still damaged your country very badly, which is something you can not say about ours, because in Israel is back to business as usual, look at Beirut and the south of you country and then talk. Next time, hopefully, the IDF will not control themself too much, and Lebanon, Syria and Iran will go back to the Stoneages. The world first will condemn us, but then they will thank us!.
22. to #10 11 12 13
li   (11.12.06)
to #10 yes;we saw fighters of hezbollah dead;(100-150 fighters)....ok let's say that there are 500 dead(like israel said);did you see that 800 dead women and children are little....(because the real number of dead people 1300)...And hezbollah didn't hide anyone..when the war stopped ;everyday hezbollah named all the dead fighters...(you don't have to beleive israel when they said that they kill 500)...remember that you beleive nassrallah more than israel...israel in the war lied about everything...(remeber about the ship;they said that hezbollah was lying ;and then hezbollah prove that israel is a lier by showing the photos of the destroyed ship).... to #11...israel was too intelligent when she bombed the ambulances..(they never never find any arms in the ambulances)...They bombed all the ambulances ;israel didn't think about the 5000 people who need the ambulances to go to the hospitals.. and about the airport;did israel get back the 2 soldiers by bombing it..(And they knew that they will never find them)... and about the food;people in the south were hungry...And when anybody tried to give them food;israel bombed him... and about the streets ;israel destroyed moreee than 80 bridges(each one cost 9 millions).... and about shebaa's farm ;you confess that this land is for lebanon...lebanese or syrian it's not for u...you have to devolve it (theives of lands).....And what do you expect from sanyoura to say that israel is a big friend ;and she treats the lebaneses very well..(hehe) and one more question for u ...why israel occupied lebanon for 20 years (hezbollah didn't even exist)..and killed thousands of lebaneses...this prove that israel want to make from lebanon another gaza...people love hezbollah because he is the only one who defend lebanon from the occupation (if you remeber hezbollah liberate the south from that cancer).... #to 12...for your information israel bombed every place in lebanon out of beirut....And israel said during the war that if hezbollah didn't release back the 2 soldiers they will bomb beirut..then nassrallah said that if you bomb beirut he will bomb telaviv...because that israel didn't bomb beirut (not for her good heart)... to #13 if israel release back all the lebaneses from her prison from the first ;hezbollah wouldn't get the 2 soldeirs....And in your opinion ;the life of 2 soldiers is more important than tha lives of hundreds of lebaneses and israelenses...Because israel lost too many soldeirs...and lebanon lost many children....(this is the different between hezbollah and israel...israel make lebanon lost many children by killing them..and hezbollah make israel"s lost many soldiers...)think with the difference...
23. #19 THe only thing you will get is a nuclear bomb (end)
(11.12.06)
24. #19 you will get all these In your wildest dreams!!
Arul ,   Malaysia   (11.12.06)
25. To anon # 20
Jellybean ,   Chicago   (11.12.06)
Im sorry to ruin your fantasy but that will never happen for several reasons.. 1. The US is a strong country and in a way the world depends on the US economicaly and financially... 2. Iran will never get a nuke and it is only time befor the US and Isreal take out their reactor sites.. 3. Isreal made a mistake they know it and I promise you they will not make another. I hope you live in the Mid east because if you do then you will see. Until then take Care!! : )
26. Bad news for you Ali #19
Steve G ,   Kew Gardens,NYC   (11.12.06)
I think you have miscalculated the mood of most Americans, Ali #19. Since the U.S. troops will be departing, then why not make sure the Iranian nuclear facilities, army and air force are put into a 'distressed state' before leaving? I think the chances of that are much greater than you think.
27. # 17 THATS A GIVEN!!!
Watchman777 ,   USA   (11.12.06)
28. # 18
Watchman777 ,   USA   (11.12.06)
The people should have thought about that BEFORE this! Lebanon should have aided Israel in ridding their country of these thugs, NOW they get what they get! Only, WHO they gonna blame NOW!
29. Bad news from Lebanon
enzo ,   london,uk   (11.12.06)
There goes Lebanon. Again! I'm sorry for Mr Siniora, but Syrian influence (and not only Syrian) will definitely cripple Lebanon for good.
30. Looks like the Lebanon might be a sucess after all
John ,   USA   (11.12.06)
If Lebanon decays into another civil war, it will of course take all the Hizbullah heat off Israel. Possibly Syria might have to intervene, the US sure won't touch that. Or perhaps everyone might just let the civil war cook, as it will take the heat off everyone. The US and Israel can use it to keep Iran's proxy occupied, Syria can deflect attention from itself, as Iran can. Looks like the only big loser will be Lebanon (again.) Hizbullah can fight for more power, Sinora will suffer. Pity the poor Lebanese in Jouneh, they will suffer and they didn't do a damn thing.
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