Lebanon to Reject Any Arab Labeling of Hizbullah as 'Terrorist', Salam Says Party a 'Key Component'

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Prime Minister Tammam Salam is expected to face a difficult situation during Monday's Arab Summit in Mauritania should there be a vote over a clause labeling Hizbullah as a “terrorist organization.”

The premier would also face a dilemma should the Arab Summit call on Hizbullah to “withdraw from Syria and not to interfere in Iraq and Yemen,” An Nahar newspaper said on Sunday.

Lebanon would “voice reservations over any such resolution without resorting to a confrontational stance,” the daily added.

Later on Sunday, Salam himself told reporters accompanying him to Mauritania that "should the issue of Hizbullah be raised, we will respond by saying that it is one of the country's main components and that it is represented in the government."

Terrorism is expected to top the agenda of Monday's annual Arab Summit.

Saudi Arabia had recently led the League, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in issuing resolutions labeling Hizbullah “terrorist” over its involvement in some conflicts in the region and alleged interference in the internal affairs of some Gulf states.

The Saudi-led stances were taken amid a major political confrontation with Iran in the region.

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Thumb lubnani.masi7i 24 July 2016, 14:01

Lebanon should be labeled a terrorist state, end of story.

Thumb Mystic 24 July 2016, 15:03

Yet you claim to be Lebanese.

Thumb Elemental 24 July 2016, 19:46

Mystic, you're Iranian. You have no say, and I find it comical you even have the capacity to lie through your teeth as if you're Lebanese. You're the same extremist trash as ISIS, opposite spectrum. I also say the ones who sold out their Lebanese Identity to your Iran or ISIS should face consequences. Keep up the lies and zionist/wahabi assumptions reflex like you and your fake accounts do.

Thumb ice-man 24 July 2016, 21:08

@Mystic MF..... ( My Friend )

Do you still tear up like I do when you remember Sayidnah Hussein?

Thumb Mystic 24 July 2016, 23:15

And you are whining.

Thumb barrymore 24 July 2016, 17:13

So, when Nusra or whoever comes into Arsal or any other Lebanese village it is referred to as a terrorist organization. But, when Hezbollah goes all the way to Aleppo killing and massacring the Syrian people it is called a resistance and the official Lebanese government takes exception to the world naming hezbollah a terror group. Hezbollah is an iranian terror militia not subject to Lebanese law, does what its sectarian masters in Iran order it to do.

Thumb marcus 24 July 2016, 17:56

55 minutes ago PM Salam en route to Arab Summit: The relation with Berri is good and clear and should the issue of Hizbullah be raised, we will respond by saying that it is one of the country's main components and that it is represented in the government.

All we need is for the sunnis of Lebanon to elect al baghdadi to parliament and then ISIS will also be represented in the government and Lebanon represented by Salam will object to calling ISIS a terrorist organization.

Thumb justin 24 July 2016, 18:24

كما “داعش” في الرقّة كذلك “البسيج” في طهران… “الدشّ” فاسد ويجب تدميره

دمرت السلطات الإيرانية 100 ألف طبق لاقط ووسائل استقبال أخرى للبث التلفزيوني بالأقمار الاصطناعية، وفق ما ذكرت وسائل إعلام إيرانية الأحد.

وقال قائد الباسيج الجنرال محمد رضا نقدي، إن مليون شخص شاركوا في هذا البرنامج، وذلك في مؤتمر صحافي قبل تدمير هذه المواد في حفل رسمي.وأضاف أن محطات التلفزيون الفضائية تؤدي بشكل عام إلى الفساد وتفسد ثقافة مجتمعنا (…) ومن آثارها ارتفاع عدد حالات الطلاق وانتشار المخدرات وغياب الأمن.

http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2016/07/24/iran_dish/

Missing humble 24 July 2016, 19:12

Poor Lebanon...forced to lie....

Thumb Elemental 24 July 2016, 19:47

Yeah their death threats seem to do the trick, as usual.

Missing humble 24 July 2016, 20:14

He receives personal threats. The threats also englobe more destructions of the whole country!
He knows what it means.
He is honest but weak. In all cases he knows that the position of Lebanon will be nothing among the other nations...

Thumb ex-fpm 24 July 2016, 20:32

@terrorist

People like Salam, Hariri, even Geagea and most of M14 leadership are as guilty as Hezbollah. They offered concession after concession and allowed this terror party to usurp the state's power and all of its institutions. Hariri specifically has given legitimacy to hezbollah by agreeing to share government after government with them. What amazes me is how the national army accepts a sectarian militia to operate alongside it with total impunity.

Thumb norma-jean 24 July 2016, 21:49

Cutie;
Firdous who is married to a Kurd from Kobani just informed me he is married to a Houthian from Houthia. If that is the case Cutie, then I am not surprised about his position. Women yield a lot of power specially at night when men are helpless.

Thumb justin 24 July 2016, 20:57

1 hour ago MP Fatfat to MTV: Vacuum is better than Aoun's election as president and al-Mustaqbal Movement is not discussing his nomination.

I wonder how long it will be before Israel assassinate Ahmad Fatfat.

Thumb janoubi 24 July 2016, 21:01

20:16 وسائل إعلام إسرائيلية: إبلاغ المعنيين في القسم اللبناني من الغجر فرض قوانين البناء الإسرائيلية على القرية كلها

how can the 'resistance' accept this?