The return of peace in Beirut - 24 May 08

[megatronmaf]

1559 was never obeyed,as for 1701 hizbollah didnot violate it.

[zuzangelo]

Lebanon rises no matter what. Lebanon will never go down ever. Beirut is phonomenon :D and lebanon is an amazing wonder of the Mea and the world

[ahmed100001]

fuck u hizb alshitan

[jam2maniac]

Peace in Lebanon...Salam Youssef...Kifak Mohamed?

[beryldunn]

i would like to visit beirut. is it safe, i am an englishman.

[ammrc1]

Hi, (marhaba), It is relatively safe, but Lebanon is a volatile region, and politics on a high stake at the moment. My advice is, you could go for 3/5 days and avoid going outside Beirut, as they are reforming the government. Don't go in August it can be hot and humid for you, now is fine or, the beginning of November is the best time! Take care.

[franzousky]

Hizbullah planting flowers... Le reportage oublie de dire qu'ils ont aussi planté pas mal de bastos avant ça...

[charbelee]

this peace is only going to be short lived. it is a fools hope...there is no hope until hezbollah disarms

[Amooretliban]

charbelee believe it or not, the Lebanese government doesnt want to disarm Hezballah, Sanioura didnt want to, Rafik Hariri never wanted to. So when the Lebanese army is ready to protect Lebanon then we can talk, but they cant funny though how Hezballah protects the UN against attacks by Al Queda and yet u are too busy hating the very resistance that has made ur country a whole.

[charbelee]

FIRSTLY Amooretliban, can u tell me how has hezbollah made lebanon a whole...lol...you are mistaken for Sheike Bashir Gemayel who united all lebanese in one vision and was always striving to preserve lebanese independence...What you fail to realise is why was hezbollah established in the first place??? they are an iranian proxy who want to islamize lebanon and make it an islamic defensive front to fight israel and the usa.clearly they are a terrorist organization and only care about irans dreams

[Amooretliban]

Hezballah formed in the first place because of the illegal occupation of South Lebanon by Israel this is common knowledge. As for u saying Hezballah wants to make Lebanon an Islamic state is completely wrong, yes Iran hates Israel but so do we and if our army cant support us & protect us we take what we can get. When Sanioura needs help he turns to the U.S. You befriend who can help you, but Hezballah doesnt want to turn Lebanon into an Islamic state, that is SO wrong, South Lebanon consists of

[Amooretliban]

Lebanese Muslims and Christians. Hezballah was formed because when the Saudis sent the Palestinians to Lebanon and along came Yasser Arafat & his PLO, the began attacking Israel from South Lebanon's border so who paid for this the people of South Lebanon, we had to defend our homes & I dont think the army won back South Lebanon which was illegally occupied for 22 years, it was Hezballah a group of LEBANESE men fighting for their homes.

[Amooretliban]

Do you know why Harakit Amal was formed by Moussa Sadr? To get rid of the PLO in Lebanon infact they used to train with Khatib in Lebanon. The PLO used to rape our women and cause chaos in our area too. So dont start with this Iranian proxy thing because I could just as well say that Saad Hariri has Saudi propaganda & he wants to turn Lebanon into an Islamic State where Sunnis are in control, or where America & Israel are really in control, & we have seen what happens when those 2 are in control

[Amooretliban]

You want an example Nahr el Barid terrorists, it is proven that they were formed by Saudi Arabia and America, why because as u know they dont like Shias. Why doesnt America like Shias because of this proxy war, America isnt really against Iran, but RUSSIA supports Iran & Iran supports Hezballah against Israel, so they start where they think is the weakest link. This is really a war between superpowers America vs Russia, America supports Israel, Russia supports Iran. England, Germany, maybe

[Amooretliban]

France and so on are on the American side, then its Russia, China (which is expected to surpass America is the worlds largest consumer), Venezuela and North Korea on the other side. America thinks it could police the world yet all they do is cause destruction & not they pretend they are doing it in the name of democracy. EXAMPLE Iraq, they took their oil, they go after countries with mixed populations like ours, Iraq has large Sunni & Shia populations, Christians, Kurds...then look at Lebanon

[Amooretliban]

so if we are already unstable to begin with it wouldnt be too hard for them to conquer us, its called divide and conquer...so this isnt Iranian proxy, it really is American propaganda, they do whatever is in the best interest of Israel & sending them weapons & Bush not calling a ceasefire immediately is proof they couldnt give a rat's ass what really happens to us, all they want to do is divide us so we can go against each other just like in the previous civil war.

[charbelee]

amooretliban....for your information i am aware of current politics and powers. BUT you cant possibly say hezbollah are not terrorists...that is an absolute lie...tell me, today(2008) what is hezbollahs aims and what are they dedicated to achieving... firstly they aim for the complete destruction of Israel...how is this not a goal of a terrorist organization....plz justify hezbollahs acts.... how about the 1983 bombing of the marines barracks in beirut...which killed 220 men....

[Amooretliban]

the only countries that consider Hezballah terrorists are AMERICA, ISRAEL, ENGLAND AND AUSTRAILA, and I think Canada. The rest of the world DOES NOT, they are internationally recognized as the Lebanese resistance. Did u know that the Israeli ARMY sunk the USS liberty an American ship! Dont even let me get started about America and how many people they have killed in the 1st month of the Iraq war they killed over 100,000 innocent civilians...

[charbelee]

I personlly dont like Israel... they played part in destroying lebanon so did the palestians,syrians,saudias and iraniansBUT for someone to say that hezbollah is not a terrorist group you are in self denial...

IN 1985 as part of hezbollahs manifesto one of its main aims was to actually to establish an islamic government in lebanon(hezbollah actually stated this in 85)

JUST TO REMIND U...how about the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina where 85 ppl were killed and 200 injured

[charbelee]

finally amooretliban.did u forget your beloved leader nasrallah openly supporting terrorism in 2002 when he supported and praised suicide bombings on Israels(a majority being innocent civilians)

And please tell me who YOU think started the war in 2006 in lebanon...wasnt hezbollah who kidnapped israel soldiers and stirred up israel.. and more recently about the telecommunications...WHAT right does hezbollah have..if you agree with hezbollah having weapons did u agree with the LF being a militia

[Amooretliban]

Israel supports terrorism everyday, the total number of innocent civilians killed by Israel is far higher than Israeli civilians...just look at the 2006 war and compare the numbers & look at the #s of people in Gaza. INFACT Israel is currently the world's leader in UN violations...While Hezballah lacks the supplies Israel has Hezballah has killed far less civilians than Israel has & Israel weapons should make their jobs easier but hey a 7mar will always be a 7mar.

[Amooretliban]

I KNOW that in 2006 Israeli soldiers were captured on our side of the border, I think that because Israel is illegally holding Lebanese citizens in its jail we have the right to do what we can to release our people. Since when did 2 Israeli soldiers equal thousands of Lebanese people?? You musnt forget that Israel is currently still illegally occupying LEBANESE land Shebaa Farm. I would like to ask u, did the LF ever free Lebanese from foreign occupation? I will give u an example

[charbelee]

battle of zahle

[Amooretliban]

Hezballah freed South Lebanon from Israel's illegal occupation, did the Lebanese forces in anyway whatsoever free any illegally occupied Lebanese land??

I will admit that I didnt like what happened in 2006 but I will also say 2 Israeli soldiers do not equal the thousands of Lebanese soldiers held illegally by Israel...The whole world condemned Israel's "reaction", so hey ya they took the 2 soldiers but Israel is just looking for an excuse, free our people, give us back Shebaa farm

[Amooretliban]

stop attacking innocent people, stop invading Lebanese water supply such as our rivers, stop trying to expand into our country stop trying to send the Palestinians from Palestine to Lebanon...its simple, respect us and we will respect you. The telecommunications is not right I must agree on this but it is for the sake of national security, if someone is doing something good for u, I wouldn't get too angry.

As for Israel, Israel is the world's top terrorist

[Amooretliban]

If democracy to u is what Israel does to its own Palestinian Christian and Muslim population than ur twisted. What Israel is doing to the Palestinians is ethnic cleansing, Israel uses phosphorous against innocent civilians, Israel has dropped illegal cluster bombs, they attack civilian areas...they have the world's highest UN violations...they hold thousands of people in jail without reason many of them young children & mothers, they deny people proper humanitarian supplies such as food & water

[Amooretliban]

and proper hospitals which then results in many deaths. They are the terrorists, terrorism of any sort is wrong, but where is the justice for the people who suffer from Israeli aggression? Or what Israelis are people and the rest of us arent?? NO JUSTICE NO PEACE...its simple sweetie

ciao

[charbelee]

two wrongs dont make a right...hezbollah are just being worse than israel in their actions...

[Amooretliban]

no. actually ur wrong...Hezballah isnt a government and Israel is a NATION yet a nation that is supposed to abide certain laws and rules seems to break all the rules. If in ur own words a "terrorist" organization like Hezballah can be more civilized and humane than a whole nation and government then thats when u know there is something wrong with Israel. 2 wrongs dont make a right, but Hezballah is not worse than Israel and u know it.

[Amooretliban]

Israel didnt even give the UN the map of the cluster bombs it dropped and since 2006 the cluster bombs have killed over 300 innocent Lebanese mainly children civilians...that sends a loud message, ALSO Israel continues violating the UN resolution by violating Lebanese airspace, shooting at UN posts. But yet once again Hezballah has not violated the UN resolution...Israel is trying to light the fire and Hezballah is walking away. Where is the justice, yes Hezballah can be ur enemy BUT

[Amooretliban]

remember they are Lebanese like u and I and when it comes to Israel, I will support them. Because Israel has done to much damage to ever earn my respect. I have a saying personally I hate Arabs (Saudi Arabia, PLO, Syria), but I hate Israel more...

[charbelee]

amooretliban... we actually have so much in common...lol.. but a few differences...btw wat religion are u

[charbelee]

hezbollah has actually violated two resolutions of the UN being 1559 and 1701

[charbelee]

true israel is a terrorist state BUT so is syria, iran and russia etc

[charbelee]

i understand BUT hey i got nufn against you or anythng you sound like a niice person BUT i still thnk hezbollah yea true they have done some good things BUT the fact is they have also done some negatives and participated in terrorist activities....read the acts they commited i wrote.... down

[Amooretliban]

Hezballah has done more positive things than negative things...Im sure ur not from South Lebanon, Christian or Shia Muslim from the South and u couldnt possibly understand if u have not experienced occupation by Israel. You want Hezballah to feel with u about Syria well feel with them about Israel and America.

[charbelee]

i was born in australia but im 100% lebanese...i am from hardine(north lebanon). I am a Maronite Catholic and i respect you and ur religion but i hate terrorism and ppl who support it... i also dislike the turks, arabs and jews as well

[LebaneseNotArab]

Amooretliban if it wernt for the LF christians would not exist in Lebanon we would of aLL been pushed out all Lebanon by arafat and his gang of thugs. the LF is the only life line we had.Tell me why did hezbollah only make the claim for the shebaa AFTER israel left the south in 2000 not before?islamizing Lebanon was part of HA charter for many years.if had not been for the LF lebanon would still be fatahland & no christian area would of been protected since no one could give a cr*** for us.

[charbelee]

amooretliban... about the lebanese army. yes it is true they cant protect themselves now BUT if hezbollah disarm and hand there weapons to the army like wat the lebanese forces did legitametly...then the army could have the military strength to defend lebanon...can u justify a reason for hezbollah having weapons and being a militia...When all the rest disarmed long ago...why is hezbollah excluded from following the laws...

[Amooretliban]

Hezballah's weapons are nothing its all about their training, maybe they should train our army. The army's enemy isnt Hezballah and Hezballah isnt taking away from the army Im all for the Lebanese army. One reason Israel continues on violating South Lebanon's water supply since the army is still not yet capable of taking care of this issue and since Israel openly fires on the UN it is left to Hezballah there are many reasons and I will reply more later but im in a rush. But did u know they

[Amooretliban]

wanted Hezballah to be a branch in the army by the way Hezballah is considered a resistance the national resistance of lebanon, Sanioura has said this,Hariri has said this.

[laffreuxJojojo]

Lebanon can only find true peace when the Lebanese IN Lebanon can be "Lebanese" before being Sunni, Shi'a, Maronite, Greek Orth, Druze etc... The country has SO MUCH potential which is wasted by people's close-mindedness. Remember that when u point your finger, you have 3 fingers pointing back at yourself. Stop blaiming everyone else, they are not the ones that will bring peace to Lebanon. The Lebanese and the Lebanese alone will bring peace to Lebanon. I wish for the best. Mucho Amor de Mexico

[abarzilai664]

It's a good thing that peace returns but the larger question is will it last? I hope so.

[wcarlpdrysdale]

the neocon black op's team's are busy els were

[MementoExpose]

Awesome :D Go Lebanon

[BIGMEL1981]

well done doha !

[uchoob00]

seems like Beirut is not a good place to start a business since their hugging one day and killing each other the next

[PauloGVieira]

Nothing ever gets solved in Lebanon and you have a democracy that is completely out of step with a changing society. The same tensions always remain but yet another band-aid is applied to the wound.

[blunt1984]

God Bless the brave Lebanese people!

[nofxlino]

What does god have to do with any of this?

[mercedescl]

God is responsible for everything that had happened in the Middle East.

[Amooretliban]

God is not evil like the Israelis and Americans...they are the ones responsible God disowns people like them

[mercedescl]

What is evil? How can you know God disowns them? Are you God?

[Amooretliban]

What is evil, killing hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq all in the name of b.s democracy when they are only there for the oil is evil. Killing innocent Lebanese civilians because Israel wants to expand its borders is evil. Killing innocent Palestinians in Gaza and denying them basic human rights is evil. Using phosphorus and cluster bombs which are crimes against humanity against Lebanese civilians is evil. Supporting a country that continues the killing of innocent people and also has

[Amooretliban]

the world's highest UN violations is evil. Supporting evil is evil, no I am not God if I was I wouldnt be wasting my time online smartass. God disowns evil, thats why there is a heaven and a hell ;) For those people who are evil they have hell to punish them for their EVILS and for the people who have never recieved justice heaven above...so before u question me about my beliefs get urs in check ;)

[mercedescl]

Compare to refugee camps and downtown Beirut to New York City and Tel Aviv, which ones are heaven? which ones are hell? How can you know God is not supporting Americans and Israelis?

[mercedescl]

Americans are not the first one to kill in Iraq, right? Israelis are not the only the one who are killing innocent Lebanese civilians now.

[blunt1984]

I'm hoping he had a part in this not flaring up into all out civil war. But only he knows for sure. Also, Lebanon is 28 percent Sunni Muslim, 28 percent Shi'a Muslim, 22 percent Maronite Catholic, 8 percent Greek Orthodox, 6 percent Druze, and 4 percent Greek Catholic. So with all those different religions in one place, I hope God had a part in peace prevailing.

[megatron0357]

Hear Hear! I agree.

[blunt1984]

Thank you for your kind words megatron0357.