May 9, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Nasrallah permits 'using weapons to protect weapons'

Opposition rejects Hariri's initiative to arbitrate army

Hezbollah launches at night a large scale attack against 'Future' offices

Dozens killed and wounded, and a war dismembering in regions

Nasrallah: Communications are the most important part of our weapons, and we will defend it with weapons

Choucair is staying in the airport and any officer assigned to replace him will be regarded as an imposter

The solution is to annul the 'illegitimate decisions taken by Jumblat's government'

Saudi-Iranian effort fail to stop confessional war in Beirut

Hariri proposes a four-point solution to Nasrallah

Delegating army to implement the two decisions taken by government with regard to Hezbollah's telephone network and transferring Airport security chief Wafic Choucair back to army

Opening airport road

Electing army commander Michel Suleiman as president

Dialogue sponsored by Suleiman

Aoun calls for the 'culture of understanding' , urges government to reverse its decisions

Geagea: Declaring state of emergency is the only solution

Masnaa and central Biqaa road cut with burning tires, obstacles in response to cutting airport road

Beirut streets in the hands of armed men for the second day

Assad's equation: Peace with Israel and war on Lebanon

As-Safir

Beirut bypasses strife ... and rain washes the morning of solution

Nasrallah: Let them retract their 'war decision' and we will head back to dialogue

Hariri and Jumblat suggest a half solution that was rejected by Berri

Nasrallah: We have no redlines anymore

The hand that stretches to the weapons of the resistance will be cut

The solution is in annulling the illegitimate decisions of 'Walid Jumblat's government' and responding to Berri's call for dialogue

Hariri proposes a four-point solution to resolve current crisis

Opposition will respond with a force equal to the size of the conspiracy and not the size of loyalists - Adnan Sahili

Army command: Continuation of the situation is a loss to all, will effect army's unity

FPM, Lebanese forces neutralized the Christians and the government decisions are a test to it and to Hezbollah - Marlene Khalife

American embassy advises citizens to limit their movement

Lebanese Forces demands security forces to exercise their authority, open roads

Geagea: Nasrallah's speech is war talk; solution is in the army and in declaring state of emergency

Aoun calls government to withdraw its decisions

Jumblat: We will hand Progressive Party centers to the army

Al-Mutaqbal

Hariri proposes to Nasrallah a reconciliation the that would save Lebanon; Nasrallah refuses

Nasrallah announces using arms internally 'as if we are in a front', and his militias escalates aggressions with all kinds of weapons

Jumblat backs Hariri's initiative

Security Council concerned with closing roads, airport, and Washington asks Hezbollah to stop 'spreading tension'

Nasrallah keeps crisis at its essential point: Give us the state and you will be safe - Fares Khashan

Al-Balad

Wounded Beirut oscillating between war and strife

Aoun: Army is not a side and separation is all it can do

Nasrallah: They have started the war and we will defend ourselves and our weapons

Rest assured, its war and not strife - Ali Al Amine

Beirut events stretches to all four governorates

Achrafieh: As if it is in another country - Fidel Sbeiti

Farid Khazen: Confrontation with Hezbollah is like running affront - Diana Skeini

Al-Akhbar

Opposition concludes in Beirut

Nasrallah declares the battles of defending the the resistance; Hariri wants dialogue; and Jumblat asks for protection

Did the ruling team erred in assessing Hezbollah's reaction - Ibrahim Al Amine

Nasrallah: We have removed the redlines, and the weapons are for defending the weapons

Army strategy in the shadow of the stalled agreement between Future and Hezbollah - Antoine Saad