May 12, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Arab League Council rejects use of violence outside the framework of legitimacy

Calls for opening airport road, blocked streets

Arab mediation committee races with roaming tensions

Army spreads in Aley, freezes front in upper Chouf

Saudi King discusses Lebanese crisis with Arab leaders

Teheran consults with Riyadh and Israel sees no reason to interfere

USS Cole returns to the Mediterranean

Salloukh: Government sent tip to Larsen about resistance arms

Siniora: Army command message will be discussed in cabinet meeting

Aridi: What's taking place in the mountain is very dangerous; urges calm, quick solutions

Harb: What happened has hit Taef, and Suleiman position is sensitive

Carlos Edde: Hezbollah aims at usurping power

Nassib Lahoud: A deep wound has hit Lebanon's coexistence

Islamic Group and Sidon Mufti: Negotiating under the threat of arms is refused

Ossama Saad: Resistance is a redline

Miqati: Opposition and loyalists have lost and the army is acting wisely

Gemayel returns to Beirut, meets Sison

Karami: What happened has wounded the Sunnites

Qansou: We hold Hariri responsible for the 'black Saturday massacre' in Halba

Druze clerics: We accept no one but the army in our area

Phalange Party: Lebanon won't kneel down and Hezbollah has been dragged into a trap

Mawlawi: Civil disobedience invigorates fire

As-Safir

Arabs returning, Qoleiaat airport to open within hours and Cole is back again

Mountain war II reopens war to dialogue

Government renounces its two decisions after the death of 100 people and immense destruction

Jumblat ready to apologize

Israel watching with concern ... receiving different messages

Preparing for power change in favor of Hezbollah

Arab ministers form mediation committee

What's happening in Lebanon is dangerous, threatens Arab initiative

Saturday scene: Siniora opens door; army finds solution for government's retraction

Opposition responds partially, removes armed manifestations, keeps civil disobedience

Opposition betting on time as dialogue hangs on outside calculations - George Alam

March 14 bitter over army behavior, says Hezbollah won militarily, won't succeed politically

What if the government resigns? - Ahamad Zein

Diplomatic circles 'stunned' , fear conflict will go the Iraqi way - Marlene Khalifeh

Sfeir: What's happening is an implementation of a foreign agenda; urges dialogue

Harb: How do respond to dialogue under the threat of arms?

Islamic Group calls for an Arab force to support amy

Geagea: Hezbollah hacked our website

'Independent Islamic gathering' announces formation of resistance against 'Iran's armed gangs'

Al-Balad

Mountain after Beirut in God's custody

Balance of power change awaits Arab delegation: Electing Suleiman and forming a technocrat govt

Jumblat delegates Arslan as army spreads in tense areas

Syria opposes issuance of Arab resolution incriminating Hezbollah

Siniora: Hezbollah violations in Beirut were something Israel dared not commit

Bright page between Geagea and Aoun, Jumblat and Arslan - Saad Elias

Al-Akhbar

Aley in the hands of the resistance amid tension in Chouf

Siniora: No resignation and no retraction for the two decrees pending arrival of the Arab Committee

Who can open an outlet between Hezbollah and the 'Future' - Ibrahim Al Amine

Berri: Roads will open, civil disobedience will stop once white smoke emanates from dialogue table - Nicholas Nassif

This how Wiaam Wahhab's supports prepared for the battle - Ghassan Saoud

What comes after Aley - Thaer Ghandour

Ball of fire rolls in the mountain - Aamer Malaeb