General Lahoud to Israel's Mordechai, its our right

Army commander, General Emile Lahoud responded to Israeli Defense Minister Yizthack Mordechai's statement that Isreal will destroy anyone who bombs its forces, by saying that the Lebanese army will always resist the occupation troops in the South.

This announcement came yesterday during the General's visit to some army units in the Western Bekaa. Lahoud's answer to Mordechai was that "this statement is aimed at preventing the army from fulfilling its national duty in resisting the occupation and defending its land and dignity."