Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 12/9/2002
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of December 9, 2002
- Israel bombards South Lebanon, continues daily violations of international law in Lebanon's airspace
The Israeli forces yesterday fired 6 artillery shells against Saddanah mountain and Rebaa al-Teen to the east of Kafer Shouba town in the eastern sector of South Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/14/2002 - Lahoud: Lebanon needs international support to example for tolerance
While the Lebanese Hizbullah party condemned the Canadian authorities banning of the party's activities inside its territories, the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud said that Lebanon has challenged terrorism and is against terrorism calling on world countries which believe in peace and justice to ensure to Lebanon all support in order to be the country of moderation and tolerance. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/13/2002 - Hariri confers with Larsen on ME issues
Hizbullah stressed that the Canadian decision came in response to the American and Israeli conditions in the framework of their campaigns "against Arabs and Muslims and countries which do not accept to be subjugated to the American will." Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/13/2002 - Syrian- Lebanese Committee meet on Waters cooperation
The Syrian Lebanese Committee for Common Water held a meeting in Beirut under the chairmanship of Syria'd Irrigation Minister, Mohammed Radwan Martini and Lebanese counterpart, Mohammed Abdul-Hamid Beidoun. Lebanon-Syria, Economics, 12/12/2002 - Canada imposes total ban on the Hizbullah party; terrorism cited
Canada has followed the US step and imposed yesterday a total ban on the Hizbullah party, under the pretext that the secretary general of the Hizbullah part, Hassan Nasrullah had called the armed struggle against Israel. Lebanon-Canada, Politics, 12/12/2002 - Yemeni president to visit Lebanon Yemen-Lebanon, Politics, 12/11/2002
- Iran's FM in Beirut: no common ground between Hizbullah, al-Qaida
The Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi said yesterday in Beirut that there is no common ground linking between al-Qaida organization and the Hizbullah party at the doctrine or the political levels. Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 12/10/2002 - Washington recommends citizens to be cautious in Lebanon
The US yesterday renewed calls for its citizens in Lebanon to be cautious, stressing that it has intensified the security of its diplomats in Beirut. Lebanon-USA, Politics, 12/10/2002 - Iraq's denies connection to killing of opposition member, al-Mayahi
A well-informed source at the Iraqi embassy in Lebanon has denied any connection for the Iraqi authorities to the killing of the Iraqi opposition member, Walid Ibrahim al-Mayahi, whose body was found in an apartment he lives in al-Sader Islamic complex in the Lebanese southern city of Tyre. Iraq-Lebanon, Politics, 12/9/2002 - Israeli threats after wounding two of its soldiers in south Lebanon; unidentified group claimed responsibility
In an incident which is the first of its kind since last August, two Israeli soldiers were wounded, one is in a critical health condition, when their armored car blew up, just 30 meters from the Lebanese borders off "Burket Resha" which is facing the Israeli Zarghit settlement (Tabreikha). Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/9/2002