Hezbollah: All foreigners in Lebanon could be spies

Reacting to the assassination in Dubai , a Hezbollah lawmaker urged that security should be stepped up for all foreigners entering Lebanon as they could be secret agents like those who murdered Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh .
“We must tighten foreign passport control at the airport and elsewhere in the country,” said Hezbollah MP Nawaf Moussawi.
“Every Lebanese and Arab must deal with holders of foreign passports as potential spies.”
Moussawi slammed European states for failing to “assume responsibility for the violation of their sovereignty” over the use of their passports by Mabhouh’s killers in Dubai.
“If European countries do not respect their own passport-holders… then they must expect they will be treated with suspicion,” he said.
Israel has been using targeted assassination in dealing with Hezbollah and Hamas for many years . Hezbollah official Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated in Damascus in February 2008 and Israel was accused of being behind his murder.

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  • Walid Khouri

    Great move Hezbollah (OH YEAH! I am being sarcastic). What is the difference between Americans and the West profiling Arabs, (and God knows how many time I’ve been pulled by National Security just because of my name (not being Paul or John or Peter…)) and now our country treating ALL Europeans with suspicion because of the Mossad’s crimes?
    “A society willing to sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither.” Thomas Jefferson once said. Besides, evil can come from within. How many Lebanese are already spying for Israel and I assure you their motive is not political but monetary. May be Hezbollah and Lebanon’s politicians should focus on creating jobs for the Lebanese instead so people won’t be tempted to go to the evil side to gain their bread.

  • Fadi Abboud

    wow.. How can anyone possibly support this type of rhetoric?

  • Leb

    If we follow this logic, then because we have caught so many Lebanese spying for Israel, then all Lebanese need to be suspicious of all other Lebanese too?

  • Adam

    All fat women could be pregnant….

  • Adam

    Well, that’s going to go down really well with foreign passport holders of Lebanese decent and have a great effect on tourism and the economy. :S:S:S

  • Walid Khouri

    Then tell the Mossad to stop ID theft and endangering their own citizens. Between Al-Qaeda and the Mossad we really are under siege. :P

  • Shady

    Hassan comment target directly Lebanese living abroad, and holding foreing passeports. Its not finish because he targets the economie, specially made by tourism and services.

    Once again we say thank you Hassan, but we will remember it…

  • Adam

    Yeah….the Mossad didn’t do it.

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