Berri: Amal, Hezbollah not targeting UNIFIL or 1701

In a press conference Wednesday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said that the Amal Movement, Hezbollah, and residents of South Lebanon are not targeting UN Security Council Resolution 1701 nor UNFIL..

MPs who spoke today privately with Berri quoted him as saying that no one has an interest in what is going on in the south. There is only an Israeli interest, he reportedly said.

UN officials said last weekend the patrols by the UN Interim Force in Lebanon have been banned from several Shi’ite villages in the south. They said Shi’ites have been attacking UNIFIL patrols in what appeared to be organized by the Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah.

“Some of these may have been something spontaneous in the street, but some were clearly organized,” UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Michael Williams, said last weekend

On July 3, a UNIFIL patrol was attacked and overpowered by Shi’ites in the southern village of Kabrikha. Officials said the villagers, after one of them had been arrested, pelted UN troops and seized their weapons.

This marked at least the second attack on a UNIFIL patrol in less than a week. In both cases, the Lebanese Army, which eventually recovered the UNIFIL weapons, refused to intervene.

On June 29, Shi’ites attacked a UNIFIL vehicle between the villages of Adeisseh and Kfar Kila. The Shi’ites blocked a road and hurled stones toward a UN patrol during what officials termed a “maximum deployment exercise.” The exercise, meant to ensure troop readiness, was said to have ended on the following day.

“It is incumbent on the Lebanese authorities to ensure the security and freedom of movement for UNIFIL within its area of operation,” UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta Cuevas said.

According to observers south Lebanon is Hezbollah’s stronghold and the militant group wanted to send a message through these protests that it is still in control.

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  • Tarie AL Fanarie

    Mr. Berri you’re a big liar and con artist. If you’re not targeting UN troops then who is? Al Qaada? The Phalangists? oh yes it must be them. You can stop these people once and for all. Even MP Raad complained about the UN movement. By that he’s indicating that they need to be targeted in order to limit their movement. The fact is you want the UN to fall under your control so you can manipulate the situation in the South. You want to get a message to them from Iran due to its sanctions put in place. You want to convey a message to the STL to not dare accuse you of any wrongdoings. Why all of sudden these attacks? The UN did not change any rules of engagements and you’re making this as an execuse to solidy your attacks. You have been nothing but a thorn in lebanon like Syria has for the past 30 yrs. Mr. Berri you are nowhere near what Imam Sadr was. You should be the head of drug cartels and not amal. Amal was hope for lebanon and bring lebanese together. So far all you bring is destructions and spread deceits and lies..You guys should be ashamed of yourself attacking the UN after all their support and working on many projects to help the people in the South. that tells us you have no friends in you but always an sneeky one and evil enemy of Lebanon in particular. You have no business arming yourself and controlling lebanon govt and people. Your defeat will be terrible and even your close ones will spit on your graves..

  • Tarie AL Fanarie

    Mr. Berri you’re a big liar and con artist. If you’re not targeting UN troops then who is? Al Qaada? The Phalangists? oh yes it must be them. You can stop these people once and for all. Even MP Raad complained about the UN movement. By that he’s indicating that they need to be targeted in order to limit their movement. The fact is you want the UN to fall under your control so you can manipulate the situation in the South. You want to get a message to them from Iran due to its sanctions put in place. You want to convey a message to the STL to not dare accuse you of any wrongdoings. Why all of sudden these attacks? The UN did not change any rules of engagements and you’re making this as an execuse to solidy your attacks. You have been nothing but a thorn in lebanon like Syria has for the past 30 yrs. Mr. Berri you are nowhere near what Imam Sadr was. You should be the head of drug cartels and not amal. Amal was hope for lebanon and bring lebanese together. So far all you bring is destructions and spread deceits and lies..You guys should be ashamed of yourself attacking the UN after all their support and working on many projects to help the people in the South. that tells us you have no friends in you but always an sneeky one and evil enemy of Lebanon in particular. You have no business arming yourself and controlling lebanon govt and people. Your defeat will be terrible and even your close ones will spit on your graves..

  • Tony A

    these articles at times are a joke. you put one sentence of what berri said and you repeat the whole story all over again as to what happened.

    what kind of reporting are you guys used to. why cant we ever get the whole nessage of what berri said.

    you only wrote 2 paragraphs and copied and pasted the rest. are you not capable of proper reporting?

    dunno how tarie can get so much anger and a full picture of his one sentence but good for you tarie for a great gift. you wrote a whole article based on his one sentence. wow, imagine if they published 4 of his snetences?

    what else did he say? instead of you filling the page with repeated verbage, why not actually give fresh NEWS everytime.

  • Tony A

    these articles at times are a joke. you put one sentence of what berri said and you repeat the whole story all over again as to what happened.

    what kind of reporting are you guys used to. why cant we ever get the whole nessage of what berri said.

    you only wrote 2 paragraphs and copied and pasted the rest. are you not capable of proper reporting?

    dunno how tarie can get so much anger and a full picture of his one sentence but good for you tarie for a great gift. you wrote a whole article based on his one sentence. wow, imagine if they published 4 of his snetences?

    what else did he say? instead of you filling the page with repeated verbage, why not actually give fresh NEWS everytime.

  • Leb-Syrian

    Tony,
    I have been reading his comments in disgust for a while now. Tarie has the same points over and over again.

    “The prisoners in Syria.
    His hate for Syria.
    and the past.”

    He swears his love for Lebanon, but the way he goes about it shows the opposite. He needs to see the big picture instead of being blinded by hate and living in the past.

  • Leb-Syrian

    Tony,
    I have been reading his comments in disgust for a while now. Tarie has the same points over and over again.

    “The prisoners in Syria.
    His hate for Syria.
    and the past.”

    He swears his love for Lebanon, but the way he goes about it shows the opposite. He needs to see the big picture instead of being blinded by hate and living in the past.

  • Rafik

    Tony A .How would you define Mr. Berry put his positive achievments for Lebanon also mention his negative achievments and let us see how he comes out, isit fair enough.

  • Rafik

    Tony A .How would you define Mr. Berry put his positive achievments for Lebanon also mention his negative achievments and let us see how he comes out, isit fair enough.

  • Tarie Al Fanarie

    Tony and Leb-Syrian i have so much anger not just by reading one sentence here. I have read many articles on different websites where amal and Hezbollah MP’s attacking the UN. Then he comes here and he denies that the attack came from them? Why don’t guys put emphasis on what the UN is doing good in SOuth lebanon for a change and be grateful for what they are doing? I am not attacking Berri and hezbollah for the sake of attack. I would attack them if they were part of March 14th too if they did this. The UN troops been in Lebanon for a long time and they have done all they could for the community. As far as Berri what good has this chipmonck done? Did he advise his allies in 2008 not to attack Beirut? did he advise them not to do sit-in in downtown beirut and ruin the economy? did he advise/attack them when they created 2006? you say this is the past? but they’re like they have in the past? so how can you not remind them of their past? we’re not talking here 30 yrs ago and just couple of yrs ago for God’s sake. I myself was almost overran twice by Syrian intelligence officer where he was speeding and tried to hit me. Then as i avoided him and looked back. I saw him stopped and was laughing at me. All because then i was young and foolish and wore a tee-shirt with american flag on it. Same guy who kidpnapped people i know and they’re still in Syria simply because they were opposing syrian presence in Lebanon. you want me to forget the past. then let the prisoners go.. this is still the present damn it. Syria is as much enemy of Lebanon as israel is. I don’t care what you guys think. I am not opposing Syrian people and i think they’re descent and hardworking people. We’re here blaming the minority rules of the Alwites regime there. we blame lebanese like you who keep wanting to ignore them and ignore their acts and want to patch up with them and give up your dignity while we get nothing in return. That’s what i am talking about. And if you guys don’t dig it, then Lebanon will always be under their mercy with the help of your buddies hezbollah, Amal and the clown Aoun.

  • Tarie Al Fanarie

    Tony and Leb-Syrian i have so much anger not just by reading one sentence here. I have read many articles on different websites where amal and Hezbollah MP’s attacking the UN. Then he comes here and he denies that the attack came from them? Why don’t guys put emphasis on what the UN is doing good in SOuth lebanon for a change and be grateful for what they are doing? I am not attacking Berri and hezbollah for the sake of attack. I would attack them if they were part of March 14th too if they did this. The UN troops been in Lebanon for a long time and they have done all they could for the community. As far as Berri what good has this chipmonck done? Did he advise his allies in 2008 not to attack Beirut? did he advise them not to do sit-in in downtown beirut and ruin the economy? did he advise/attack them when they created 2006? you say this is the past? but they’re like they have in the past? so how can you not remind them of their past? we’re not talking here 30 yrs ago and just couple of yrs ago for God’s sake. I myself was almost overran twice by Syrian intelligence officer where he was speeding and tried to hit me. Then as i avoided him and looked back. I saw him stopped and was laughing at me. All because then i was young and foolish and wore a tee-shirt with american flag on it. Same guy who kidpnapped people i know and they’re still in Syria simply because they were opposing syrian presence in Lebanon. you want me to forget the past. then let the prisoners go.. this is still the present damn it. Syria is as much enemy of Lebanon as israel is. I don’t care what you guys think. I am not opposing Syrian people and i think they’re descent and hardworking people. We’re here blaming the minority rules of the Alwites regime there. we blame lebanese like you who keep wanting to ignore them and ignore their acts and want to patch up with them and give up your dignity while we get nothing in return. That’s what i am talking about. And if you guys don’t dig it, then Lebanon will always be under their mercy with the help of your buddies hezbollah, Amal and the clown Aoun.

  • Tony A

    rafik bro i’ve ben away for 30 years bro. from what i see of mr berri like any other speaker of the house, he has good contol of the house to the point at times yelling at MPs to stick to various subjects and to get things done.

    his other points my friend i honestly dont know other than the fact that he is shrewd and i dont support him nro.

    i just wanted this article to write more of what he said so i can formulate a better opinion of his statement.

    since 2006 of my return to lebanon, i’ve been following lebanese news much closer now and i haven’t seen many deadly or unwarranted things from berri that are far out of this planet.

    sorry i couldn’t give you a clearer pic my friend.

  • Tony A

    rafik bro i’ve ben away for 30 years bro. from what i see of mr berri like any other speaker of the house, he has good contol of the house to the point at times yelling at MPs to stick to various subjects and to get things done.

    his other points my friend i honestly dont know other than the fact that he is shrewd and i dont support him nro.

    i just wanted this article to write more of what he said so i can formulate a better opinion of his statement.

    since 2006 of my return to lebanon, i’ve been following lebanese news much closer now and i haven’t seen many deadly or unwarranted things from berri that are far out of this planet.

    sorry i couldn’t give you a clearer pic my friend.

  • Kamel H.

    Tarie, you forgot to mention that Berri is responsible for killing more Lebanese than Israel. He is only the speaker because of his ties to syria. these other idiots dont care about lebanon.

  • Kamel H.

    Tarie, you forgot to mention that Berri is responsible for killing more Lebanese than Israel. He is only the speaker because of his ties to syria. these other idiots dont care about lebanon.

  • Tony A

    kamel no need to call names just cos you dont like certain posts. stick around and let’s see if you keep enjoying tarie’s posts.

    berri is a crook like all other politicians and none of them are immune to killing more or less lebanese.

    they all killed and they all had ties with syria and israel.

    did you forget sabra and chatilla when the phalange went in??

    gimme a break with your genius talks and let’s focus on the present.

    tarie and you are stuck in the past. move on and fast forward to 2010 cos with all honesty, i’m running out of wine and cheese to pass around.

    okay ifhimna khalsooni 3aad 3am it’arfooni tfeh with the same talk about what crooks they are. okay we understand that. wow, you know your history.

    NEXT!!!!! let’s work with the only delegates we got just like they are uniting and opening embassies and forgiving their parents’ assasinations, MOVE ONNNN ONNN ONN ONN ON ON (that’s supposed to be an echo)

  • Tony A

    kamel no need to call names just cos you dont like certain posts. stick around and let’s see if you keep enjoying tarie’s posts.

    berri is a crook like all other politicians and none of them are immune to killing more or less lebanese.

    they all killed and they all had ties with syria and israel.

    did you forget sabra and chatilla when the phalange went in??

    gimme a break with your genius talks and let’s focus on the present.

    tarie and you are stuck in the past. move on and fast forward to 2010 cos with all honesty, i’m running out of wine and cheese to pass around.

    okay ifhimna khalsooni 3aad 3am it’arfooni tfeh with the same talk about what crooks they are. okay we understand that. wow, you know your history.

    NEXT!!!!! let’s work with the only delegates we got just like they are uniting and opening embassies and forgiving their parents’ assasinations, MOVE ONNNN ONNN ONN ONN ON ON (that’s supposed to be an echo)

  • joey

    why did berri started his talk saying amal and HA and then the resident i thought its was only the resodant who come up with this problems with the UN and what about our brave army they didn;t want to intervene isn;t thats nice the palestinian try to take lebanon and they didn;t intervene then the syrian then israel invasion the the last one by HZ putting people on the wall and shotting them like chicken then in the mountain so when are they gonna intervene and why are they getting wage thats a real big shame on our army they swoar to protect lebanon and the lebanese people what a shame sharaf tadhiya wafa2 you have none of that

  • joey

    why did berri started his talk saying amal and HA and then the resident i thought its was only the resodant who come up with this problems with the UN and what about our brave army they didn;t want to intervene isn;t thats nice the palestinian try to take lebanon and they didn;t intervene then the syrian then israel invasion the the last one by HZ putting people on the wall and shotting them like chicken then in the mountain so when are they gonna intervene and why are they getting wage thats a real big shame on our army they swoar to protect lebanon and the lebanese people what a shame sharaf tadhiya wafa2 you have none of that

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