Lebanon under Darkness, Gov’t Wednesday, Feltman in Beirut
Ready are on the arms, the hands remains.
Eyes are watchful.
Our enemy will not rest as long as our land's womb blossom with blood.
And as long as our heart beats with the name of Imam Hussein, we will not hand
our weapons.
Days after the Islamic Resistance won the security battle against the US intelligence along with "Israeli" Mossad, it succeeded in scoring another type of battle manifested in preserving Lebanese national sovereignty.
And here is the new equation: There is no place on our land for our enemy's soldiers or its high tech spying devices.
Resistance Foils "Israeli" Spying Device
An "Israeli" spying device has been uncovered Friday as implanted between the Southern Lebanese villages of Srifa and Derkeifa.
After being detected by the resistance men, the "Israeli" enemy immediately bombed the spying device while the "Israeli" surveillance MK planes flew heavily in the region.
Mentioning that it is not the first "Israeli" spying device to be failed in the region, Lebanese resistance succeeded in coordination with the Lebanese army to uncover numerous previous devices.
Resistance in collaboration with Lebanese Army Intelligence, had uncovered a
number of "Israeli" espionage devices, including one between Mais al-Jabal and Houla near the borders with Occupied Palestine last year.
"As-Safir" Lebanese daily informed that "the discovery of the spying device occurred during a periodic patrol carried out by the technical elements of the resistance in the area of Wadi al-Ain, located between the towns of Srifa and Der Kifa."
"This came as resistance men unfolded some signals indicating the presence of a foreign body and vibrations coming from the place," sources told the paper.
For its part, "AFP" agency said that "five Hizbullah elements were conducting discovery on the area when they founded a spying device ignited by the "Israelis"."
Gov't Wednesday: Demands, False Witnesses
Politically, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati promised Friday that the
Wednesday governmental session will discuss demands by "Change and Reform bloc".
"Of course all these demands will be the center of discussion in the government," Mikati told reporters while touring the Beirut International Arab Book Fair at the BIEL complex.
"I cannot talk for all the government, I am confident that the government will take the needed decision at the right time," Mikati said.
PM met Friday with two of "Change and Reform" ministers, Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas and Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui, to discuss the bloc's demands.
The two ministers did not speak to reporters after the meeting.
Mikati sources told "ad-Diyar" daily that "the appointments issue will be addressed silently and based on consensus," stressing that "no one is claiming all credit for financing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in order to use this issue as a tradeoff in appointments."
The paper quoted well informed sources as saying: "Hizbullah and "Change and Reform Bloc" ministers will introduce false witnesses' issue as a priority topic in the upcoming Council of Ministers' sessions."
Political sources said one of the bloc's demands has been put on the agenda of next Wednesday's meeting: the labor minister's draft proposal containing a general policy on wages, the National Social Security Fund and employment.
Jumblatt: Understands Hizbullah Position on STL
Commenting on the STL issue, "National Struggle Front Leader" MP Walid Jumblatt stressed that he "understands Hizbullah's reservations on the tribunal."
"The most important thing is that after the government financed the Special Tribunal for Lebanon priority should be given for reaching consensus," Jumblatt said in an interview with "as-Safir" newspaper.
Confirming the importance of domestic stability and consensus, especially between Muslim parties," the MP added that "international tribunals are a long, complicated process, so my advice is to reaffirm dialogue and consensus, and leave all harmful things aside."
Lebanon into Darkness
At the livelihood level, Lebanon moved into darkness as the Zahrani power plant
was shut down against a backdrop of taking a transformer from the Zahrani plant to the Saida plant.
"As-Safir" newspaper reported Saturday that Electricite du Liban General Manager Kamal Hayek contacted all concerned officials, including Energy Minister Jebran Bassil, to explain to them the severity of the Zahrani employees' action.
"The minister consequently conducted his own contacts with the concerned authorities and political sides to resume functioning at the plant," the paper added, clarifying that "informed sources doubt the fact that the shutdown is politically motivated or not."
Meanwhile, "an-Nahar" reported that "US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman is to arrive in Beirut next week for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with a number of Lebanese officials."
Source:Lebanese newspaers, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
