Mikati Stresses: Wages Not To Affect Gov’t, Suleiman in South
Commenting on the same issue, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati circles renewed that the latter "agrees on what will be determined by the State Council regarding the wages' correction and reiterated that he's committed to all was legal."
The US Clouds escaped the Iraqi sky.
However, the cobwebs insist on diverging in every direction, looking for a foothold in a nation suffering fragmentations and conflicts.
Iraq is still bleeding, and Egypt, the revolution, to the first box.
The forgotten Bahraini revolution is still facing the tyranny, and the Syrian crisis is teetering on the doors of an Arab League that turned with time to a tool in the hands of others.
And Palestine remains a festering wound which blood never dried and heart remains pulsing with resistance.
In Lebanon, where the policy is open to all possibilities, the resistance remains the first title to each stage.
CIA's Severe Blow:
Under the title "How Could the Resistance Break the Secret Structure of CIA?", "as-Safir" Lebanese news paper informed Friday that "CIA station in Lebanon is a vital center of American intelligence, which work goes beyond Lebanese territory to Syria."
"The CIA concentrated its security and intelligence work on the Lebanese resistance, especially since July 2006, in what appeared to be an attempt to compensate for the "Israeli" failure in its thirty three days of July war on one hand, and the erosion of "Israel's" security networks, on the other hand," the paper added.
Confirming that "the extent of physical and moral damage that CIA station is suffering needs a great effort," "as-Safir" clarified that "the US lost a station, officers and agents which are hard to replace quickly."
"This means that repairing the damage to the need for a long time," the paper added.
"The resistance that succeeded in undermining the myth of "Israeli" qualitative deterrence, destroying the "Merkava" myth parallel to the qualitative superiority of the "Israeli" elite units, demolishing the marine control and collapsing the legend of "Mossad's" long arms in recent years, adds to its record the ability to duel the CIA," "as-Safir" stressed.
Asserting that "the CIA's reputation received a severe blow", the Lebanese paper explained that "the CIA total damages exceeded the Lebanese arena, especially as the echoes of what happened shook the CIA's walls in the US capital as the successive leaks revealed."
Wages on Top:
Moving to the internal Lebanese scene, the government's approval of wages' decree is still governing the political scene.
Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas considered that "his wage increase draft law is not very different from the wage increase project agreed upon by the economic committees and the Labors' Union."
In an interview with "an-Nahar" daily Nahhas viewed that "the agreement between the Labor's Union and the economic committees included legal breaches, especially regarding the transportation allowance, because the state does not recognize allowances."
He also said that "the so-called transportation allowance is nothing but a fraud committed against the workers."
Nahhas told "an-Nahar" that "he was putting all his energy toward issuing the decree in the official Gazette Thursday."
Mikati circles stressed that "despite his dissatisfaction with the governmental decision Mikati notes that what is happening is not supposed to affect the government's work and productivity."
The sources asserted that "Mikati abides by the constitution, institutions and the regulations underlying them."
For his part, "National Struggle Front" Leader MP Walid Jumblatt called for the consolidation of ties among the political parties that make-up the government rather than engaging in disputes.
In remarks to "as-Safir", Jumblatt noted that "this government should work, and in order for it to function, it should limit the upheaval."
"The situation requires the consolidation of the broad alliance that includes us, the Amal movement, Hizbullah, the Free Patriotic Movement, President Michel Suleiman and PM Mikati," he said.
Suleiman Visits South
Meanwhile, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman vowed during a surprise visit to south Lebanon Thursday that he would provide greater protection for UN peacekeepers.
Suleiman, who was flown by helicopter to the headquarters of the UNIFIL Force Commander Reserve at the southern village Deir Kifa, said that Lebanese authorities were continuing their investigation into the Dec. 9 roadside bomb attack on a patrol belonging to the French contingent of the UNIFIL.
Suleiman met the five wounded French peacekeepers and checked on their
wellbeing.
"The visit brings a message of support and solidarity for UNIFIL and the mission we are carrying out," Brig. Gen. Bonfanti said. "This recognition, and the widespread support we received from across the Lebanese political spectrum after the attack on our peacekeepers, will only strengthen our resolve to carry out our mandated tasks."
Suleiman also inspected Lebanese Army positions in and around Tyre.
Source: Lebanese newspapers, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
