Photos: Lebanese Army In Tripoli
The Lebanese army has finally managed to restore the calm in Tripoli. Here are some pictures of how they did it.
(Photos credit: Reuters)
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Hello, my name is Mustapha and I blog in The Beirut Spring about Lebanese society and politics. I started in February 2005 after the killing of P.M. Rafik Hariri.
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When will we see this show of force against Hizbullah
how did they restore the calm? don’t give them credit of a thing they didn’t do.
Stef,
What do you think about Jumblat’s speech yesterday?
thx Mus! it’s a great feeling to see the army intervene.
my guess is that they could not intervene until both FM and Hizbullah commit to a ceasefire.
The thing is that there may be other elements that are stirring the crap between the two camps.
This is what the army will put an end to.
Nice pictures, didn’t know the lebanese army had weapons!!!the army I know fears kids on mabylette…
yeah, the army should actually use them against hezbollah. right now it is just a show…not a how of force…just a show.
meant to type:
…not a SHOW of force…just a show.
i don’t understand people who suggest that the army should use their weapons against hizbullah!
if that would happen, the shias would feel that lebanon has turned against them, and every single shia person – yup, everyone – will use whatever they have, knives, stick, rocks and machine guns to survive.
I heard estimates of about 40% of the lebanese population being shia. So imagine 40% of 3 million = 1.2 million — fighting against an army of 75,000. But wait, let’s say a third of the army is shia, and these guys won’t fight. So the army is reduced to 50,000.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t see it as a good move.
sami,
Your assuming that every shia person is in support of hez. You also have to factor how many of those are even fighting age, as for remaining non shia of Lebanon wouldn’t any of the 60% also be willing to use knives, stick, rocks and machine guns to survive. you are correct that fighting Hezbollah today would be a messy affair, it might be safe to say that it would exceed the previous civil war in both blood and money. but at present Hezbollah is only getting stronger. It has shown (unlike yourself)it is willing use its weapons on fellow Lebanese to further its own as well as Ir ans political agenda and who can forget about starting cross border attacks on Israel resulting in war. there is no easy road for Lebanon any more, that ship has sailed. you can either concede the country to Iran or fight for it.