Hezbollah Watch: Condoleezza Rices Pushes for Hezbollah Disarmament
United Nations peacekeeping forces leave their post in Tiri to patrol the area along the Blue Line that marks the border between Israel and Lebanon on 26 October 2006. UN peacekeepers deployed in Lebanon are unlikely to be able to disarm the militant group Hezbollah, as required under UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov reportedly said.
AP: Rice presses for Hezbollah’s disarmament
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stepped up international pressure on Hezbollah to disarm, saying the guerrilla group must surrender its weapons if it wants to remain part of Lebanon’s political process.
Rice, in an interview with the privately owned Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. aired Friday, urged Hezbollah to lay down its arms according to the Aug. 14 cease-fire that ended its 34-day war with Israel, and choose between being a militant group and a legitimate political organization.
As if Hezbollah a client terrorist organization of Iran cares about the political process in Lebanon? UNSC Resoultion 1701 is a joke. Hezbollah will NEVER disarm.
And there WILL be another war with Israel.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures while making remarks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006.
Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and Syria, has refused to disarm despite heavy international pressure to surrender its weapons. The group holds 11 seats in the Lebanese parliament and two spots in the Cabinet.
“If Hezbollah wants to be in politics… Hezbollah should be disarmed. You cannot have one foot in terror and the use of violence and the other foot in politics. It just doesn’t work that way,” Rice said.
“Hezbollah has to decide whether it’s going to maintain its terrorist wing and remain a terrorist organization or whether it’s going to … be part the political process,” she added.
Flap’s bet – Hezbollah = TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
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