Connelly Says Lebanon Should Steer Clear of Events in Syria to Keep Stability
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U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly has said Lebanon should be kept away from the “negative repercussions” of the situation in Syria stressing on the importance of Lebanese stability.
In remarks to al-Balad daily on Wednesday, Connelly said the U.S. agenda on Lebanon hasn’t changed. It calls for a stable, independent and sovereign Lebanon.
But the deterioration in the situation in Syria and the regime’s crackdown on protestors has led the U.S. to stress the importance of stability in Lebanon, she said.
Connelly told al-Balad that the U.S. supports institutional building in Lebanon at the level of the state and civil society.
Asked about U.S. military assistance to Lebanon, the ambassador said she was waiting to see the results of Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji’s visit to Washington.
Qahwaji ended his visit to the U.S. on Tuesday. An Nahar daily said that he explained to U.S. officials about the needs of the Lebanese army.
The officials appreciated the role of the Lebanese army leadership in consolidating the military, the newspaper said.
It added that “they held onto their country’s decision to develop the program of special assistance to the Lebanese army.”
19 October 2011, 11:25
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this should be the warning to domestic traitors not to engage in weapons smuggling in coordination with filthy zionist secret service
19 October 2011, 11:29
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Why you are quit about the Syrian regime army violation the Lebanese land, you need to make statement shows you support the international border law protection or you are lieying about how much you really care about the serious problems here or you are behind all of this, people dont believe you any more
19 October 2011, 12:56
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lebanon will not be affected "seriously".
lebanese army is not in a bad position, NOBODY IS DEFECTING.
19 October 2011, 14:00
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i'm fascinated how the old witch always have something to say about lebanon despite the facts it's their bombs that killed all these decades.
and no one from so called "march 14" have nothing to say about their influence on lebanon
19 October 2011, 14:12
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bla bla bla...... We saw your commitment to a stable Lebanon when the thugs of the not so glorious resistance invaded Beirut like rotten worms and killed/butchered innocent civilians. We saw your commitment to supporting democracy and how you allowed the butcher of Syria rule Lebanon for 35 years!
Go sell your merchandise elsewhere, coz frankly here in Lebanon we don't buy expired propaganda!
19 October 2011, 22:09
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@jabalamel...we would all be better served if you refrained from name calling...it defeats any semblance of a point you may have been trying to make...and it identifies you instantly and permanently as one who has a weak mind, a less than tentative grasp on the issues at hand...and frankly as one whose 'opinion' is not adding value...to this, or I might conclude, any other conversations. Go away.
19 October 2011, 23:04
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@Siobhan--It amazes me that you could discern any point whatsoever from jabalamel's unwieldy attempt at commentary in English. Name calling is distasteful in any language and detracts from any debate, but is especially absurd in this instance. Ambassador Connelly is a class act.
20 October 2011, 00:02
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jabalamel... i see you oppose a stable Lebanon. Frankly, I'm of the opinion that we are all entitled to our own beliefs, no matter how backwards. I see also that you find it easier to express yourself by commenting on... what? The person who seems to be the object of your hatred has a cauldron in her kitchen? Stews up little children for snacks? Rides a broom to the forest each day? Has green scraggly hair? Oh, no... there's a photo of her up there. We know quite a bit about her, don't we? Let's have a little information on you, jabalamel. Perhaps a photo? Let's hear your biography. Keep it brief, please. Apparently you must be highly qualified to make these otherworldly pronouncements, and I believe we'd all like to know who *you* are. Don't be shy.
On the other hand, a short trip back to the cave you crawled out of will do just as well.
20 October 2011, 03:33
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I'm fascinated that Naharnet publishes gratuitous potshots at the US Ambassador even when the sense of the comment being made is lost to poor language skills.
20 October 2011, 10:45
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the halucinatory zionist information war department wanted to engage in some kind of argument with me but they of course fail.
they keep failing to realize their insignificance
