Government Denounces “Act of Terror” that targeted Lebanon, U.S. Embassy Vehicle

Premier Fouad Saniora”s government denounced the explosion that targeted a U.S. embassy vehicle on Tuesday labeling it an “act of terror … aimed at security and stability in Lebanon.”

 

Information Minister Ghazi Aridi told reporters after an extraordinary cabinet meeting the government “denounces the act of terror … and stresses that acts of terror, threats and escalation … would not affect our

will and determination to resort to dialogue.”

 

The attack “took place on Lebanese soil and, therefore, it targeted security and stability in Lebanon,” Aridi added.

 

“The response to this attack is by adhering to the Arab decision to elect a president, form a government and adopt a new election law,” He said.

 

Aridi expressed the government”s “sympathy” with staffers of the US. Diplomatic mission in Lebanon and said

the executive authority is “determined” to protect all foreign embassies.