Hariri Urges Calm in Bekaa
Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri on Tuesday urged supporters in the Bekaa towns of Saadnayel and Taalabaya to practice restraint and cooperate with security forces to prevent renewed clashes
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Hariri, in a statement, also declared support to efforts aimed at defusing the explosive situation.
The statement said Hariri made a series of telephone calls to follow up the situation in the volatile area.
Hariri”s contacts included President Michel Suleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Premier-designate Fouad Saniora and Acting Army Commander Gen. Shawqi al-Masri.
Hariri also expressed his condolences to families of the three victims who fell in the clashes on Monday.
Four people also were wounded in the clashes with rocket-propelled grenades, mortar rounds and assault rifles.