A Hizbullah-Army Committee Takes Us Back to Civil War Structures
March 14 coordinator Faris Soaid on Tuesday criticized Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri for proposing a joint army-Hizbullah committee, saying it reminds Lebanon of civil war structures.
Soaid was commenting on a remark made by Berri, who also heads the AMAL Movement, in an effort to coordinate activities between the regular army and Hizbullah following the shooting down by Hizbullah operatives of an army helicopter and the killing of its pilot.
"The proposed committee between the army and Hizbullah takes us back to (civil) war days when committees representing the various factions (militias) used to meet at the museum" crossing on the green line that had divided the war-ridden Lebanese capital, he added.
Berri, Soaid said, should back the "army”s right to spread its authority throughout Lebanese territories without imposing conditions on the regular force."
He said the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad "intervenes in the events of north Lebanon through its intelligence agents, but I believe direct (Syrian military) intervention is unlikely."