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Baroud Totally Determined to Unveil Israeli Spy Networks
In his first official visit to the Lebanese South, Caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud said that the Lebanese State has "total determination to continue in uncovering spying networks … especially when a flagrant enemy declares the persistence in planting spying networks in Lebanon."
Baroud said that unveiling the Israeli spying networks was related to all Lebanese not only Hizbullah or the southerners.
The Interior minister added that Israeli spying networks represent a clear and outrageous violation of international legitimacy resolutions and cannot but be faced with full determination.
Regarding cabinet formation, Baroud said that there is no getaway from Lebanese solidarity since the future of Lebanon and its sovereignty depends on the ability of the Lebanese to form a national unity government.
Baroud started his tour by visiting the village of Rmeich, the village of the assassinated Lebanese Army Brig. Gen. Francois al-Hajj. The Interior minister placed a wreath of flowers at the tomb of the late general.
From Rmeich, Baroud headed to Tebneen where he attended the ceremony of rejuvenating its prison on the hands of the civil society volunteer organization "Joy of Giving". Baroud expressed his happiness in being "in a dear Lebanese region that was at some period a big prison during the days of occupation and is now a free land."
Baroud concluded his tour by visiting the border towns of Bent Jbeil and Maroon al-Rass, the scenes of fierce battles in the July 2006 war between Hizbullah and Israel.
"We are all a part of this resistance and we are all in front of a national responsibility to protect this country each from their position," said Baroud, adding that he came to Bent Jbeil to be "next to the resistance fighters who paid a precious price in favor of every Lebanese".