maandag 11 mei 2009

VN nerveus over Hezbollah aktiviteiten in Egypte


Nu Hezbollah haar activiteiten verder uitbreidt buiten Libanon, begint de VN zich zorgen te maken. Hezbollah heeft vanaf het begin geweigerd zich aan de relevante VN resoluties te houden, en smokkelt al jaren geavanceerde wapens het land binnen, maar dat werd min of meer gedoogd. Sinds Hezbollah ook actief is in Egypte lijkt zij een grens te zijn overschreden. Of de fellere VN kritiek iets uit zal halen is overigens zeer twijfelachtig.
 
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What is conspicuous in the record of the UN in Lebanon, is the total failure to implement all the resolutions calling for disarmament of Hezbollah, as well as taking seriously the fabricated claims of Lebanese ownership of Sheba farms. It is really extraordinary chutzpah for the Hezbollah to accuse the UN of pro-Israel bias.
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Last update - 16:04 09/05/2009
Hezbollah: UN envoy biased in favor of Israel
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press
 
 
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has condemned recent comments by a senior UN envoy in which he criticized the organization for providing support to Palestinian fighters in Gaza from Egypt.
 
Saturday's statement by Hezbollah accused Terje Roed-Larsen of supporting Israel and said his position provided cover for Israeli criminal practices.
 
Roed-Larsen is the UN chief's envoy dealing with implementation of a 2004 Security Council resolution that includes demands for Hezbollah's disarmament.
 
Roed-Larsen on Thursday criticized Hezbollah's admission that it supported fighters in Gaza from Egypt and said there is growing concern Hezbollah has engaged in militant activities beyond Lebanese territory.
 
Larsen told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Ban is calling on Hezbollah to cease any militant activities outside of Lebanon and complete its transformation into a solely Lebanese political party.
 
A United Nations update report released Thursday said that Hezbollah militants had planned to carry out "hostile operations" in Egypt while maintaining a significant force and weapon arsenals at their strongholds in Lebanon.
 
The report, which dealt with the 2004 UN resolution for an arms embargo on all militia groups outside the Beirut government, said there had been alarming reports of large number of arms reaching those groups while Hezbollah leaders continued to "assert that they have acquired more sophisticated military technology."
 
The report written by Roed-Larsen, said information indicated that in recent weeks, "there has been a growing concern that Hezbollah has engaged in clandestine and illegal militant activities beyond Lebanese territory."
 
He said Egypt's general prosecutor on April 8 arrested 49 people based on information from the country's State Security investigation alleging that they were assigned by Hezbollah "to plan and carry out hostile operations on Egyptian soil."
 
Roed-Larsen said Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had acknowledged the detention of a Hezbollah operative and Egyptian authorities had confirmed the existence of a Hezbollah cell on their territory.
 
"The government of Egypt has shared with the UN secretary general a number of details concerning the plans, resources and actions of the cell as well and the material and devices confiscated," Roed- Larsen said in the report to the UN Security Council, which met to discuss it.
 
It cited "alarming reports" that the Iran-backed Hezbollah had received sophisticated military technology in a breach of the UN arms embargo on militias operating in Lebanon in violation of Lebanese sovereignty.
 
The United States has accused Iran and Syria of providing military assistance to Hezbollah in its fight against Israel.
 
The UN Security Council has been urging the Lebanese government to disarm paramilitary groups and restore its sovereignty over the territory.
 
 

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