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May 2008 Revolt: May 9 Events |
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Written by Tayyar
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Continuous Update:
22:12 Al Manar: The army goes on patrols on Aley-Sofar highway
22:10 NTV: The Socialist Party evacuates the 888 hill located between Kayfoun & Souk El Gharb to the army
22:09 Al Manar: Socialist partisans evacuate their main office in Kfarhim in compliance with Jumblatt’s orders
Continuous Update:
21:48 Al Manar: Evacuation of Al Mustaqbal’s last HQ in western Bekaa & Rashaya
21:43 Jordan calls to give a chance to the Arab initiative & supports the legitimate government of Lebanon
21:40 NTV: Calm in Aley & intense communications to prevent clashes spreading in the region
21:14 3 people shot dead in Aley clashes
21:13 LBC: Break & mess in Hariri Foundation offices in El Ramleh El Bayda
20:53 Shootings in Baalshmay-Aley region
20:52 Violent clashes Aley & reports of casualties
20:50 Rice promises Siniora to provide him all needed support
20:20 Oussama Saad: The Lebanese Army has to handle the security in Sidon
20:19 Jubran Bassil to Al Hurra: We want full partnership with all parties & it’s not true that Hizbollah took control over Beirut
20:13 Wahhab to OTV: No authority is allowed anymore but the army’s
20:08 NTV: Arslan is conducting serious efforts to prevent the situation from escalating in Aley
19:58 4 injured in the clashes of Aley & the neighborhood
19:57 Al Manar: Negotiatons are held between the Lebanese army & Al Mustaqbal militants to evacuate HQ in Sidon
19:56 Security Plus, the security company for Al Mustaqbal has evacuated all security sites it undertook to guard with civilian companies
19:54 Heavy shootings in Al Mustaqbal’s office neighborhood in Sidon
19:52 US pledges Iran & Syria to stop supporting Hizbollah
19:51 Sniping from Aley toward Komatyieh & reports of 4 injured
19:49 Al Jazeera: Heavy shootings in Sidon
19:37 Info about Gen Ashraf Rifi to put his resignation in the hands of the government
19:28 Clashes reignite in Komatyieh village in Aley as sounds of B7 rockets are heard
19:27 Washington renew its support to the Siniora government
19:26 OTV:Clashes in Kayfoun & Komatyieh area in Aley region & reports about some injury
19:23 Geagea: 14 of March upholds its principles & renews its support to the government
19:21 Geagea: 14 of March pledges the international community to work on banishing the weapons smuggling to Lebanon
19:20 Geagea: 14 of March asks the Arab countries to hold their responsibilities
19:20 Geagea: The Lebanese army is expected to protect the civilians & their properties
19:19 Geagea: Hizbollah’s weapons are no longer admissible & the slogan of the resistance is no longer valid
19:18 Geagea: This coup d’etat was executed by Hizbollah against El Taef & resolution 1701
19:17 Geagea: We salute Walid Jumblatt who has resisted the Syrians for 28 years
19:16 Geagea : We salute Beirut resisting residents & the rebels will soon discover their huge mistake
19:15 Al Jazeera: The opposition now controls HQ’s of the pro-ruling groups in Bshamoun, Aramoun & Khaldeh
19:14 Geagea: Beirut never fell in the hands of the Israelis during their invasion
19:12 Fatfat to LBC: The army’s commander in Chief drew red lines among them is the serial
19:08 Al Jazeera: The army declared opening the main road between Beirut & the South
19:07 Al Jazeera: Clashes reignited in Cornish Al Mazraa
19:06 Civil defense is still working on bringing down the fire in Future TV building
19:03 Arslan to NTV: I think we are close to the end
19:02 Arslan to NTV: Jumblatt called me & paid his condoleances
19:01 Arslan to NTV: The shooting from a building on Dawhet Aramoun known for its political stand on the car 4 of our supporters were riding led to the killing of 2 of them & the injury of the other 2
18:59 Aridi to NTV: Solutions are open & communication are taking place to sort one
18:58 Aridi to NTV: What happened essentially does not provoke all these incidents & every lebanese drop of blood shed is the most important
18:55 Aridi to NTV: Both the parties & the army are expected to protect the media
18:53 Aridi to NTV: This is a black day in the history of the media in Lebanon
18:51 Fatfat: We aim for a solution that respects the institutions
18:49 Fatfat: The Lebanese army didn’t protect the citizens as it was supposed to
18:46 Re-ignition of clashes in Jnah neighborhood
18:46 The International Catholic Union for press declared the necessity to leave media sources whatever their stands outside political & security conflicts
Earlier Today:
01:01 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s speech on Thursday afternoon: the government decisions are a war declaration and we will cut the hand that will try to reach our weapons.
01:03 Saad El Hariri speech : Sedition caught fire and solutions are conditioned
01:05 General Michel Aoun speech: The division today is political rather than sectarian and is a result of the government decisions.
01:41 Fighting continues in Corniche Al Mazraa intermittently
01:50 6 dead and 10 injured in Beirut confrontations- Al Mustaqbal members flee and Socialist party surrenders offices to the army
02:01 field info: opposition parties enter to Mousaytbeh and detain some Al-Mustaqbal militants
02:14 Al-Diyar newspaper: field info- confrontations area expands in Beirut. Hizbollah and Amal dominate over Karakol el Druze, Zaydanieh, Mar Elias, Tallet el Khayyat, Ras El Nabeh and Hamra districts where Al Mustaqbal militants fleed from their positions as members of Amal & Hizbollah entered. Info reveal they did not enter Kraytem,Sakyet el Janzir Tarik el Jdideh.
02:24 Confrontations in Taalbaya & Saadnayel
07:00 Future News TV: Al-Mustaqbal newspaper building is being attacked with bullets & firerocks
07:13 for the third day: the situation in the streets of Beirut is stale & clashed did not stop all night as the crisis escalates
08:19 Al Jazeera: Opposition supporters take control over Al Mustaqbal newspaper building and handle it to the security forces
08:20 Al Arabyia: Future TV channel stopped broadcasting after being threatened
08:20 The army surrounds Al Mustaqbal newspaper building
08:23 The army enters both buildings of Future TV and Al Mustaqbal newspaper
08:38 Evacuation of employees in both media corps from the buildings hard talks between the army and companies security to banish shooting employees fleeing
08:46 Informal statistics count 11 people killed during the night confrontations
08:50 Al Mustaqbal evacuates 2 buildings in Taalbaya & handles them to Amal
08: 59 Al Jazeera reporter in Beirut reports MP Walid Jomblatt leaving his home in Clemenceau
09:10 Heavy spread of the army around Walid Jomblatt’s house in Clemenceau
09:15 Al Arabyia: Opposition supporters take control over Verdun & Hamra districts
09:18 Al Sharq radio stops broadcasting
09:21 Al Jazeera: The decision to stop Future TV broadcasting is a management decision due to security issues
09:23 Al Arabyia: The opposition controls Ras Beirut
09:26 All media related to Saad El Hariri have stopped broadcasting
09:27 NTV: we can say the the opposition took over Beirut
09:39 NTV: The oppositions’ supporters take control over minister Ahmad Fatfat’s office and a house belonging to Mufti Kabbani in Aycha Bakkar district
09:44 Al Arabyia: An agreement has been made not to get close to pro-government figures’ residencies including those of Jomblatt and Hariri
09:45 Al Arabyia: 4th floor in Al Mustaqbal newspaper is on fire
09:45 The opposition sends security groups to protect and evacuate the family of minister Hassan El Sabeh after his guards fleeing.
09:46 Shootings in Hamra streets
09:55 Blocking of Al Minyieh- Akkar highway with burning tires
09:59 Al Arabyia: Rockets aiming Kraytem area
10:05 Fights in Hamra street
10:07 OTV: info about arrangements made to evacuate Walid Jumblat from Clemenceau
10:07 MP Ammar Houri’s House in in the hands of the army after opposition’s takeover it
10:16 The road linking Beirut to the South is still closed by pro-ruling members
10:18 NBN: reports about Al Mustaqbal members surrender to the army in Tarik El Jdideh
10:19 NBN: reports about Al Mustaqbal militants surrendering their
arms & positions to the army in Tarik El Jdideh, Kaskas & Afif El Tibi
10:22 Seaport of Beirut Bar staff decided to stop working in the harbor until further notice
10:25 Al Jazeera: KSA supports holding an urgent meeting of the Arab foreign ministers
10:27 OTV: Information about the evacuation of Walid Jomblatt from his residency in Clemenceau
10:33 Al Manar: An Army convoy is heading to from Burj El Murr area to Koraytem
10:35 Al Manar: Al Mustaqbal militants surrender to the opposition’s supporters. Most of them came from El Minyieh & Akkar, claiming they are unfamiliar with the streets of Beirut.
10:40 Al Manar: Both Interior Affairs and Tourism Ministries’ buildings have been evacuated
10:42 MP Ghattas Khoury confirm to VOL the shooting of a rocket on Koraytem residence accompanied with heavy fire shooting
10:47 NBN: Surrender & flee of hundreds of Al Mustaqbal militants in a number of Beirut districts and the army takes over their weapons
10:47 MP Jumblatt still trapped in his residence in Clemenceau
10:48 LBC: Opposition supporters enter Al Shiraa magazine building
10:49 Al Manar reveals interviews with surrendering Al Mustaqbal militants who claim they have been fooled and did not know the true purpose of their job. They claimed they applied to jobs in a security company & had no idea there were going to battle fields.
10:52 Al Mustaqbal henchmen block Tripoli-Al Tabbana road
10:55 NTV: Bank of Lebanon HQ stops financial transactions & diverts its business to other branches
10:57 Al Arabyia: An Egyptian Diplomat declares: “We won’t allow to an Iran backed force to take control over Lebanon”
10:59 Fares Said calls for an urgent meeting of loyalist leadership in Me3rab
11:09 OTV: Al Mustaqbal militants block Al Minyieh-Akkar road
11:10 AFP: Opposition supporters control West Beirut
11:18 OTV: Negotiations for the handover of Al Mustaqbal weapons to the army in Tarik El Jdideh taking place.
11:18 Al Manar: Sidon’s figures work for road opening locked in collaboration with the municipalities of region
11:24 NTV: Trouble in Al Tabbaneh area in Tripoli & the army intervenes.
11:27 Al Jazeera: Yemeni president suggest the army Commander in Chief to preside the dialog among the parties
11:29 Tires burning in the streets of Tripoli
11:30 Violent clashes around Kraytem Residence
11:33 NBN: info about 4 Al Mustaqbal militants killed
11:34 NBN: Removing all dirt berms in Western Bekaa & return to normalcy in the region
11:37 ANB: The army is working on reopening the coastal road linking Beirut & the South
11:39 NBN: Peace & quiet in Taalbaya in Bekaa and normalcy to the region
11:40 OTV: Al Mustaqbal militants in Afif El Tibi street surrender their arms to the army
11:40 Al Arabyia: Agreement to neutralize Tarik El Jdideh district
11:44 Al Manar: Officers In Al Mustaqbal in Iklim El Kharroub send messages to opposition leaders to confirm their loyalty to the resistance
11:46 OTV: The Saudi embassador notifies Siniora the Saudi advice to resign
11:47 NBN: Dead militants are Ihsan Elhajj Obeid, Toufic Hamed, Abdo Skaff & Rami Hallak, all originally from El Minyieh
11:49 ANB: MEA postponed flights from & to Beirut till tomorrow afternoon
11:51 ANB: The Lebanese army is handling the security of Al Mustaqbal newspaper
11:55 Al Manar: Al Mustaqbal & Socialist party militants surrendering their arms & positions to the Lebanese army in Aramoun & Khaldeh
11:56 Al Jazeera reports according to Jumblatt denying he left his residence in Clemenceau
12:01 Injury of Ali Alhammoud Beshthya the Iranian Al Alam channel photographer in Beirut
12:03 Al Manar: Al Mustaqbal militants burn their office in Tarik El Jdideh
12:05 Fatfat to Al Arabya: The ministers are present in the serial
12:09 Al Manar: A Security source confirmed that the army in going
to enter Tarik El Jdideh to handle militants & arms of Al Mustaqbal
12:10 Al Manar: The army reopens Al Minyieh coastal road
12:12 OTV: Violent confrontations between the army and Al Mustaqbal militants in Tarik El Jdideh
12:14 Al Manar: The Socialist officer Marwan Saab surrendered to the opposition and invites all members to do so. He claims Jumblatt has given up on their case & them
12:17 Jubran Bassil finds it odd to talk about an Iranian occupation of Beirut: The capital still belongs to its residents12:21 Gen Michel Aoun is going to throw a speech in a while
12:22 Fatfat affirms the army will defend the serial if they try to break in12:28 Fatfat: Jumblatt left Beirut
12:32 OTV: Heavy shootings in Barr Elias and injuring of an army soldier after throwing of a grenade
12:35 The Saudi embassador denies advising PM Siniora to resign
12:39 NBN: The Lebanese army confiscates large quantities of weapons belonging to Al Mustaqbal in Hamra, Noueiri, Ain El Mraysseh & Tarik El Jdideh
12:41 Jumblatt to LBC: No one can control with an individual decision
12:42 Jumblatt to LBC: I m staying in Beirut in peaceful way as there is no need to get out. I m ready to talk.
12:45 The army works on reopening the roads in different regions
12:48 KSA started the evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon since yesterday. El Khoja stated to a foreign press agency that they will continue the evacuation of those who want to leave the country
12:51 LBC: Communication between Jumblatt & Berri
12:52 OTV: the army spreads in Cornish El Mazraa meanwhile
12:53 Arslan asks the people of the coast in Shouf to surrender their arms to the army
12:55 Al Arabyia: Pledges from Mosques asking Tarik El Jdideh residents to cooperate with the army
12:56 Jumblatt to Al Arabyia: I m staying in Beirut protected by the army in my “little square”
12:58 Jumblatt to Al Arabyia: the issue goes beyond the communication network & Hizbollah is forcing his will over the state
12:59 Jumblat to Al Arabyia: won’t participate in Me3rab meeting as well as Saad El Hariri
13:01 Jumblatt to Al Arabyia: Essentially, we were not thinking about armed confrontation & all opposition theories about trainings in Jordan failed
13:03 Jumblatt to Al Arabyia: The army did whatever it could do & we hope there will be one lebanes army with one intelligency office one day
13:04 Jumblatt to Al Arabyia: I hope Berri can get the country out this trouble
13:05 Jumblatt to Al Arabyia: We won’t ask for the help of the Security Council because Lebanon is an independent country and no one can rule this country alone
13:06 LBC: Members of Hiszbollah & Amal invaded Dar Al Iftaa Al Jaafari in Tyr, the office of Sayyed Ali EL Amin
13:06 What happened today is victory to Lebanon & to the return to the Constitution
13:07 Gen Aoun: I previously have warned all countries to this matter before it took place & warned the Lebanese not to import weapons
13:09 Gen Aoun: We warned the world not to support an authority that marginalized most of the people
13:09 Gen Aoun: Beirut will be safe & we should look forward how to build the future
13:10 Gen Aoun: I assure the people that no one will be endangered
13:51 Jumblatt received a phone call from Arslan & discussed the matter with him
13:52 Israeli president accuses Iran of standing behind clashes in Lebanon
13:57 Al Jazeera: Syria & Qatar consider what happened in Lebanon to be internal affairs
14:06 Embassador El Khoja to Al Arabyia: There are suggestions to hold an Arab League meeting
14:47 Wi’am Wahhab: The army should be handled the security. The opposition won’t do it in Lebanon. The rule of those corrupt who used Rafik Hariri’s blood is over. Shame on Saad El Hariri for bringing people from outside Beirut to mess with its safety.
14:48 Wi’am Wahhab: I warn from moving sedition from Beirut to Mount Lebanon
14:49 Al Jazeera: Heavy shooting in Al Malla area in Beirut
15:01 LBC: Shootings in Clemenceau neighborhood
15:07 OTV: The army enters Al Mustaqbal office in Tarik El Jdideh
15:09 OTV diffuses pictures of the army’s entrance to the said office
15:11 France confirms the evacuation of its citizens in the mean time is not an option
15:17 Amin El Jemmayel will hold a press conference at 5:00pm
15:32 NTV: Violent clashes in Aramoun area
16:11 NBN: Tens of Al Mustaqbal militants are surrendering with their arms down to the army in Haret El Ne’meh
16:13 Al Arabyia: The Lebanese army takes over offices in Beirut & works on controlling the situation
16:14 Fire in Future TV old building
16:16 El Juzu: The government decisions should not provoke such a reaction from Hizbollah
16:17 El Juzu sees that the army’s intervention would have prevented the situation to reach such a stage
16:19 El Juzu demands Arab countries to quick intervention because what’s happening is Iranian interference
16:21 Italy: The government is preparing a plan to evacuate Italians form Beirut due to the situation
16:22 Al Jazeera: The army takes control over Beirut & takes over HQs of pro-ruling groups
16:25 Zahra from Me’rab: We agreed iin the meeting that what happened is a coup d’etat that we reject & won’t have any political consequences
16:27 Arslan: The Druze will prevail protecting the resistance as it has always been the case as its strategic stand
16:29 Arslan: the people of Mount Lebanon are conscious about the dangers of the situation & no one can prevent the druze from sticking to their historical stand
16:31 Negotiations take place to handle Mustaqbal’s offices in Ba’assir, Barja & Ne’emeh to the army
16:35 Turkey evacuates its citizens from Lebanon in large buses via Syria
16:37 Zaki-Egyptian foreign affairs spokesman: The Arab initiative is based on the delicate situation in Lebanon & is still valid
16:38 Abu El Ghayt criticizes what he called an attempt to impose de facto policies in Lebanon
16:40 Rami El Rayes, the officer in the Socialist party: We never denied Hizbollah’s favor in resisting Israel & freeing the land
16:43 Rami El Rayes: Berri is capable of playing the role of a mediator
16:45 The national forces in the opposition has to convince Hizbollah to back off
16:47 4 fire brigades are still trying to put down the fire in Future TV building
16:48 Khoja: KSA always try to achieve an agreement among the Lebanese
16:50 Al Arabyia: Heavy shootings in Bshamoun & Deir Koubel in Mount Lebaonon
16:56 Media Officer Syrian Social National Party deny that the party have a burning building future television
17:11 Al Jazeera: The opposition has control over pro-ruling HQs in Bshamoun, Aramoun & Khaldeh
17:16 Amin El Gemayyel: We want to rebuild the institutions which is something we are not going to give up
17:18 Amin El Gemayyel: What happened will expose the situation to different possibilities & let us not forget there are no rules
17:19 Amin El Gemayyel: I hope Christians not to participate in these events
17:21 Amin El Gemayyel: The 1st matter to discuss on the round table we hope to sit on should be Hizbollah’s weapons
17:23 Amin El Gemayyel: We have information about members of Al Qaeda coming from west Africa to Lebanon
17:26 Jumblatt to NTV: is the discharge of a general worth all this?
17:27 Jumblatt to NTV: Isn’t the government entitled to look at the airport case?
17:34 Jumblatt to NTV: it’s impossible for this party is seeking control over the state
17:35 Jumblatt to NTV: I negotiate with Berri & advise to negotiate with
17:37 Jumblatt to NTV: The only positive issue after all is that weapons serve for nothing
17:38 Jumblatt to NTV: I disagree with the keeping the weapons forever & I want the army’s authority on the whole territory
17:40 Jumblatt to NTV: I pledged Hizbollah to enroll in the state’s corps slowly but they refused
17:43 Jumblatt to NTV: The reason behind that there are no large casualties during the battles is that there wasn’t a powerful militia to face
17:44 An important Arab diplomatic source: It’s better for Siniora to resign today
17:47 Fatfat: The government resignation is possible if there was any serious solution to discuss
17:49 Jumblatt to NTV: We & Al Mustaqbal are one & I asked everybody to calm down
17:50 Jumblatt confirms the assassination of 2 of Talal Arslan supporters
17:51 Jumblatt to NTV: Supporter of Mir Arslan have been killed & I confirm that the shooters are not from the Socialist party
17:53 Jumblatt to NTV: What’s happening on the ground is the elimination of many groups I m not the sole target
17:55 Jumblatt to NTV: Will Sayyed Nasrallah hold responsibility of entering the serial
17:59 Jumblatt to NTV: We have the minimum level of trust in the army & security forces
18:02 Jumblatt to NTV: Hizbollah entered the interior fight when he set the tents
18:03 Jumblatt to NTV: My conscience became clear when I left the quartet alliance
18:03 Jumblatt to NTV: My conscience became clear when I left the quartet alliance
18:07 Jumblatt to NTV: Hizbollah has to understand that we don’t want to eliminate it but he’s the one aiming to eliminate us & I tell him that only the state authority can protect all of us
18:07 Jumblatt to NTV: No war in Lebanon
18:08 Jumblatt to NTV: It’s impossible for anyone to eliminate the other in Lebanon
18:11 Heavy shootings in El Tall area in Tripoli
18:17 Militants from Al Mustaqbal close the roads leading to Minyara & Sheikh Mhammad with burning tires
18:20 Jumblatt to NTV: The resignation of the government is out of question
18:23 The shooting in Ne’meh of Al Mustaqbal militants on the democratic party supporters led to the death of a guy from Nasser’s and the injury of the 2nd from the Be’ayni’s who’s in serious condition. The office in Ne’meh was handled to the army after the withdrawal of Al Mustaqbal’s militants
18:29 Shooting on former PM Karami’s residence in Tripoli
18:32 Fatfat: It’s easier on the government to resign than back off its decisions
18:36 NTV: Arslan’s supporters gathers near his residence in Khaldeh after the death of two partisans shot by al Mustaqbal’s militia men
18:38 NTV: Heavy shootings are heard in Cola region
18:40 NTV: Clashes in Tripoli between Kawmi & Al Mustaqbal
18:44 Clashes restart in Cornish Al Mazraa district
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