Hariri: What Happened was Misunderstanding!

Hariri: What Happened was Misunderstanding!

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08/05/2008 The intensity of clashes eased down in Lebanese areas after Mustsakbal (Future) militias launched several foiled attacks and sniping operations in Beirut. Al-Manar correspondent in the capital said that heavy clashes took place between Mustakbal and opposition armed men in the Ras el-Nabeh area, where Lebanese Forces militiamen carried out sniping operations against civilians, killing one. Mustakbal snipers in Ras el-Nabeh injured seven civilian passersby, some seriously. Lebanese army soldiers traced Lebanese Forces snipers and launched a pursuit after the fleeing gunmen. The Lebanese army also evacuated Mustakbal militiamen from two offices in Beirut after opposition fighters managed to silence their guns. BERRI RECEIVES TELEPHONE CALLS FROM HARIRI, JUMBLATT; NO PROGRESS IN SOLUTION The Lebanese television NBN said that Speaker Nabih Berri received Thursday evening two telephone calls from MP Saad Hariri and MP Walid Jumblatt. According to the television, there was no progress in the process to end the current situation during the telephone calls. HARIRI: WHAT HAPPENED WAS MISUNDERSTANDING! Meanwhile, the head of the Future Movement MP Saad Hariri said that what happened recently was because of a 'misunderstanding". In a live television address, Hariri suggested that decisions taken by the unconstitutional government on Hezbollah's communications network and B.G Wafik Shqeir be freezed and refer the issue to the Lebanese army. In his suggestion to solve the "misunderstanding", Hariri also said that all armed fighters leave the streets, the election of Army Commander General Michel Suleiman and the return to the dialogue table. AOUN: SANIORA'S GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERIORATION For his part, the head of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP Michel Aoun accused the unconstitutional government of Fouad Saniora of being responsible for the security deterioration in Beirut. He reiterated Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah's position that the problem would not be a Sunni-Shiite conflict but a national political problem. While Hariri suggested freezing Saniora's decisions and electing a president to oversee dialogue, Aoun called for calling off all these decisions and immediately shifting to dialogue. The general added that if foreign powers declared support for the "government" that would prove that this government is in fact collaborating with foreigners. "International support for the government is meaningless in the field, what counts is who can fight," Aoun said. In the meantime, an extraordinary session for Saniora's ministerial team has ended and Defense Minister in the unconstitutional government Elias Murr headed to General Suleiman to relay Hariri's proposal. ers leave the streets, the election of Army Commander General Michel Suleiman and the return to the dialogue table.