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Jumblatt: Hizbullah Has Set Up Cameras At Beirut Int'l Airport To Monitor Leaders' Comings And Goings – So It Can Harm Them

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said that Hizbullah has set up cameras at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut to monitor the arrival of leaders in Lebanon in order to harm them.

He said that Iranian flights must be prevented from landing in Beirut because they could be carrying funds and military equipment; that the Iranian ambassador must be expelled, and that the airport security chief is serving Hizbullah and must be fired.

The Lebanese Forces party, which is part of the March 14 Forces, stated that Hizbullah has imposed "mandatory recruitment" of young Shi'ite men, and that it is sending them for training in Iran.

Lebanese communications minister Marwan Hamada accused an Iranian organization of establishing a communications infrastructure for Hizbullah.

Sources: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon; Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, May 3 and 4, 2008

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