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Hezbollah says will only disarm if mandated by Lebanese referendum

By Haaretz Service

An aide of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview published Tuesday that the pro-Iranian organization is prepared to forfeit its weapons if the majority of Lebanon's civilians vote for such a move through a referendum.

Nasrallah has urged that a referendum be held.

The aide, Hussein Halil, also said in an interview published in the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that Hezbollah possesses enough weapons to protect Lebanon from Israel, and that even if Syria's border is closed off, the organization will still have an ample supply of arms.


According to Halil, Hezbollah is against the placement of observer forces on the border between Syria and Lebanon.


[I am not opposed to referendums, but this opposes the TAEF Agreement that ended the Lebanese Civil War. If Hezbollah can keep its arms, then the other groups will be building up their militias to pre-civil war levels, and some say they are... The majority of Christians, Druze, and Sunnis want them disarmed, but more Shiites are needed for the referendum to carry more weight. Anyway, the U.N. resolution clearly states they must disarm. ]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/849007.html