Jumblat Proposes solution for disarming Palestinians and Hezbullah

May 22 , 2005 

Mukhtara, Lebanon: In an interview the Abu Dhabi TV Saturday night,opposition leader Walid Jumblat proposed the formation of a "Palestinian army Brigade" attached to the Lebanese army as a solution

for the dispute over the arms issue in Lebanon's 12 refugee camps. This brigade, which will be like the Palestinian army brigades in Lebanon and Syria, would disarm the camps under orders from the Lebanese army command.

This type of brigade would constitute a solution to the raging controversy over Hizbullah's weapons in the sense that Hezbullah, would also create a similar organization to surrender its weapons too, according to Jumblatt.

Photos of the day , May 22 , 2005

Supporters of Lebanon's Phalange Party, wearing party uniforms originally used in the 1930s and re-tailored for the occasion, fold the Lebanese flag during a ceremony to unveil the statue of the party's founder Pierre Gemayel in Bikfaya, Lebanon, Sunday, May 22, 2005. The Phalange Party, Lebanon's most influential Christian political group now buffeted by infighting and dissent, was founded in 1936 to exert Christian power in Lebanon. After dominating Christian politics for decades, during the 1975-90 civil war the Phalange militias fought against Muslim forces and Palestinian guerrillas. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)

Hezbollah issues warning to Israel following border clashes

Source : Aljazeera , May 22 , 2005

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