The Daily Star - Politics - Kahwaji visits Sfeir on eve of Army Day: "BEIRUT: Army Commander Jean Kahwaji was the lunch guest of the Maronite patriarch Friday, on the eve of Army Day. Kahwaji arrived by military helicopter in Diman, the summer residence of Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir in the north, for talks with the prelate. Kahwaji presented Sfeir with a commemorative shield to mark Army Day, and held a 45-minute private discussion with the patriarch, before the two continued their talks over lunch.
A ceremony will be held Saturday at the Fayyadieh Barracks on the occasion of Army Day.
Meanwhile, politicians praised the Lebanese Army’s role in defending civil peace, and advised the next government to pay attention to the military in its policy statement.
Speaker Nabih Berri issued a statement in which he paid tribute to the army’s fallen soldiers.
The speaker added that support for the military, “in terms of numbers, equipment and modern weapons, should be a national priority in order to confront Israeli aggressive intentions, and also to prevent any terrorist attempt to shake security” in Lebanon.
The army sustained more than 150 casualties during its 2007 campaign against Fatah al-Islam in the northern Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared. General Francois Hajj, the Aarmy’s commander of operations, was assassinated by a car bomb attack in Baabda several months after the operation was concluded.
– The Daily Star"Saturday, August 01, 2009
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