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Ohio Congressman Opposes US Base in Lebanon


Mohamad Shmaysani

The US administration has been denying all claims of a planned US airbase in Qleiat in northern Lebanon. The US Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffery Feltman even suggested that the thought itself was absurd considering the offense it constituted to the Lebanese army which the US is ?so keen? on developing.

Ohio Congressman and Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich however confirmed the base issue is being discussed in Washington and that there's opposition to the project in Congress.
"There's talk about the US wants cooperation from and with Lebanon and there's talk about the US establishing a presence there. I reject any idea of a US military presence in Lebanon. I reject it and I disagree with it. There is speculation about it and I'm saying that those who speculate about it should know that there is opposition to it in Congress," Kucinich, who had voted against the Iraq war in 2002, said.
 

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Login to find out (November 2, 2007 at 11:22am)
According to military expert Amin Hoteit, the reported US plan aims to set up six military bases - three in Iraq, one in Jordan, one in Saudi Arabia, and one in Lebanon. "This US project, if it is established, will bring more problems. . . Probably every group in Lebanon would oppose it," the military expert said.

Hezbollah has already warned the US against setting up the base in Lebanon, saying the foreign troops would be treated as occupation forces.
 
Login to find out (November 2, 2007 at 11:22am)
Moreover, it has been widely reported by Western news sources that since the failed attempts of Israel to wipe out Hezbollah in its summer offensive in 2006, the US administration has repeatedly mulled the idea of upgrading and outfitting the Lebanese army in its own and NATO's interest, last but not least to appease Israel's security interests. Following Feltman's declarations, US Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman was interviewed by the private LBC TV. Edelman said the information given by Al-Safir daily over the intention to establish the US base was essentially correct and that the US were indeed seeking ways to achieve a strategic and permanent partnership with the Lebanese armed forces.

Former MP Nasser Kandil had revealed a document he claimed was issued by the Bureau of "Dangerous Zones" which is affiliated with the US Department of Defense Kandil said the document announced the starting of "preparatory construction to set up a military base for NATO and US forces in the area of Qleiat" in northern Lebanon, which is allegedly to be named 'the US-Lebanese Centre for Rehabilitation of the Army'.