A leading Hizbullah source stated on Wednesday that Tuesday's actions took place after the party received information that the some March 14Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
supporters, specifically Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
supporters, were going to mobilize in Beirut in a show of support to Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
It revealed to Akhbar al-Yawm news agency that supporters from Tripoli were also heading to Beirut to demonstrate their support and the indictment in the investigation into the liquidation of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Tuesday's action was a "preemptive step to prevent any action by the Mustaqbal supporters and to thwart any street tensions," it explained.
Mmmm... Right. To thwart any street tensions we should assemble a large number of hard boyz on the streets to ostentatiously crack their knuckles and make faces at passers-by. That always works well.
"The most important aspect of the action was drawing the security forces and the army to the street where they prevented the gatherings that the other camp was planning and whose backers were already on the ground," they added.
"Once the real soldiers chased us away we knew we'd done our job!"
The source stressed that the unarmed Hizbullah members withdrew from the street before the deployment of the security forces.
"Brothers! It is the security forces! Run away with the knowledge of a job well done!"
It refuted allegations that the action was a maneuver by Hizbullah to confront the indictment.
"No, no! Certainly not!"
Furthermore, it confirmed Speaker Nabih
KnobbyBerri's
... the Hizbullah sock puppet ...
statements that AMAL members did not take part in the action, by explaining that the purpose of the deployment was to assert that the Special Tribunal for Leb is an American-Israeli court directed specifically against Hizbullah.