Press Release

  Feb 13^th, 2004

 Terrorist attacks against civilian buses in Lebanon

 The World Council for the Cedars Revolution, in view of the Terrorist attacks against civilian buses in Lebanon, in view of the fact that Lebanon's national security is now openly endangered, and that its civil society is attacked by Terrorists; in view of the fact that over the past weeks, several breaches in the country's security have been taken place; and in view of the fact that the Lebanese borders with Syria have been penetrated by Terrorists who are sending weapons and operatives to domestic networks;

 And reacting to the murder and wounding of several civilians riding today's buses in the Matn area; the World Council for the Cedars Revolution, in consultation with the Lebanese International Committee for UNSCR 1559, demands from the Prime Minister of Lebanon the following:

 1) To remove the Minister of Defense Mr. Elias Murr from the cabinet on the basis of failure in providing  sound national security measures and replace him with another member of Government. 

 2) To ask the command of the UNIFIL, under UNSCR 1701,  to deploy units along the Lebanese Syrian borders, where the breach is happening, and including at all points of entrance.

 3) To ask the joint operation room established by UNSCR 1701 between the UNIFIL and the Lebanese Army to present a new plan for national security, to protect the country and its civil society from Terrorism.

 4) To ask the joint operation room between the UNIFIL and the Lebanese Army to conduct a thorough investigation of the Terror attacks against the civilian buses and determine the criminal sources of these barbarous acts.

 The WCCR and the ILC 1559 will follow up on these demands with a series of contacts with international instances.