Druze and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt and PSP higher up and Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi spoke earlier on TV with trepidation in their voices asking for the Druze to stop fighting.
Jumblatt ordered his followers in Aley to hand their weapons over to rival Druze leader and opposition member Talal Arslan. Arslan urged the opposition to stop attacking the Chouf and the Druze residents there.
However, the television images show large fires in the Chouf. Friends living in the Hezbollah dominated southern suburbs of Beirut (Dahieh) tell me that all of the shops in their area are closing and that people are fleeing: "Dahieh is next! Dahieh is next!" is what they are all yelling.
Up to this point, Hezbollah dominated areas have been calm during this conflict. My friends tell me that RPG fire is so close now that car alarms are going off. I'm told that they are watching Druze descend from the mountain on Dahieh.
Update: Lebanese American University will be closed, tomorrow.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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