- Press Release - Media & Public Relation Office Washington, DC July 19, 2006
The American Lebanese Coalition's Position on the Arab American Institute's Summit
Lebanese-American organizations members of the American Lebanese Coalition and number of other Lebanese-American Organizations do not intend to cosponsor, as invited by the Arab American Institute (AAI), the Summit of the 19th of July and most importantly we recommend that no American official or member of Congress accepts their invitation. These are some of the reasons:
The majority of the Arabs have chosen the road to
peace. The fights in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq are
meant to blow up all the bridges of this road and to
plunge the region into instability. This presents
chances of survival for the Syrian regime and offers
the Iranian Mullahs opportunities to spread their
Islamic republic’s aspirations. Regretfully the
sectarian fragility of Lebanon has allowed Hezbollah
to drag the country into the conflict which resulted
in an uneven and unwanted war with Israel. Any
Summit to solve this crisis should concentrate on
strengthening the Lebanese government and forcing
Iran and Syria to stop arming and financing
Hezbollah. If the AAI can adopt these goals we
will be the first on their side. Till then we
consider them as serving solely the interests of the
enemies of the United States and the enemies of the
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