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CRIME, NOT POLITICS BEHIND TENSIONS BETWEEN LEBANESE ARMENIANS, KURDS
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 31, 2011 - 16:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Tensions between many Lebanese Armenians and Kurdish
laborers in Burj Hammoud are the result of recent crime on the streets
of the Beirut district, rather than developments in Syria, political
and security sources said.
The Tashnag Party, which enjoys support in some of Burj Hammoud~Rs
Armenian community, urged apartment owners last week to rent only to
families, a move that would make it difficult for single workers to
live in the area.
Akkar MP Khaled Daher, a member of the Future Movement, told Mustaqbal
newspaper over the weekend that the party~Rs decision is aimed at
stopping anti-Syrian regime protests.
Members of the Kurdish community have participated in both anti-
and pro-Syria demonstrations.
But according to security sources, the party~Rs move came after a
security incident in Burj Hammoud last week when a Lebanese Armenian
man nearly died after being stabbed by a Kurdish man over a parking
dispute.
~SAll kinds of immoral acts are taking place in the town and there
are many [people] carrying knives on the streets,~T the source added.
Tashnag Metn MP Hagop Pakradounian echoed the source, saying that
issue is not politics but social and security matters, adding that
the party is confronting these issues after receiving complaints from
residents, Lebanon-based Daily Star reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 31, 2011 - 16:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Tensions between many Lebanese Armenians and Kurdish
laborers in Burj Hammoud are the result of recent crime on the streets
of the Beirut district, rather than developments in Syria, political
and security sources said.
The Tashnag Party, which enjoys support in some of Burj Hammoud~Rs
Armenian community, urged apartment owners last week to rent only to
families, a move that would make it difficult for single workers to
live in the area.
Akkar MP Khaled Daher, a member of the Future Movement, told Mustaqbal
newspaper over the weekend that the party~Rs decision is aimed at
stopping anti-Syrian regime protests.
Members of the Kurdish community have participated in both anti-
and pro-Syria demonstrations.
But according to security sources, the party~Rs move came after a
security incident in Burj Hammoud last week when a Lebanese Armenian
man nearly died after being stabbed by a Kurdish man over a parking
dispute.
~SAll kinds of immoral acts are taking place in the town and there
are many [people] carrying knives on the streets,~T the source added.
Tashnag Metn MP Hagop Pakradounian echoed the source, saying that
issue is not politics but social and security matters, adding that
the party is confronting these issues after receiving complaints from
residents, Lebanon-based Daily Star reported.