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 Charbel vows compensation for east Lebanon cannabis farmers Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/ 
#16645957 - 08/05/12 09:20 AM (9 months, 9 days ago) |
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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Aug-05/183427-protesters-in-east-lebanon-block-road-over-cannabis-destruction-drive.ashx#axzz22g3Rf34F
BEIRUT: Interior Minister Marwan Charbel vowed Sunday that the state would compensate east Lebanon farmers for the eradication of their cannabis crop, ending protests that have dogged authorities carrying out the crackdown.
"I promise you to compensate you for what has been destroyed in the last few days and what will be destroyed in the future," Charbel told Baalbek residents and reporters in the town of Yammouneh, east Lebanon.
"Tomorrow, there is a Cabinet meeting, and I will discuss your issue [with colleagues]," he added, voicing sympathy for the demands of the farmers.
Shortly after arriving in Baalbek, where authorities began a crackdown on cannabis fields, burning hundreds of dunams, Charbel was able to convince protesters to end a sit-in they had begun a day earlier.
Since the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces began the destruction of cannabis fields in the Bekaa region last week, there have been several incidents in which security forces have been targeted.
Two policemen and two soldiers were wounded Friday in separate shootings in Yammouneh.
As residents continued Sunday to block the Baalbek town of Yammouneh in protest at authorities’ decision to eradicate cannabis fields, the Jaafar clan vowed to stand in the way of the crackdown.
In a statement released Sunday, the Jaafar clan vowed to "confront with resolve the destruction of that plant, given that it is the only source of living in the area."
It added that all of the clans and families in the region would stand in the face of what it described as an attempt to starve the people. On Sunday, protesters blocked the main road leading to the town.
On Saturday, residents of Yammouneh blocked the three entrances to the village with burning tires, boulders and vehicles, preventing access to tractors tasked with uprooting cannabis in the area.
Around 35,000 dunams in the northern Bekaa are believed to be used for the cultivation of cannabis, which has long flourished in the fertile valley.
The total area of cannabis fields eradicated in the Bekaa and elsewhere thus far in the ongoing operation has reached 6,615 dunams, the ISF said in a statement Thursday.
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Aug-05/183427-protesters-in-east-lebanon-block-road-over-cannabis-destruction-drive.ashx#ixzz22g4RN6ex
(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
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 Re: Charbel vows compensation for east Lebanon cannabis farmers Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/ [Re: x7x_x7x]
#16646614 - 08/05/12 12:45 PM (9 months, 9 days ago) |
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what, like that guy with the puppets?
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Re: Charbel vows compensation for east Lebanon cannabis farmers Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/ [Re: jack_straw2208]
#16650647 - 08/06/12 12:44 AM (9 months, 9 days ago) |
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Watch, they're going to pay the farmers a miniscule fraction of what the crop was worth.
Very, very sad to see cannabis farmers in some of the poorer regions be forced to switch their livelihood because some guys a thousand miles away couldn't tolerate drug use.
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