President Bush said Thursday that the United States would freeze the property and assets of anyone trying to undermine Lebanon?s democratically elected government.
President George W. Bush ordered on Thursday a freeze on the U.S. assets of anyone Washington deems to be undermining Lebanon's pro-Western government.
Lebanon's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric issued a religious edict Thursday banning honor killings, calling the custom of murdering a female relative for sexual misconduct "a repulsive act."
President Bush announced Thursday the United States will freeze the property and interests of people deemed to be undermining Lebanon's democratic government.
US President George W. Bush said Thursday he had ordered the US government to block assets of anyone threatening Lebanese political stability or aiding the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon.
The president has issued an emergency order to allow the seizure of assets of anyone found to be working to undermine the government in Lebanon, a move that could increase pressure on Syria and Iran for supporting anti-government elements there.
President Bush signed an order Thursday freezing the assets of any person or group in the United States trying to undermine political stability in Lebanon.
Al Qaeda-inspired militants battling the Lebanese army for more than 10 weeks hit a main power station in north Lebanon with Katyusha rockets on Thursday, disrupting electricity supplies to a wide area.
U.S. President George W. Bush ordered on Thursday a freeze on U.S. assets of anyone undermining the Lebanese government and political stability in Lebanon. In his letter to Congress, Bush said his order targets anyone believed to be "un ...
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush has ordered a freeze on the US assets of anyone Washington deems to be undermining Lebanon's pro-Western government.