ATFL President Ed Gabriel quoted in The New Arab.
❝ Ed Gabriel, president of the American Task Force on Lebanon, a nonprofit that aims to build stronger US-Lebanon ties, told journalists on Monday that the $190 million for the armed forces and $40 million for Internal Security Forces will be mainly in training and equipment.
Gabriel, who met several top officials in recent days, including Haikal and President Joseph Aoun, said the president is “determined to get things (disarmament) done.”
He added that the Lebanese government has to make it clear that it is not backing down from full disarmament of Hezbollah, and said a weakness in the plan is that “they don’t have a specific timetable.”
He added that the international community wants Hezbollah’s “strategic weapons”, such as precision-guided missiles and drones, to be removed. ❞