(16 Aug 2006)
1. Security outside building, car pulling up
2. People waiting on steps of building
3. Lebanese Defence Minister Elias Murr getting out of car, shaking hands, and walking into building
4. Lebanese Army general getting out of car, shaking hands, and walking into building
5. Soldiers and another man standing, talking
6. Lebanese President Emile Lahoud getting out of car, shaking hands
7. Men standing nearby, writing and talking
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Emile Lahoud, Lebanese President:
"The Hezbollah resistance's weapons are the only weapons the Arab opponents of Israel have. Be assured that no one can disarm the resistance, especially by force."
9. Wide of exterior of building
10. Wide of Lebanese cabinet sitting around table
11. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora seated, talking
12. Lahoud seated, talking
13. Wide of Lahoud seated at meeting
14. Lebanese Minister for Water and Electricity, Mohammed Fneish, also a Hezbollah member, seated
15. Wide of Lebanese cabinet sitting around table
STORYLINE:
Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud warned on Wednesday that it would be impossible to disarm the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which receives arms from Iran, by force.
"The Hezbollah resistance's weapons are the only weapons the Arab opponents of Israel have. Be assured that no one can disarm the resistance, especially by force," he said.
Lahoud made his remarks to reporters in Beirut ahead of a twice-delayed meeting of the Lebanese Cabinet, two members of which are also Hezbollah members.
Lahoud's comments gave the strongest indication yet that the guerrillas will not disarm in the region or withdraw, but rather melt into the local population and hide their weapons.
The meeting approved a plan to deploy the Lebanese army into southern Lebanon south of the Litani River, starting on Thursday.
The cabinet however was expected to have skirted the issue of Hezbollah's arsenal - a key requirement of the UN brokered ceasefire.

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