"Out of concern for an 'Iranian attack'… Special forces for the security of the US Embassy in Lebanon."

Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special

Arab Sea - Follow-ups: High-level Lebanese sources revealed that Washington has raised the insurance rates and protection reserves for the US Embassy in Beirut in recent hours, due to the developing situation in Lebanon and Hezbollah's pushing of its popular base into the streets and main roads, which has increased the security tension in the country. The sources said that there is information about the arrival of US special forces in the last two days as part of a plan to raise the level of security at the embassy in a way that does not allow it to be exposed to any danger or threat, whether from Hezbollah directing demonstrators to the vicinity of the embassy or any planned sabotage operations with a military character, given the presence of elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon. The sources indicated that the United States, in light of the escalating confrontation with Iran and its arms in the region, foremost among them Hezbollah in Lebanon, may fear any harm to its prestige and a repeat of an incident that shook its image 46 years ago when the US embassy in Tehran was stormed and American hostages were held by followers of the Khomeini revolution at the time. A high-level Lebanese diplomatic source confirmed that the high level of security by those in charge of the US Embassy in Beirut and the presence of US special forces elements took place in the last 48 hours, and before the government's decision to adopt the army's plan to disarm Hezbollah, which is based on an American paper in the first place. The source added to "Arab Sea" that this measure is based on American intelligence reports that there are threats taking more than one aspect, especially in the vicinity and building of the embassy, ​​directing retaliatory actions by Hezbollah, especially with the movement of its incubator in demonstrations and road closures in the capital, after the government's decision to adopt the army's plan to disarm the Lebanese militia, which led to security lapses, especially in Beirut. He pointed out that the maximum security measures that these additional elements of US special forces will work on, in addition to the security officers from the US who are already present in and around the embassy building, are important at this time, with the possibility of the situation turning into a fear of making Lebanon a direct confrontation arena with the United States. At the same time, a Lebanese military source said that the US Embassy in Beirut is one of the most important sites that the Hezbollah militia places on the map of igniting Lebanon after the government's decision to adopt the army's plan, especially since the paper related to this decision is American. The military source explained that there are direct arrangements between the US Embassy on the one hand, and Lebanese military and security agencies on the other, within the framework of protecting the embassy and its facilities and sites related to some of the remaining nationals in Lebanon, after the number decreased significantly following the recent Israeli war on Lebanon. According to the source, these arrangements between the embassy and Lebanese military and security agencies are in the framework of the Vienna Convention, related to the protection of diplomatic missions, their location and their sanctity, noting that these arrangements take into account information regarding the presence of elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon. The source expects that the security measures, which are at the highest level by those in charge of the embassy, ​​are related to fears of repeating a stigma that has afflicted the United States for 46 years and does not want to repeat this scene again, which was also with Iran, which is the storming of the US embassy in Tehran, which greatly affected the prestige of the United States. The military source continued that the tape of the storming of its embassy in 1979 after the Khomeini revolution and the holding of hostages there for a long period of more than a year and a half, which was the result of a large part of the existing hostility between the two countries, may pass with the raising of security readiness by Washington for its embassy in Beirut, and in Lebanon, those belonging to this regime are still present, in reference to Iran, which carried out that incident through the same quality that carries the affiliation, which is the "Revolutionary Guard", and the confrontation is the same being repeated with the United States. The military source stated that there are preparations from the army and its agencies and public security, and full cooperation to prevent any armed groups in Lebanon, whatever their capabilities, from going to any events related to threatening diplomatic missions and their headquarters; because the goal of that will not only be related to settling scores with countries that want Lebanon to get rid of the militia's weapons that control it and that the Lebanese state be supported in imposing its sovereignty in all aspects.