I kept asking myself if Hezbollah was that dumb to commit such a deadly error yesterday, and on how quick the Opposition stopped all its movement suddently and packed and went back home.

First of all, it is sad that 5 Lebanese died honestly in vain cause of the clashes yesterday, not to mention the hundreds of injured people and the material damages that the people will have to pay for at the end of the day.

I assume that The Opposition had to stop its plan because of the unfortunate incidents that occured, but what were they really after ? Just closing roads and burning tyres ?
I doubt that ..

The planning for yesterday was impeccable and was planned for few days at least, if not more and its execution could have been perfect if it wasnt for the riots in Nahr el Mot mainly.
Hezbollah blocked all highways and roads ( even the shortcuts) leading to Beirut from the South and from Beirut suburbs ( Hamra for ex).

Added to that, it blocked all highways from the North assisted by Frangieh mainly.

As for the rest of the regions, Aounists were supposed to take care of that, except for Hazmieh where Hezbollah sent its followers ( as shown on LBC tonight) to close the main highway that leads to Achrafieh & Beirut.

So Beirut was isolated from all sides, army was spread all over Lebanon while Riad el Solh was still packed with Opposition members controlled by Hezbollah.

Achrafieh, Ain el Remmaneh, Furn el Chebbak were not concerned with the blocus since the army is already blocking their way to Beirut ( for ex Achrafieh: troops stationed @ Sports Cafe till Nahar Building).

The plot was easy and Hezbollah was after it since the first week, taking over the government by force and with the thousands of members they had in Riad el Solh, not to forget most of them are trained military men.

I dont know if the international pressure stopped HA from executing his plans or the Pro-government demonstrations and tensions during the first week, but it threatened at several occasions of using all ways to topple the government and maybe yesterday was the perfect opportunity IF it wasnt for the riots that occured and the LF intervention in clearing roads on the Jounieh-Beirut highway.

I have no reliable information on this plan, but the well organized blocking of roads in strategic regions is a hint, and Hezbollah’s past actions are a clear proof they could have been after such a plot, specially that we were days from Paris3, which will only give the government more credit and support from the international community and boost its confidence on the local level.

I am sure the LF werent aware of such plots when they decided to clear roads, but they could have spoiled Hezbollah’s perfect plot.

Let us hope demonstrators will be controlled next time before such clashes occur and innocent people die.
Let us hope the army will do its job properly just once in its whole life.