IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1194 
Reaffirming the support of the House of Representatives for the legitimate, 
democratically-elected Government of Lebanon under Prime Minister 
Fouad Siniora. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2008 
Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. WEXLER) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the support of the House of Representatives 
for the legitimate, democratically-elected Government of 
Lebanon under Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. 
Whereas, on May 7, 2008, the terrorist group Hizballah, in 
response to the justifiable exercise of authority by the 
sovereign, democratically-elected Government of Lebanon, 
initiated an unjustifiable insurrection by fomenting riots, 
blocking roads, seizing buildings, and organizing maraud-
ing groups of gunmen who took control of much of Bei-
rut, including the sites of key government institutions, 
and provoked sectarian fighting elsewhere in Lebanon; 
Whereas, in the course of this ongoing insurrection initiated 
by Hizballah, more than 80 Lebanese citizens have been 
murdered and more than 250 have been wounded; 
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•HRES 1194 IH 
Whereas, in the course of this fighting, Hizballah and allied 
fighters attacked the residences of Future Party leader 
Saad Hariri and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid 
Jumblatt, both of whose parties are members of the le-
gitimate governing coalition under Prime Minister Fouad 
Siniora; 
Whereas, in the course of their insurrection, Hizballah and 
allied fighters forced the Future Party’s television station 
off the air and burned the building housing the Future 
Party’s newspaper; 
Whereas Hizballah and its allies have turned over some of the 
areas they conquered in Beirut to the Lebanese Armed 
Forces; 
Whereas key government institutions, including the prime 
ministry, remain under siege, as do the residences of 
Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt; 
Whereas the purpose of Hizballah’s insurrection is to intimi-
date the legitimate, democratically-elected Government of 
Lebanon, the Lebanese Armed Forces, and other legiti-
mate Lebanese authorities, so that Hizballah will have 
maximum freedom of military action, can deepen its con-
trol over its ‘‘state within a state’’ in Shiite-dominated 
areas of Lebanon, and can enhance its influence on Leba-
nese Government decision-making in order to render Leb-
anon subservient to Iranian foreign policy; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1559, 
1680, and 1701 affirm the sovereignty, territorial integ-
rity, unity, and political independence of Lebanon under 
the sole and exclusive authority of the Government of 
Lebanon; 
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•HRES 1194 IH 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1559, 
1680, and 1701 call for the disbanding and disarming of 
all militias in Lebanon; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 
insists that no country transfer arms into Lebanon other 
than with the consent of the Government of Lebanon; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 
explicitly forbids Iran from transferring arms to any enti-
ty; 
Whereas Hizballah has contemptuously dismissed the require-
ments of the United Nations Security Council by refusing 
to disarm; 
Whereas Hizballah and its allies have repeatedly sought to 
undermine the legitimate Government of Lebanon under 
Prime Minister Siniora by preventing parliament from 
meeting and blocking the election of a new President, 
leaving that office vacant for the past half-year; 
Whereas, contrary to the explicit and binding mandates of 
the United Nations Security Council, Iran continues to 
provide training, arms, and funding to Hizballah; 
Whereas, contrary to the explicit and binding mandates of 
the United Nations Security Council, Syria continues to 
facilitate the transfer of arms to Hizballah via its terri-
tory; 
Whereas Syria, through, inter alia, its support of Hizballah’s 
efforts to undermine Prime Minister Siniora, its sus-
pected campaign of assassinations of Lebanese leaders, 
its minimal cooperation with the international investiga-
tion of these assassinations, and its refusal to delineate 
its border with Lebanon, shows every sign of wanting to 
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