LEBANON: THOUSANDS OF VOTERS FROM THE FORMER OCCUPATION ZONE VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR DECADES

Record ID: 328736

  • Title: LEBANON: THOUSANDS OF VOTERS FROM THE FORMER OCCUPATION ZONE VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR DECADES
  • Date: 9th September 2001
  • Summary: MARJAYOUN, SOUTH LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 9, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF MARJAYOUN IN LEBANON'S EASTERN SECTOR. 0.08 2. GV MAINLY CHRISTIAN VOTERS OUTSIDE VOTE CENTER. 0.14 3. SV SECURITY MEN CHECK VOTERS IDENTIFICATIONS. 0.23 4. VARIOUS VOTERS CASTING VOTES (5 SHOTS) 0.58 KHIAM TOWN, SOUTH LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 9, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. GV/LV/SLV MOSLEM VOTERS OUTSIDE VOTE CENTRE. (3 SHOTS) 1.19 6. SLV VOTERS JAMMED AT ENTRANCE. 0.26 7. VARIOUS WOMEN VOTERS CASTING VOTES (4 SHOTS) 2.16 8. SCU SOUNDBITE (Arabic) ZAHRAH ABDULLAH SAYING: 'Very good elections, people are very excited about participation.' 2.24 9. SCU SOUNDBITE (Arabic) MOHAMED SROUR SAYING:'This is first elections in more than 30 years and after pullout of Israeli occupation.. Whoever wins wins under a democratic atmosphere..' 2.47 10. MV HIZBOLLAH CAR WITH LOUD SPEAKER OUTSIDE VOTE CENTRE 2.53 11. LV U.N CAR DRIVES UNDER GREEN BANNERS OF AMAL MOVEMENT. 3.03 12. SCU ALMA ALSHA'EB / CHAAB ROAD SIGN IN THE WESTERN SECTOR. 3.08 13. SVS OLD MAN HELPED VOTING AT A VOTE CENTRE. 3.27 AEN EB'EL, SOUTH LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 9, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 14. GV EXTERIOR OF VOTE CENTRE AT THE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF AEN EB'EL. 3.33 15. MV VOTER CASTING VOTE. 3.43 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MARJAYOUN, KHIAM TOWN AND AEN EB'EL, SOUTH LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVACPMDERSZ8RBE7353YKHFE2DU8
  • Story Text: Tens of thousands of voters from more than 100
    villages in the former occupation zone in Lebanon have headed
    to the polls for the first time in nearly four decades.



    Voters in South Lebanon will elect 795 municipal
    members for 94 municipal councils, as well
    as 199 mukhtars in local elections on Sunday (September 9).

    However, competition in many Shiite villages is expected
    to be minimal after a forced alliance was reached three weeks
    ago between Amal and Hizbullah, the two major parties in the
    area.

    The Moslem Hizbullah group was the driving force behind
    the armed resistance that forced the Israeli army to pullout
    from south Lebanon after 22-year occupation.

    Amal movement is headed by the Shiite house speaker Nabih
    Berri who is a strong ally of Syria in Lebanon.

    Among those trying to succeed in the elections,
    particularly in Marjayoun, are leftist parties who lost ground
    in the country's latest parliamentary elections.

    In particularly Christian towns all-out competitions are
    mostly taking place on the basis of family loyalties, with
    locals viewing the elections as a chance to reshuffle the
    cards in the electoral game.

    Observers believe the results of the elections will be a
    key indicator of who is gaining ground on the Shiite front
    before the next parliamentary elections.



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