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Jouzou
calls Berri claim 'dangerous declaration'
By Maher Zeineddine
Daily Star correspondent
Monday, January 15, 2007
Mount Lebanon Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Ali Jouzou said Sunday that Speaker Nabih Berri's claim that the current government was illegitimate "was a dangerous declaration." Jouzou said he was sad that "wise" Berri would adopt the stands of "foolish" Hizbullah. Jouzou said it was "intolerable" for Berri to jeopardize the legislature and block Parliament from convening. Addressing Berri, Jouzou said: "The highest tree has the greatest fall."
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- March 14 Vehemently Criticizes Hizbullah-led Protestors and the Phalange party criticized protestors from the Syrian Social National Party for brandishing SSNP for brandishing SSNP flags together with posters of slain Industry Minsiter Pierre Gemayel during Saturday's sit-in [ FULL STORY ]
What is Walid Phares saying Today
Phares
on Radio Free Iraq:
The new US initiative in Iraq is redirecting the campaign [Visit
Link]
Phares
in Arabic
Phares to BBC Arabic: "The US Congress
majority cannot favor dictatorship in Syria over freedom and democracy"
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Jan 14, 2007, 14:04
Phares
in Arabic
Phares on al Hurra TV: "Iran and Syria
have been warned on Iraq and Lebanon: stop the Terror wars"
Mideast expert and senior fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of
Democracies (FDD), Dr Walid Phares told al Hurra TV that the US
President and his Secretary of State have warned both Iran and Syria
not to continue their Terror war against Iraq and Lebanon. Dr Rice tour
in the region, visiting moderate Governments, and the deployment of a
strike force in the Gulf area are important indicators." [ Visit
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Jan 13, 2007, 17:41
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Aoun must examine consequences of partnering with Hezbollah: Welsh
BEIRUT,
Lebanon - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
David Welch has criticized Michel Aoun for his alliance with Hezbollah,
recommending that the former general examine the consequences of this
partnership. "Unfortunately, we don't understand General Aoun's
position. He supported a party which has a militia that fought a war in
the summer," Welch said in an interview with Kalam el-Nas on LBCI
television late Thursday. His remarks were instantaneously translated
into Arabic through an interpreter.
He was referring to the July-August war between Hezbollah and Israel
which was sparked by the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers in a
cross-border Hezbollah raid.
Welch said Aoun should "very precisely examine the consequences of his partnership with those people (Hezbollah)."
On the Hezbollah-led open-ended sit-in to topple Prime Minister Fouad Saniora, Welch said he believes that the opposition's stands are not united.
However, Welch urged the rival political parties to resume "democratic talks on the future situation in Lebanon."
Responding to charges by Syrian Vice President Farouk el-Sharaa in which he accused Washington of seeking instability in Lebanon, Welch said: "Sharaa is an expert on instability and interference in Lebanon, but he is wrong with regard to the United States policy."
"Syria's
influence in Lebanon is still obvious, and the problem is not with the
United States policy," Welch added. His remarks were published in
Arabic by several Lebanese newspapers on Friday. -Naharnet
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March
14 present petition for extraordinary parliamentary session
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The March 14 coalition presented on
Friday a petition calling for the opening of an extraordinary
parliamentary session to approve a Special International tribunal for
Lebanon to try suspects in the murder of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and
related crimes.
A delegation from the parliamentary majority March 14 Forces turned in the petition, signed by more than 65 legislators, to Parliament's Secretary-General Adnan Daher.
Parliament convenes twice a year in two ordinary sessions -- the first starts mid-march until the end of May and the second from the middle of October through the end of December.
Article
33 of the Constitution confirms that extraordinary sessions can be held
at the request of "an absolute majority" of the parliament. Naharnet
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Lebanese soldier wounded in clash with Jund al-Sham
SIDON,
Lebanon - A Lebanese soldier has been wounded when the army clashed
with an Islamist group outside a Palestinian refugee camp in a dispute
over a veiled woman, witnesses and the security services said.
Shooting broke out between soldiers at an army post and members of Jund
al-Sham, a small Islamist movement that has clashed with the Lebanese
army in the past.
Witnesses said gunfire broke out after an argument between a soldier and a veiled woman in a car at the entrance to the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, near Sidon in the south of Lebanon Thursday.
The woman had refused to remove her veil and called for help to the group, which then shot at the army post -- prompting the soldiers open fire in response.
An
army spokesman confirmed there had been an incident "in the Ain
al-Hilweh camp area" in which an anti-tank rocket was fired at an army
position, wounding a soldier. -AFP
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French President Jacques Chirac, right, shakes hand with Saad Hariri, leader of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority in Lebanon, prior to their talks at the Elysee Palace, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007 in Paris. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik, Pool)
Siniora - First stop with Egypt's Mubarak
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, talks to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. The talks focused on the political crisis in Lebanon and preparations for the Paris III conference. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Siniora - Second stop with Saudi's Abdallah
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (R) meets Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora upon his arrival at the Royal Palace in Riyadh January 13, 2007. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Saudi News Agency (SAUDI ARABIA)
Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora talks at a news conference after his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo January 13, 2007. REUTERS/Tara Todras-Whitehill (EGYPT)
State Department Assist.Secretary
David Welch on LBC's Kalam El-Nas Slams Aoun for his Alliance with Hizbullah. Full story here [ LINK ]
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