things that make you go hmmmmm, john bolton, aoun, nasrallah, conspiracies, brink of ??
something to chew on.
It came out today that Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, had a long reconciliatory conversation with Pierre Gemayel's father in which he expressed his solidarity with the Phalange in finding who the killer/killers are. Afterwards, Pierre Gemayel's father stated publicly, directly countering Maronite Partriarch Sfeir's comments that were given at the funeral accusing Hezbollah of the crime, in an interview with Al-Jazeera television network on Saturday, that Hizbullah had "no hand" in the assassination and that all the information he has received removes the party from any link to the incident.
So why should it be that when I read the Daily Star further I saw this statement by John "shaggy dog" Bolton: "A few weeks ago, the White House took the unprecedented step of saying that Syria and Iran, acting through Hizbullah, were on the verge of staging a coup d'etat against the democratically elected government, and I have to say that this assassination of Pierre Gemayel might well be the first shot in that coup," Bolton told the BBC.
The conspiracy theorists in this country who blame the assassinations on the US and Israel don't have to look too far for their ammo. Just as Hezbollah's momentum was reaching it's zenith Gemayel was killed taking the moral upperhand out of the hands of hezbollah putting it directly into the court of the most pro-business, pro-american camp there is. ...and though, after some serious searching, I've found a quote from hezbollah using a reference to "toppling the government," but the full quote should frame what they meant a little better than the one-liner I read on msn.com. This is a bit of an article from the Daily Star, tell me what you think:
"'Recent developments delayed our public moves to topple the government, but will never terminate them,' Raad said. 'If a true political partnership is not realized we will stick to our peaceful and democratic protests toward overthrowing the government," he added.
Raad said Siniora's "stubborn and inflexible mentality" was responsible for the tension in the country, and described the prime minister's "imbalanced and impetuous" handling of matters of threatening Lebanon's unity and identity.
As-Safir newspaper quoted sources close to the FPM's leader, MP Michel Aoun (Christian leader, Hezbollah ally), as saying Friday that "protests might start early next week."
Aoun said during a press conference held following an FPM meeting to discuss Gemayel's assassination that he will proceed with his allies with movements to force the Siniora Cabinet to resign.http://www.dailystar.com.lb
"We haven't given up on our demand," Aoun said, in reference to the formation of a national unity government.
"We have decided to participate. The security situation has deteriorated, the political situation has deteriorated and the economic situation as well ... We could have stopped this deterioration if they had listened to us from the beginning," the former general added.
The opposition's demands for the formation of a national unity government began after this past summer's war with Israel - which ended in an August 14 cessation of hostilities brokered by the United Nations.
"But they always come to us late," Aoun said.
The mood in Lebanon is already volatile, with observers warning that street protests might lead to sectarian clashes.
Hundreds of angry Shiites took to the streets in the southern suburbs of Beirut Thursday night to protest insults directed at Hizbullah's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during the funeral for Gemayel held earlier in the day.
Nasrallah himself had to appeal to the protesters to disperse before the late-night demonstrations ended peacefully.
Asked whether he feared the eruption of violent clashes should further demonstrations be held, Aoun said: "Who brought things to this level? We were asking Siniora for this but he kept ignoring our demands. Siniora and his Cabinet are responsible for this situation, which is worrisome."
Anti-Syrian leaders who addressed hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered for Gemayel's funeral had intensified their attacks on both Nasrallah and Aoun.
While calling on the opposition to return to the fold, the leaders of the March 14 Forces reiterated that they would not submit to its demands.
The anti-Syrian coalition accuses Syria and its allies in Lebanon, namely Hizbullah, of being behind the series of killings and attacks that have plagued the country since the February 2005 killing of Hariri. Damascus and its allies in Lebanon deny any involvement.
It came out today that Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, had a long reconciliatory conversation with Pierre Gemayel's father in which he expressed his solidarity with the Phalange in finding who the killer/killers are. Afterwards, Pierre Gemayel's father stated publicly, directly countering Maronite Partriarch Sfeir's comments that were given at the funeral accusing Hezbollah of the crime, in an interview with Al-Jazeera television network on Saturday, that Hizbullah had "no hand" in the assassination and that all the information he has received removes the party from any link to the incident.
So why should it be that when I read the Daily Star further I saw this statement by John "shaggy dog" Bolton: "A few weeks ago, the White House took the unprecedented step of saying that Syria and Iran, acting through Hizbullah, were on the verge of staging a coup d'etat against the democratically elected government, and I have to say that this assassination of Pierre Gemayel might well be the first shot in that coup," Bolton told the BBC.
The conspiracy theorists in this country who blame the assassinations on the US and Israel don't have to look too far for their ammo. Just as Hezbollah's momentum was reaching it's zenith Gemayel was killed taking the moral upperhand out of the hands of hezbollah putting it directly into the court of the most pro-business, pro-american camp there is. ...and though, after some serious searching, I've found a quote from hezbollah using a reference to "toppling the government," but the full quote should frame what they meant a little better than the one-liner I read on msn.com. This is a bit of an article from the Daily Star, tell me what you think:
"'Recent developments delayed our public moves to topple the government, but will never terminate them,' Raad said. 'If a true political partnership is not realized we will stick to our peaceful and democratic protests toward overthrowing the government," he added.
Raad said Siniora's "stubborn and inflexible mentality" was responsible for the tension in the country, and described the prime minister's "imbalanced and impetuous" handling of matters of threatening Lebanon's unity and identity.
As-Safir newspaper quoted sources close to the FPM's leader, MP Michel Aoun (Christian leader, Hezbollah ally), as saying Friday that "protests might start early next week."
Aoun said during a press conference held following an FPM meeting to discuss Gemayel's assassination that he will proceed with his allies with movements to force the Siniora Cabinet to resign.http://www.dailystar.com.lb
"We haven't given up on our demand," Aoun said, in reference to the formation of a national unity government.
"We have decided to participate. The security situation has deteriorated, the political situation has deteriorated and the economic situation as well ... We could have stopped this deterioration if they had listened to us from the beginning," the former general added.
The opposition's demands for the formation of a national unity government began after this past summer's war with Israel - which ended in an August 14 cessation of hostilities brokered by the United Nations.
"But they always come to us late," Aoun said.
The mood in Lebanon is already volatile, with observers warning that street protests might lead to sectarian clashes.
Hundreds of angry Shiites took to the streets in the southern suburbs of Beirut Thursday night to protest insults directed at Hizbullah's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during the funeral for Gemayel held earlier in the day.
Nasrallah himself had to appeal to the protesters to disperse before the late-night demonstrations ended peacefully.
Asked whether he feared the eruption of violent clashes should further demonstrations be held, Aoun said: "Who brought things to this level? We were asking Siniora for this but he kept ignoring our demands. Siniora and his Cabinet are responsible for this situation, which is worrisome."
Anti-Syrian leaders who addressed hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered for Gemayel's funeral had intensified their attacks on both Nasrallah and Aoun.
While calling on the opposition to return to the fold, the leaders of the March 14 Forces reiterated that they would not submit to its demands.
The anti-Syrian coalition accuses Syria and its allies in Lebanon, namely Hizbullah, of being behind the series of killings and attacks that have plagued the country since the February 2005 killing of Hariri. Damascus and its allies in Lebanon deny any involvement.
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