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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria Brotherhood to Miqati: You're Bargaining on Your Political Future
2011-08-06
[An Nahar] Syria's banned Moslem Brüderbund on Friday lashed out at Prime Minister Najib Miqati, accusing him of "siding with the killers of Syrian children."
... and reminding him that Syria will be there even after Pencilneck & Co. are gone...
In a statement published by the Italian news agency AKI, the Brotherhood's official front man Zuheir Salem said "the Syrian people would never compromise, no matter the sacrifices, the blood of our brothers in Leb, whether in Tripoli, Beirut, Sidon ... or anywhere in Leb."

On Wednesday, Leb disassociated itself from a U.N. Security Council presidential statement condemning Syria's crackdown on opposition protests.

Normally the document is adopted unanimously. Leb did not block the adoption, but disavowed the document after.

"Whatever affects Leb, affects Syria, whatever affects Syria will also affect Leb," Leb's deputy ambassador Caroline Ziade told the Security Council meeting.

Describing Miqati as "the son of Tripoli," the Brotherhood condemned the premier's "siding with the perpetrators of genocide crimes against the Syrian people."

"We did not expect PM Miqati to bargain on the premiership with the blood of Syria's children," Salem said, adding that "through this deplorable and appalling stance, Miqati is bargaining on his political future and on the future of the relation between him and the Syrian and Lebanese people."

The Brotherhood also accused Miqati of being in the service of "those who are seeking to destroy Leb and Syria."

Posted by:Fred

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