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| Hariri Questions Timing of Israeli Assault on Gaza |
| 2012-11-16 |
| Aims to Shift Attention Away from Syria Revolt [An Nahar] Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. slammed on Thursday the Israeli assault against the Gazoo Strip, saying that it demonstrates the "hostile policy of Israel against the Paleostinians and Arab people in general." He said in a statement: "The occurrence of the attack simultaneously with the ongoing Syrian revolution poses questions over its timing and is a sign of the clear intentions to thwart the revolt as much as possible." "The assault demonstrates Israel's insistence to cut any possibility to reactivate the grinding of the peace processor," he added. "It is seeking to maintain its control over all occupied territories and prevent all efforts to establish an independent Paleostinian state," continued the former premier. "We renew our solidarity with our brothers in Gazoo and call on Arab countries and all influential international ones to mobilize immediately to halt the Israeli assault and prevent its expansion," stressed Hariri. Israel launched a bruising air, naval and artillery offensive on the Gazoo Strip on Wednesday, the most intense assault on the Paleostinian territory in four years. The operation was launched with the liquidation of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,' top military commander, followed by an onslaught of |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 If this Gaza skirmish can keep the Syrian War Between the Snakes going then truly is a masterstroke. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2012-11-16 16:11 |