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| Lebanese movement created in name of Saudi prince |
| 2002-05-10 |
| A number of Lebanese groups and organizations on Thursday decided to create a popular movement in support of Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. In a statement issued after a meeting on Thursday, the founding body of the Gathering of Popular and Social Bodies announced that it was launching a new movement to be called the National and Popular Movement and expected to be âfavorable to the prince.â The meeting took place at the premises of the Gathering of Islamic Bodies in Tariq al-Jadideh. That's interesting. Wonder if this is a political movement, a social movement, a religious movement, or a movement to create and organization whose Bigs can live out of the prince's wallet? The prince, who holds Lebanese citizenship and whose grandfather, Riad Solh, was one of the countryâs prominent prime ministers, recently created controversy when he blamed the economic crisis on poor handling of the economy. Many of Prime Minister Rafik Haririâs supporters saw this as a direct criticism of Haririâs performance and voiced their opposition to the princeâs viewpoints. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |