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Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
Hezbollah leader advocates Lebanon settlement |
2007-03-11 |
![]() "In fact, that was why we manufactured the crisis, so we could get the settlement we wanted..." Nasrallah also welcomed talks that began Thursday evening between Lebanon's two key opponents - Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri -- in an effort to end the three-month-old deadlock. "We support the dialogue and hope it will reach the desired results," he said, adding that both domestic and international opinion favored a settlement. Nasrallah, however, vowed to continue Hezbollah's campaign against Lebanese Premier Fouad Seniora's government until it granted the opposition a veto-wielding share of the cabinet. "The opposition will continue its open-ended sit-ins, its political and media campaign, and it will resort to other options if this opportunity fails," Nasrallah said. Lebanese opposition alliance launched an open-ended sit-in in downtown Beirut on Dec. 1 last year to topple Seniora's government, declaring the anti-Syrian cabinet illegitimate and demanding early parliamentary elections and a new electoral law. The Seniora government, backed by the March 14 parliamentary majority coalition, had rejected such calls and accused the Hezbollah-led protest of trying to obstruct the creation of an international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 Fallout from the defection...... |
Posted by: Alistaire Gravimble7982 2007-03-11 12:53 |
#2 So does gromgoru. A Carthaginian style settlement. |
Posted by: gromgoru 2007-03-11 11:01 |
#1 After nearly 4 months of having his followers camp out and stamp their feet, Nasrallah is probably feeling the heat from some of the Shia community. |
Posted by: mhw 2007-03-11 10:16 |