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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian paper: Lebanon crises could stretch into spring 2009
2007-12-28
SyriaÂ’s Alwatan daily has quoted a key member of the Hezbollah -led opposition as saying that the crises in Lebanon could continue unresolved until the parliamentary elections in the spring of 2009.

He blamed the delay of resolving the crises on the government resolution which amended the constitution to enable the election of LebanonÂ’s army chief General Michel Suleiman. He criticized the decision of the government and said that this will not change the position of the opposition as long as the majority refuses to agree on the type of unity government that will be formed after Suleiman is elected . The Syrian paper did not name the source of its information.

The opposition wants to have a veto power in the new government a demand that the majority have refused to agree to before the election of the president . The majority is leaving any decisions on the makeup of the new government to the new head of state in accordance with the presidential constitutional rights. The majority is stressing that creating preconditions prior to the election will weaken the presidency and undermine the role of the Christian community.
Posted by:Fred

#7  TW, are you OK with that edit?

You edit, I learn, Mike. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-12-28 22:56  

#6  They can't stop our stealth fighters from hitting them, so how can they possibly think they can stop our stealth warheads? Besides, once the linear accelerator is completed on the moon, we won't need missiles OR fighters.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-12-28 22:11  

#5  "until after the check clears and the warranty runs out"

I believe those are simultaneous, Mike. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-12-28 18:38  

#4  Neither the U.S.A. nor Israel, I suspect. Although the Iranians will fondly believe otherwise, and the Russians will pray they are right, or future sales will evaporate. the Iranians don't figure that out until after the check clears and the warranty runs out.

TW, are you OK with that edit?
Posted by: Mike   2007-12-28 18:06  

#3  Neither the U.S.A. nor Israel, I suspect. Although the Iranians will fondly believe otherwise, and the Russians will pray they are right, or future sales will evaporate.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-12-28 17:59  

#2  "Russian missile defense shield" and "impervious to USA"...

Bwahahahahaha!
Posted by: Spike Uniter   2007-12-28 08:19  

#1  TOPIX > FREEREPUBLIC - RUSSIA TO SET UP MISSLE DEFENSE SHIELD FOR IRAN. Impervious to the USA?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-12-28 01:37  

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