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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Naharnet: Leb Elections 2009 Live Coverage
2009-06-07
  • 5:05pm Fist fights erupt between supporters of PM Fouad Saniora and candidate Osama Saad in Saida.
  • 5:00pm LBC: LBC team was attacked in Beirut.
  • 4:40pm MP Saad Hariri following a tour of polling centers in Beirut: I hope that all Lebanese will exercise patience during the election process.
  • 4:30pm Baroud: No extension of voting hours across the entire country. Extending voting hours is only up to the polling center registrar.
  • 4:27pm Baroud denied use of forged IDs, adding that extending voting hours till after 7pm may vary depending on each polling center.
  • 4:25pm Baroud: The security plan was a success and all breaches were not a cause for concern and were quickly brought under army and police control.
  • 4:20pm Baroud during a news conference at interior ministry: The intensity of the ballot was normal in some areas and upsetting in others.
  • 3:35pm NBN: reports of a scuffle between Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar's bodyguards and Lebanese troops in Zahle.
  • 3:30pm Syriac Bishop George Saliba denied reports that priest Akari had been held by MP Michel Murr supporters.
  • 3:11pm MP Mohammed Raad after casting his vote: The problem of congestion at polling stations is due to holding elections in a single day.
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#4  Miss Barbara,

I suspect that you are right - Hezbollah are not going to be good losers about this.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2009-06-07 22:24  

#3  "630 pm EDT, Lebn Press calls election for the March 14 (anti Syria) coalition'

But will they be allowed to take control of the government? Or will Nasty and his minions throw a Hezzy hissy fit and prevent it?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-06-07 19:17  

#2  a very very good thing. I have affection and admiration for the Lebanese who have persevered and pushed for power against the Syrian-Iranian backed forces. They do so at personal peril, and did so again at the voting box. Fuck Nasrallah, Iranian tool!
Posted by: Frank G   2009-06-07 18:46  

#1  630 pm EDT, Lebn Press calls election for the March 14 (anti Syria) coalition
Posted by: lord garth   2009-06-07 18:33  

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