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| Lebanon PM appeals to Saudia to not abandon Beirut |
| 2011-01-29 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Leb's prime minister designate Najib Mikati has appealed to Soddy Arabia to keep up its mediation between his country's deeply divided political camps, in an interview broadcast on Friday. 'Soddy Arabia cannot pull its hand away from Leb,' Mikati, who himself has warm ties with both Damascus and Riyadh, two key powerbrokers in Beirut, told the Dubai-based and Saudi-owned satellite television Al-Arabiya. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said earlier this month that Riyadh had abandoned its mediation efforts in Leb, after the failure of a joint bid by King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar "Pencilneck" al-Assad ... hereditary dictator of Syria ... . 'When that did not happen, the custodian of the two holy mosques said he was pulling his hand out' from the effort, the foreign minister said. Mikati said he would form a government of technocrats and politicians, after the refusal of the camp of outgoing premier Saad Hariri, who had strong backing from Riyadh and the West, to join the new administration. The billionaire businessman said he himself had initiated efforts to step in as prime minister after the fall of Hariri's government due to a walkout by the Shiite jihad boy group Hezbullies and its supporters. 'I took the decision, and began my calls, which at times were easy and others difficult. I talked to the (political) blocs and asked for support,' Mikati, whom critics have branded the Hezbullies premier, told Al-Arabiya. Hezbullies, which is backed by Damascus and Tehran, toppled Hariri's cabinet because of a dispute over a UN-backed probe into the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, Saad's father. On Thursday, Hariri's camp asked for a commitment from Mikati that he would not disavow the Netherlands-based court, which is expected to indict senior Hezbullies members. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 FREEREPUBLIC > WITHOUT EGYPT, ISRAEL WILL HAVE NO FRIENDS LEFT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. D *** NG IT, DIS SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER OLD DREAM/VISION OF MINE [ + Madonna], BUT WHERE? Yoohoo, FBI-CIA + PENN STATE + INTEL-PYWAR, I'm a'lookin at Youse. [Soviet KGB = Russ FSB ANNA LONGINOVA here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-29 22:40 |
| #2 "give us money" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-29 11:09 |
| #1 ION KSA, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > DAVOS: SAUDI ARABIA HAS NO PLANS TO GIVE UP [forfeit] ITS RIGHT TO ENRICH URANIUM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-29 00:13 |