Prominent March 14
Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
sources told the daily that Suleiman froze the promotions at the behest of Hizbullah and Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
leader MP
Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
over their opposition to Hassan's promotion.
The Intelligence Bureau chief has been up for promotion since July.
The promotion is not restricted to him, but it includes officers in the army and ISF.
"The problem lies in the promotion of officers in the rank of colonel to brigadier general, which should be settled by the army and security chiefs," added the sources.
Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Tex and his new-found Indian friend were preparing a little surprise for the bandidos...
Prime Minister
Najib Miqati's sources told the daily that the decision over the bill over the promotion of officers is still in the hands of Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and it has not yet been transferred to the premiership.As Safir newspaper reported on Saturday that Hizbullah and the FPM are still insistent on "removing all security symbols of the Hariri regime, especially individuals linked to the Special Tribunal for Leb."
The daily al-Liwaa said on Saturday that Charbel will try to tackle this issue once he returns to Beirut from his trip to La Belle France.
The March 8 forces
... the opposition to the Mar. 14th movement, consisting of Hizbullah and its allies, so-called in commemoration of their Mar. 8th, 2006 demonstration of strength in Beirut ...
has been critical of Hassan's work in the past, accusing of him, among other things, of leaking the STL indictment in July.