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| Hariri: Arab-Turk Force Must Be Formed if U.N. Fails to OK Syria No-Fly Zone |
| 2011-12-27 |
| [An Nahar] Former premier Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. on Monday said the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... should seek a "no-fly zone" over revolt-hit Syria, stressing that "everything must be done" to stop what he called a "massacre." "The Arab League should go to the U.N. and (seek) a no-fly zone (over Syria) and if Russia vetoes (the resolution) then a joint force should be formed with Turkey," Hariri said on the social networking website Twitter. Syrian President "Bashar (al-Assad) thinks he can outsmart the vaporous Arab League and the world, he will fall so hard," Hariri tweeted in English. Asked by a Twitter user to comment on Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn's recent remarks that Qaeda members were "hiding" in the Bekaa town of Arsal, which borders Syria, Hariri said: "There is only one al-Qaeda: it's Bashar's shabiha (militiamen) and killers." Turning to Leb, the ex-PM said "dialogue about the defense strategy is a joke because you are talking to someone who doesn't listen." Asked about the wage hike plan recently approved by the government, Hariri said he thinks "it will be harmful for the economy." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Certainly they are, but it has been learned that a "no-fly" zone is a useful way of doing nothing in a crisis. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-12-27 08:42 |
| #3 Assad's goons are killing people by tank and machine gun, not with air craft. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-12-27 06:49 |
| #2 BUSH 41 = "HERBIE" hoped that the Arab League would come together, + get or kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait widout need of any US-NATO intervention, but twas a no-go. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-12-27 01:29 |
| #1 And the pressure on IRAN = AHMADINEJAD also builds. Be it the US-vs-Pakistan-Supply-Blockade, or Iran-vs-Arab-League-N-Turkey vee Syria, its interesting to see how external, third-party circumstances can induce a US-Iran war. As per TOPIX + NORTH KOREA. i.e. internal Military-led coup scenario agz Kim Jong-un as early as this coming 2012 due to instabilities in the DPRK, DITTO US-CHINA WAR DUE TO KIM-FAMILY-VS-USS-GEORGE-WASHINGTON??? Hopefully, of course, nothing bad will happen. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-12-27 01:25 |