KnobbyBerri
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet...
on Friday stressed to visiting U.N. chief
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
the need that the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
demarcate Leb's maritime borders and demanded compensations for the oil spill caused by Israel's bombardment of storage tanks at the thermal power station in Jiyeh during the July 2006 war.
"To date, Israel has not accepted to turn the post-July war cessation of hostilities into a permanent ceasefire in order to justify its incessant overflights in Lebanese airspace and its naval and territorial violations," Berri added during talks in Ain al-Tineh with the U.N. chief.
| What has Lebanon done to earn such magnanimity? Rein in Hizb'allah, and there'll be reason to discuss the matter. |
During the one-hour meeting, the speaker also highlighted "the very solid relation between the Lebanese people in the South and UNIFIL peacekeepers."
He asked for "serious support from the United Nations after the conference held by Leb on the disposal of the cluster bombs left over from the Israeli aggression."
Addressing the Syrian crisis, Berri noted that "what's happening in Syria is different than the so-called Arab Spring."
And as he stressed his "support for the Arab initiative on Syria," he voiced his regret that "the initiative still lacks a political aspect and efforts by 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...
to launch dialogue between the regime and the opposition."