...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
said Thursday that Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...has formally approved the U.S.-mediated maritime border deal with Israel.
"This indirect agreement responds to Lebanese demands and maintains all our rights," Aoun said in an address to the nation.
Aoun made the announcement hours after holding phone talks with Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati and Speaker Nabih
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...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
, who had received copies of Hochstein's latest iteration of the agreement earlier this week.
"I hope the end of these negotiations is the promising start to placing the cornerstone for the economic growth that Lebanon needs through extracting oil and gas," Aoun said. "Which would add stability, security, and development that our nation Lebanon needs."