[An Nahar] Parliament Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
 ...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 was expecting a harsher attack from President Michel Aoun
...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
, had asked his officials not to hit back, Amal sources said.The sources told al-Akhbar newspaper, in remarks published Tuesday, that Berri "prohibited" all officials in his movement from "starting arguments" with the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
, in response to Aoun’s speech.
"That’s unless Aoun criticized him in person," the sources went on to say. In this case, Berri would respond himself, according to the sources.
"The speech came up less than expected, and different from what has been promoted," Amal sources stated.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!...
the PSP's al-Anbaa news portal said that the Shiite duo’s circles refrained from commenting on Aoun’s speech, considering that "it is not convenient to respond" because Aoun neither named nor specially targeted the Shiite duo. "Aoun rather critized a corrupt system, in general."
The duo’s circles also said that the defense strategy and the administrative and financial decentralization that Aoun talked about "do not bother us at all," adding that they will be "the first to participate in these meetings if they happen."
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