[An Nahar] What softened an expected "explosive" presidential speech is a meeting that took place late Sunday between Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
chief Jebran Bassil and Hizbullah
...Party of God , a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
coordination official Wafiq Safa, sources said.Informed sources told the PSP's al-Anbaa news portal, in remarks published Tuesday, that the meeting, that lasted till Monday morning, made President Michel Aoun
 ...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
’s criticism less harsh.
Aoun was reportedly going to "call things by their name," but ended up criticizing Hizbullah and Amal without naming them.
Aoun in his televised speech Monday used vague suggestions instead of naming the Shiite duo, "so as not to anger Hizbullah, his main ally in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections," the sources said.
The sources went on to say that the Bayada talks "revived the (2006) Mar Mikhael understanding" between the FPM and Hizbullah.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!...
Bassil’s scheduled presser on January 2 will "take a different direction," the sources said. "It will be very convenient for Hizbullah."
FPM MP Mario Aoun denied a link between the president’s words and the Safa-Bassil meeting. He said that "he heard from the President exactly what he had expected."
However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
the politician added that the meeting might have an impact on Bassil’s position regarding his disagreements with Hizbullah.
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