"Lebanese prime minister wins new term, angering Hezbollah"
Oh, Hezbollah is "angry" now.
"by Borzou Daragahi and Raed Rafei, Los Angeles Times | May 29, 2008
BEIRUT - Prime Minister Fuad Saniora of Lebanon won a new term yesterday with the backing of a pro-US coalition, angering the Hezbollah-led opposition that had pressed for a change in leadership.
As well as the rest of the Lebanese people.
The decision was made amid a two-day outbreak of low-level violence between supporters of the country's two main political camps....
Looks like the USrael and its Saudi agents are changing the policy now!
Saniora's victory appeared to catch the opposition off guard. Syrian- and Iranian-backed factions and most analysts said they believed the majority pro-US coalition known as the March 14 movement would nominate parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, leader of the country's Sunni Arab community.
What's the difference between the two?
Hariri not weep when Israel was laying waste to Lebanon -- bombing Christian as well as Muslim areas?
Hariri had met for more than an hour Monday with Manoucher Mottaki, the foreign minister of Iran. The meeting suggested that he might have gained the backing of Hezbollah's primary international patron.
Who are the patrons of the March 14 movement, Zionist press, and how come you don't constantly remind me of that?
The disagreement over Saniora coincided with an uptick in politically motivated violence after two weeks of relative calm. Skirmishes between pro-government young toughs and Hezbollah backers erupted Monday and Tuesday around Beirut. A Lebanese Army soldier was killed Tuesday night in clashes south of the capital.
And CUI BONO?
WHO BENEFITS if this deal is scuttled?
Seeing as Hezbollah got much of what it wanted... CUI BONO?
The government outlawed motorbikes yesterday, which are often used by political gangs, in the capital after business hours, and tightened security in the city.
Although the pro-government camp denied any intent to rile the opposition, the move was seen as an attempt by the March 14 coalition to show its independence.
Who, of course, have no "patrons" or "backers," right? They just pro-US!!!
Of course, if Hezbollah asserts its independence it's a coup!!!!
Pffffffttt!
Although opposition leaders said they would abide by the decision of the pro-government camp, Hezbollah's TV channel, Al Manar, attacked the prime minister as having brought "political, economic, and social catastrophe."
"We consider the nomination of Saniora . . . a continuation of the past," said opposition lawmaker Michel Aoun, a Christian.
Wow!! Aoun spoke on Al Manar, huh?
That should put the lie to rest about sectarianism in Lebanon!
We KNOW who is driving that shit now!!!
"The majority sees the next government as a short-lived transition government that will be changed after the parliamentary elections next year," said Okab Sakr, a Beirut-based political analyst and a columnist for a daily newspaper.
Ooooooh, so Saniora just KEEPING the SEAT WARM!!!
It MAKES YOU WONDER whether the accounting in this "report" is accurate at all!!!!
Look at the CRAP they published before this point, readers!!
"They thought that any prime minister will not have the time to make grand achievements and they did not want to undermine Hariri by placing him at the head of this government," he said."
Oh, so they were doing the March 14 group a FAVOR by renominating Sianora!!!!
Unbelievable, readers!
The WHOLE FIRST HALF of this article was ABSOLUTE CRAP!!
Why am I unsurprised and not fazed by such behavior in an Zionist-controlled AmeriKan War Daily, readers?
