Lebanon: PM Siniora accuses Hizbullah of plotting coup d'etat
Speaking during a news conference in the Grand Serail in response to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on Thursday, Siniora said the Hizbullah chief's "position yesterday has shown that he is attempting a coup, or at least he is threatening to carry one out."
LEBANON'S PRIME MINISTER SINIORA IS WASHINGTON’S MAN.
Intro by Henk Ruyssenaars
FPF - 09 Dec. 2006 - It's my experience too, researching and writing about those political creatures, and I fully agree with observers like Mike Whitney and Michael Chussodovsky that Siniora is one of many US junta stooges. Siniora should never be taken serious.
In fact, he even kept the lines of communication open with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice while his country was being bombed with American ordinance dropped from Israeli planes. After the war he quickly reopened the US embassy even though his country’s infrastructure was still in ruins from Israel’s 34-day rampage. He has been a great asset to US-Israeli plans to create a “New Middle East,” but utterly useless for the great body of poverty-stricken and homeless Lebanese civilians.
TRANSFORM LEBANON INTO A US PROTECTORATE
Michel Chossudovsky summarized the administration’s goals in Lebanon this way: “Washington’s objective is to transform Lebanon into a US protectorate. The Lebanese people are demanding the resignation of a government which is acting on behalf of the US and Israeli invaders of their country. They are demanding the formation of a national unity government which will defend the Lebanese homeland against US-Israeli aggression.”
Chossudovsky adds: “The Beirut government is taking orders directly from the US embassy. The Siniora government has allowed the deployment of NATO forces on Lebanese territory under the pretext of a UN-sponsored peace-keeping operation. NATO warships under German command are stationed off the country’s eastern Mediterranean coastline.*
NATO HAS A MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL
The following article appeared today in The Daily Star in Beirut, and knowing the background one clearly sees through the usual pack of lies. The article is written by Rym Ghazal of the Daily Star staff and headlined: "Siniora accuses Hizbullah of plotting coup d'etat - Premier rejects 'unnecessary fit of anger and rudeness' from Nasrallah."
Beirut - Saturday, December 9 - Lebanon's prime minister lashed out Hizbullah and its leader on Friday, accusing the group of plotting a coup d'etat against his government. Speaking during a news conference in the Grand Serail in response to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on Thursday, Siniora said the Hizbullah chief's "position yesterday has shown that he is attempting a coup, or at least he is threatening to carry one out."
The prime minister's comments came as the UN Security Council was preparing to meet on Monday to discuss Resolution 1701 - which brokered a cease-fire on August 14 between Israel and Lebanon - as well as a French-sponsored draft resolution expressing support for Siniora's government and warning against outside attempts to destabilize it.
SINIORA, IN HIS SPEECH FRIDAY WHICH LASTED OVER AN HOUR, REFUTED ALMOST ALL OF THE ACCUSATIONS AND CLAIMS NASRALLAH MADE VIA VIDEO LINK TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATORS IN THE HEART OF BEIRUT.
"Last night was an unnecessary fit of anger and rudeness that we don't accept," said Siniora, occasionally smiling and joking with a cheering delegation of supporters from his hometown of Sidon. In his highly charged speech on Thursday, Nasrallah accused Siniora of having ordered the Lebanese Army to confiscate some of Hizbullah's weapons during the July-August war with Israel. "The army responded to that accusation," said the premier, "and I will not speak any further on this, as Nasrallah knows who Fouad Siniora is... Siniora is the one who did everything he could to protect the resistance during and after the war."
He rebuked Nasrallah for "erasing" the thousands of Lebanese who "opened their homes and lives to the displaced and hurt in the war." "Where are they?" he asked Nasrallah. "Have we forgotten them all? They don't count as support to the resistance?" - "Who made you a judge over us to decide who is a traitor or a nationalist or who is right and who is wrong?" asked Siniora, engaging in an unprecedented personal attack against Nasrallah a day after the Shiite leader made several personal jabs against the premier and his government.
SINIORA SAID THAT NASRALLAH AND HIS PARTY "ARE LOSING POPULARITY ACROSS LEBANON AND THE ARAB WORLD BY HAMPERING THE WORK OF THE STATE."
"How can [Nasrallah] talk about openness, dialogue, democracy and peaceful actions? All this is sloganeering because his speech contains threats and the seeds of discord," the prime minister said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb
Siniora also repeatedly pleaded for calm from Nasrallah and his supporters. He also called on his supporters to refrain from insulting the demonstrators in Downtown Beirut in order to prevent any strife in the country. "We never launch any attacks against the demonstrators as I always expressed respect for the demonstrators' right to express themselves," said Siniora. He then held a prayer for Ahmad Mahmoud, 20, who was killed during clashes between Shiite and Sunnis in Tariq al-Jdideh last Sunday.
Regarding early parliamentary elections, which the opposition is calling for, and Nasrallah's claims that the "majority will change" if early elections are held, Siniora asked: "How is Nasrallah forecasting the results of the election? Can he tell the future by reading palms or coffee grains?" Siniora also said Syria is "dear to me, after Lebanon" and that his government "is working hard at assisting in issues of concern to Hizbullah and all the Lebanese, such as the liberation of Shebaa Farms."
He added that he doesn't "appreciate accusations of outside influence" on his Cabinet.
"WE ALL KNOW IRAN IS DONATING MONEY TO A PART OF LEBANON, BUT WHY NOT DO IT IN A TRANSPARENT AND DIRECT WAY VIA THE GOVERNMENT'S BANK?" ASKED SINIORA, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS A PUPPET GOVERNMENT FOR THE US.
However, despite the sharp words from both leaders, both have said the door is still open for dialogue. "Our hand and heart is open and we will continue," said Siniora. "We won't dig trenches in Beirut streets; we will build bridges of love among the Lebanese, Christian and Muslim." - "There is no such thing as victory for Lebanon by one team winning over another," he said. "It's only a victory when all sides win together." - "The Lebanese have had enough, they want to live," the prime minister shouted at the end of his speech.
Siniora's ally, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri, also responded to Nasrallah's speech, saying: "Threats and accusations do not leave room for dialogue and discussions." - "Nasrallah's speech made the Israeli and Syrian leaders happy, as it could lead to strife and was uncalled for," Hariri said in a television interview with Egypt's Al-Nile channel on Friday.
"WE NEED CALM ... AND WE NEED TO RETURN TO DIALOGUE AND GET LEBANON OUT OF THIS CRISIS."
[andend] - You can read a lot more in the Daily Star - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/yn43af
RELATED:
* GOOGLE'S SELECTION FROM THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/ugcs2
* MIKE WHITNEY ON LEBANON - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/y5c8ge
* "MASS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE US-BACKED LEBANESE GOVERNMENT" - Michel Chossudovsky - ''Global Research'' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/y5kce4
* GOOGLE HR + LEBANON - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/w5388
* Dutch journalist HR this far has lived and worked abroad - never in an English speaking country - for more than four decades for national and international media as an independent foreign correspondent. Of which 10 years - also during Gulf War I - in the African/Arab world and the Middle East. Seeing worldwide that every bullet and every bomb logically breeds more and armed resistance. Not only among Muslims as the 'Junta Judasses' claim, but in all 190 countries surrounding the US. - "War criminals, beware!" - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/y7wr67
* FPF-COPYRIGHT NOTICE - In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107 - any copyrighted work in this message is distributed by the Foreign Press Foundation under fair use, without profit or payment, to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information.
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LEBANON'S PRIME MINISTER SINIORA IS WASHINGTON’S MAN.
Intro by Henk Ruyssenaars
FPF - 09 Dec. 2006 - It's my experience too, researching and writing about those political creatures, and I fully agree with observers like Mike Whitney and Michael Chussodovsky that Siniora is one of many US junta stooges. Siniora should never be taken serious.
In fact, he even kept the lines of communication open with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice while his country was being bombed with American ordinance dropped from Israeli planes. After the war he quickly reopened the US embassy even though his country’s infrastructure was still in ruins from Israel’s 34-day rampage. He has been a great asset to US-Israeli plans to create a “New Middle East,” but utterly useless for the great body of poverty-stricken and homeless Lebanese civilians.
TRANSFORM LEBANON INTO A US PROTECTORATE
Michel Chossudovsky summarized the administration’s goals in Lebanon this way: “Washington’s objective is to transform Lebanon into a US protectorate. The Lebanese people are demanding the resignation of a government which is acting on behalf of the US and Israeli invaders of their country. They are demanding the formation of a national unity government which will defend the Lebanese homeland against US-Israeli aggression.”
Chossudovsky adds: “The Beirut government is taking orders directly from the US embassy. The Siniora government has allowed the deployment of NATO forces on Lebanese territory under the pretext of a UN-sponsored peace-keeping operation. NATO warships under German command are stationed off the country’s eastern Mediterranean coastline.*
NATO HAS A MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL
The following article appeared today in The Daily Star in Beirut, and knowing the background one clearly sees through the usual pack of lies. The article is written by Rym Ghazal of the Daily Star staff and headlined: "Siniora accuses Hizbullah of plotting coup d'etat - Premier rejects 'unnecessary fit of anger and rudeness' from Nasrallah."
Beirut - Saturday, December 9 - Lebanon's prime minister lashed out Hizbullah and its leader on Friday, accusing the group of plotting a coup d'etat against his government. Speaking during a news conference in the Grand Serail in response to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on Thursday, Siniora said the Hizbullah chief's "position yesterday has shown that he is attempting a coup, or at least he is threatening to carry one out."
The prime minister's comments came as the UN Security Council was preparing to meet on Monday to discuss Resolution 1701 - which brokered a cease-fire on August 14 between Israel and Lebanon - as well as a French-sponsored draft resolution expressing support for Siniora's government and warning against outside attempts to destabilize it.
SINIORA, IN HIS SPEECH FRIDAY WHICH LASTED OVER AN HOUR, REFUTED ALMOST ALL OF THE ACCUSATIONS AND CLAIMS NASRALLAH MADE VIA VIDEO LINK TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATORS IN THE HEART OF BEIRUT.
"Last night was an unnecessary fit of anger and rudeness that we don't accept," said Siniora, occasionally smiling and joking with a cheering delegation of supporters from his hometown of Sidon. In his highly charged speech on Thursday, Nasrallah accused Siniora of having ordered the Lebanese Army to confiscate some of Hizbullah's weapons during the July-August war with Israel. "The army responded to that accusation," said the premier, "and I will not speak any further on this, as Nasrallah knows who Fouad Siniora is... Siniora is the one who did everything he could to protect the resistance during and after the war."
He rebuked Nasrallah for "erasing" the thousands of Lebanese who "opened their homes and lives to the displaced and hurt in the war." "Where are they?" he asked Nasrallah. "Have we forgotten them all? They don't count as support to the resistance?" - "Who made you a judge over us to decide who is a traitor or a nationalist or who is right and who is wrong?" asked Siniora, engaging in an unprecedented personal attack against Nasrallah a day after the Shiite leader made several personal jabs against the premier and his government.
SINIORA SAID THAT NASRALLAH AND HIS PARTY "ARE LOSING POPULARITY ACROSS LEBANON AND THE ARAB WORLD BY HAMPERING THE WORK OF THE STATE."
"How can [Nasrallah] talk about openness, dialogue, democracy and peaceful actions? All this is sloganeering because his speech contains threats and the seeds of discord," the prime minister said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb
Siniora also repeatedly pleaded for calm from Nasrallah and his supporters. He also called on his supporters to refrain from insulting the demonstrators in Downtown Beirut in order to prevent any strife in the country. "We never launch any attacks against the demonstrators as I always expressed respect for the demonstrators' right to express themselves," said Siniora. He then held a prayer for Ahmad Mahmoud, 20, who was killed during clashes between Shiite and Sunnis in Tariq al-Jdideh last Sunday.
Regarding early parliamentary elections, which the opposition is calling for, and Nasrallah's claims that the "majority will change" if early elections are held, Siniora asked: "How is Nasrallah forecasting the results of the election? Can he tell the future by reading palms or coffee grains?" Siniora also said Syria is "dear to me, after Lebanon" and that his government "is working hard at assisting in issues of concern to Hizbullah and all the Lebanese, such as the liberation of Shebaa Farms."
He added that he doesn't "appreciate accusations of outside influence" on his Cabinet.
"WE ALL KNOW IRAN IS DONATING MONEY TO A PART OF LEBANON, BUT WHY NOT DO IT IN A TRANSPARENT AND DIRECT WAY VIA THE GOVERNMENT'S BANK?" ASKED SINIORA, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS A PUPPET GOVERNMENT FOR THE US.
However, despite the sharp words from both leaders, both have said the door is still open for dialogue. "Our hand and heart is open and we will continue," said Siniora. "We won't dig trenches in Beirut streets; we will build bridges of love among the Lebanese, Christian and Muslim." - "There is no such thing as victory for Lebanon by one team winning over another," he said. "It's only a victory when all sides win together." - "The Lebanese have had enough, they want to live," the prime minister shouted at the end of his speech.
Siniora's ally, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri, also responded to Nasrallah's speech, saying: "Threats and accusations do not leave room for dialogue and discussions." - "Nasrallah's speech made the Israeli and Syrian leaders happy, as it could lead to strife and was uncalled for," Hariri said in a television interview with Egypt's Al-Nile channel on Friday.
"WE NEED CALM ... AND WE NEED TO RETURN TO DIALOGUE AND GET LEBANON OUT OF THIS CRISIS."
[andend] - You can read a lot more in the Daily Star - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/yn43af
RELATED:
* GOOGLE'S SELECTION FROM THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/ugcs2
* MIKE WHITNEY ON LEBANON - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/y5c8ge
* "MASS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE US-BACKED LEBANESE GOVERNMENT" - Michel Chossudovsky - ''Global Research'' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/y5kce4
* GOOGLE HR + LEBANON - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/w5388
* Dutch journalist HR this far has lived and worked abroad - never in an English speaking country - for more than four decades for national and international media as an independent foreign correspondent. Of which 10 years - also during Gulf War I - in the African/Arab world and the Middle East. Seeing worldwide that every bullet and every bomb logically breeds more and armed resistance. Not only among Muslims as the 'Junta Judasses' claim, but in all 190 countries surrounding the US. - "War criminals, beware!" - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/y7wr67
* FPF-COPYRIGHT NOTICE - In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107 - any copyrighted work in this message is distributed by the Foreign Press Foundation under fair use, without profit or payment, to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information.
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
Editor: Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/gpr4j
The Netherlands
fpf@chello.nl
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