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Gebran Tueni: Syria's Plots to Derail Investigation, Undermine Lebanon
The Husam Husam comedy and Farouk al-Sharaa's show in Barcelona point to a new Syrian effort to put off the trial and punishment of members of the regime implicated in the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Hariri, Gebran Tueni opined in his latest editorial.
"Lebanon has grown accustomed to the policies of threats and intimidation practiced by Damascus," Tueni wrote in Thursday's issue of An Nahar.

An Nahar's general manager noted the contradictions within the Syrian regime which saw its prime minister, Naji Otari, proposing to Prime Minister Saniora a demarcation of the border, excluding the Shabaa farms. In contrast, the Syrian foreign minister, Sharaa, was ascertaining from Barcelona the Lebanese identity of the Shabaa Farms.

"We would have preferred to hear an official apology from Sharaa on his behalf and on behalf of his president, Bashar Assad, for insulting the prime minister, the Parliament and the entire Lebanese population, instead of opening dialogue with Premier Saniora, whom Assad had described as 'a slave taking orders from a slave'," Tueni remarked.

He said the alleged confessions of Husam Husam were an attempt to derail the international investigation into Hariri's murder, and warned of a possible wave of violence, as predicted by Druze leader Walid Jumblat, as part of the same plot.

"The entire Lebanese nation is ready to testify against Syria and the crimes it committed against the Lebanese people, which President Assad has described as 'thankless' in his hostile speech," wrote Tueni.

Had the Lebanese been truly thankless, said Tueni, they would have demanded compensation from Syria for the death and destruction it wreaked in Lebanon, he opined.

"It is time to put and end to our fears and compassion… and confront the deceiving theatrical performances of the Syrian regime," he concluded. "Isn't it time for the tyrannical regime to sober up and come to its senses?"

Click here for full text of Tueni's editorial

Beirut, 03 Dec 05, 09:47


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