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Jumblat Expresses Regret at 'Offensive Words' against Syrian People, Leadership
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has denied that he had told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius in a telephone interview in 2006 that the U.S. went to Iraq and "can do the same thing in Syria."
"I never called for the invasion of Syria by the U.S. army … this is crazy," Jumblat told As Safir in an interview published Tuesday. "Maybe I thought that the condition of the opposition in Syria could improve."

"I hope my clarification today would wipe out the offensive words against the Syrian people and the Syrian leadership," he said.

The Druze leader rejected continuous incitement against Damascus by some March 14 officials, saying "I don't see a necessity for that particularly after the historic settlement began with Premier Saad Hariri's visit to Damascus."

About bomb attacks against anti-Syrian officials and journalists in Lebanon, Jumblat said that the series of assassinations continued after the withdrawal of the Syrian army from Lebanon. "Maybe someone wanted to pour oil on fire."

On Hizbullah, Jumblat told his interviewer that he only sees "solidarity with the resistance in Lebanon and with Syria because Israeli madness" could lead to war anytime.

"That's why I say that we are with the Syrian leadership above anything else in our confrontation with the Israeli enemy," the PSP leader said.

He told As Safir that he would meet with Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah soon.

Turning to the Feb. 14 mass rally on the occasion of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's 5th assassination anniversary, Jumblat reiterated that he hoped the occasion would bring all Lebanese together.

He also said he would decide on how to participate in the event at the appropriate time. "Unfortunately some people are trying to isolate us from the commemoration and seeking to build a hostile atmosphere against us without any justification."
 

Beirut, 09 Feb 10, 09:48
 
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