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March 14 Debates whether Jumblat’s Latest Position Means he Has Left New Majority

Some sides in the March 14 forces have begun to wonder whether Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat’s latest position towards the new majority is a sign that he is leaving the camp, reported the daily An Nahar on Tuesday.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea noted that Jumblat “is becoming fed up with the current situation in Lebanon and I don’t know whether that will force him to change his political position.”

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Geagea Calls for Forming Technocrat Govt: They Want Interior Portfolio to Confront STL

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday called for forming a technocrat cabinet, describing that as “the only solution to rescue the country from the current impasse.”

“A national unity cabinet is out of the question because we can’t reach an agreement on the major issues,” Geagea added in an interview with MTV.

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Williams Meets Geagea: We Hope New Government Will Be Formed within Days to Protect the People

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams hoped on Saturday that the new Lebanese government would be formed within days in order to protect the people, given the changes and unrest in the Middle East.

He said after holding talks with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea that the Lebanese officials should exert efforts to provide the necessary atmosphere to form a new Cabinet.

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WikiLeaks: Geagea Says Hariri and Jumblat Might Make Deals at March 14 Expense

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed fear over carrying out deals under the table to form the new government and said that caretaker PM Saad Hariri might drop the agenda of the March 14 forces, a WikiLeaks cable published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday said.

The cable dated May 15, 2008 said that the LF leader described the caretaker PM’s words as “nonsense” and said that Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat is “scared” so they’re seeking a way out.

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WikiLeaks: Geagea Wanted to Arm LF and PSP

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has reportedly declared that he was trying to provide his party and the Progressive Socialist Party, led by Walid Jumblat, with arms and ammunition.

In a WikiLeaks cable dated May 12, 2008 published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Tuesday, Geagea said that he was “working with Internal Security Forces chief Maj-Gen. Ashraf Rifi to buy ammunition for his militia and PSP fighters.”

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Geagea Opens 2-Day Congress: LF Not Party of Single Person

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Friday that the LF is the party of the cause and history and not the party of a person.

During the opening of the two-day congress that will discuss the LF by-laws, Geagea said: “The by-laws in our hands today took five years of intense work.”

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WikiLeaks: Geagea Sought to Employ LBC for his Political Goals

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was worried that the LBC television station would fall into the hands of pro-March 8 forces, revealed a leaked U.S. Embassy cable published exclusively in Al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday.

The WikiLeaks cable, dated May 16, 2006, spoke of a meeting between Geagea and then U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffery Feltman during which LBC’s ownership was brought up.

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WikiLeaks: Harb Requested U.S. Help in Persuading LBC to Support March 14 Camp

A leaked U.S. Embassy cable, dated November 2008, revealed that MP Butros Harb sought U.S. help in convincing three sides in Lebanon to support the March 14 camp.

The WikiLeaks cable, published exclusively in Al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday, spoke of a meeting between the MP and then U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison.

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WikiLeaks: Feltman Says Strida Geagea isn’t Embarrassed by Making Anti-Islamic Statements

MP Strida Geagea said that former U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman’s stances are pro-Islamic, according to a leaked U.S. embassy cable published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday.

“I wanted to ask him about his feelings” toward Muslims after September 11, Strida stated.

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Geagea Says Kidnapping of Foreigners Sign that ‘Illegitimate Arms’ Hinder State Establishment

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed on Thursday that the abduction of the seven Estonian tourists is a clear sign that “illegitimate arms” are hindering the establishment of a real state.

In remarks to a delegation of students from the Lebanese University, Geagea wondered whether it was natural for foreigners to be kidnapped in the country 21 years after the end of the civil war.

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