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Saad Hariri Seeks a Broader Alliance
 The leader of Lebanon's victorious opposition alliance, Saad Hariri, said yesterday it was too early to talk of becoming prime minister, insisting he first wanted to hold talks with his defeated rivals. "We are trying to get a more broad alliance in discussion with other parties," Saad told a Beirut press conference. "Once we achieve that, we will discuss about the prime ministership."Saad ruled out any precipitate move to unseat under-fire pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, who has more than two years in office after a controversial Damascus-inspired extension was approved last September. "This is an issue that is quite sensitive in Lebanon," he said. "We will move with the sensitivity that it needs." Saad rejected suggestions his alliance had no program comparable with glossy 47-page policy document put out by one of his main election rivals — Christian firebrand Michel Aoun. "We have a program, we will issue it within a week," he said. Posted by: Fred 2005-06-21 |
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