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Aoun sez he's sick, sends son-in-law to represent him
General Michel Aoun has asked his son-in-law Meathead Gibran Bassil to represent him at the quartet meeting which will take place after Moussa returns from Damascus. Aoun 72, a key member of the Hezbollah-led opposition and leader of Free Patriotic Movement said he is sick and is being treated for kidney stones.

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa was able to have his first breakthrough last Thursday when he succeeded in arranging a quartet meeting between the opposition and the majority . The meeting which lasted for nearly four hours was attended by Moussa, Lebanon’s former president Amine Gemayel, Parliament majority leader MP Saad Hariri, and General Michel Aoun.

Moussa wanted to have a follow up meeting to cover the issues that were not agreed on during the first meeting , in order for the parliament to proceed with the election of a president on Monday Aoun who was appointed by the Hezbollah-led opposition to negotiate on its behalf initially asked for the postponement of the quartet meeting , but upon the insistence of Moussa he appointed Bassil as his replacement .
Posted by: Fred 2008-01-20
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