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Hariri: Miqati Will Only Resign if He Feels His Boss is About to Fall
[An Nahar] Former premier Saad HaririSecond son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. on Sunday said that Prime Minister  Najib Miqati would only resign when he "feels his boss is about to fall."Asked by a Twitter user on whether he would ally with Miqati in the 2013 polls if the premier resigned over possible inability to secure the funding of the Special Tribunal for Leb by his government, Hariri said: "No." "If Miqati resigns, it will be only, AND ONLY, because he feels his boss is about to fall," Hariri tweeted in English. "Justice will prevail, (the) tribunal has begun its work and soon we will see the criminals behind bars," Hariri said. He denied that he was "waiting for the (Syrian) regime to fall" in order to return to Leb, noting that he will return to the country "sooner than later." Asked how would the March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... camp respond if Hizbullah Secretary-General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah  The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb..."took Leb to war to protect Syria or Iran," Hariri said: "That's called suicide and I doubt he will." Asked whether he believed Hizbullah and its allies would resort to military action against fellow Lebanese to "support the Syrian regime," the former premier said: "No i don't think so and if they do they will be committing suicide." He also noted that Miqati's government would "help" embattled Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Trampler of Homs... in the event of a foreign military intervention in Syria. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-21 |
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