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Iranian MPs Meet Top Officials, Nasrallah amid Call for Obama 'Wisdom' on Syria
[An Nahar] The visiting head of Iranian parliament's foreign policy committee discussed on Tuesday with top Lebanese officials and Hizbullah leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan NasrallahThe satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... the latest developments in the region. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, who is the chairman of the committee for foreign policy and national security of the Iranian parliament, arrived in Beirut on Monday and went into separate talks with Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... and Premier-designate Tammam Salam. The state-run National News Agency said that Boroujerdi and his accompanying delegation discussed with Nasrallah on Tuesday the regional developments, mainly in Leb and Syria. Also Tuesday, the delegation met with President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... , Caretaker Premier  Najib Miqati and Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour.Suleiman discussed with Boroujerdi "the dangers that could result from any foreign military intervention" in Syria, said a Baabda palace statement. Suleiman reiterated Leb's rejection of military intervention and stressed it was up to the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... to hold responsible the parties that allegedly used chemical weapons in Syria, said the statement. Boroujerdi said he agreed with Mansour that there was a "U.S. plot against the region's security and stability." He called for unity to prevent a possible disaster and expressed hope that "U.S. President Barack Obama I inhaled. That was the point... would act wisely and would not rush in his decision on taking a military action against Syria." "We hope that the U.S. Congress would have the same level of self-restraint and wisdom to prevent acts that threaten the security of the region," he said. He made similar remarks after visiting Miqati, calling for strong efforts to prevent the crisis from spiraling out of control. The delegation of Iranian MPs led by Boroujerdi held talks Saturday in Syria with  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... and denounced any possible Western attack on the country over chemical weapons allegations. But Obama shocked the world on Saturday when he decided to seek support for military action from Congress. Posted by: Fred 2013-09-04 |
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