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| Hariri's Son to Seek Post | |
| 2005-05-16 | |
| BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A son of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri promised Sunday to achieve his father's plan for a sovereign Lebanon and formally announced a list of candidates for Beirut's 19 parliamentary seats. In an apparent swipe at Syria, which dominated Lebanon's politics for nearly three decades before withdrawing its troops last month, Saad Hariri told a crowd of hundreds that every vote is a "vote against the criminals who killed Rafik Hariri and tried to enslave Lebanon." Meanwhile, the Druse leader Walid Jumblatt announced an election coalition with his former civil war enemies, the Lebanese Forces, who were the nation's most powerful Christian militia during the 1975-90 civil war. Hariri urged supporters to vote in large numbers as a show of loyalty to his father, whose Feb. 14 assassination was the catalyst that led to Syria's withdrawal. He said his father's project involved developing state institutions, fighting corruption and improving the economy. "The black terrorist hands will not be able to stop Rafik Hariri's project," he said. Saad Hariri's ticket included Solange Gemayel, the widow of President-elect Bashir Gemayel, who was killed in a 1982 bombing in Beirut. Solange Gemayel and two other candidates on Hariri's ticket have already won uncontested seats. Jumblatt said his coalition with the Lebanese Forces affirmed "a political alliance aimed at confirming the major national reconciliation" that was reached between Druse and Maronite Christians in 2001.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Warlord Wally? Lh - It's not raining, son, you're spitting in the wind, again. Man, talk about countin' before hatchin'. The Trail of Turds. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-16 22:48 |
| #2 Darn! I blinked. Missed 'em. |
| Posted by: jackal 2005-05-16 22:41 |
| #1 Moderate Muslim Watch. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-05-16 17:29 |