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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lahoud insists on UN trip despite snub
2005-09-10
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud is still going to the UN's 60th General Assembly as the head of the Lebanese delegation, despite an outright snub by U.S. President George W. Bush who withdrew an invitation to a reception in New York next week.Bush's invite to Lebanon's Premier Fouad Siniora to the reception still stands, but not Lahoud's, snubbing the Lebanese president internationally. But Siniora has said he would not go if Lahoud goes as the sensitive political situation in Lebanon requires that one of them remain at home.

Local media reported that the White House "has withdrawn an invitation to a reception Bush plans to hold for heads of delegations." U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has also left Lahoud off the guest list for her reception on the sidelines of the UN summit, despite her meeting the Lebanese president when she visited Beirut in July, diplomats said. This move by the U.S. administration has been seen as a harsh snub to isolate Lahoud internationally, amid calls at home for his resignation after four ex-security chiefs close to him were arrested as suspects in the murder of former Premier Rafik Hariri.
Posted by:Fred

#1  I'll bet the career seditionists at State are beside themselves. Why, who ever heard of actually stiff-arming murderous assholes like this? Oh, I know... Bush stiffed Arafat - the Gay Lion of PaleoLand. What a chimp. He should listen to his betters.
Posted by: .com   2005-09-10 11:37  

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