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| Aoun preparing for full scale riot in northern Lebanon |
| 2008-01-23 |
| Genenal Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement was said to have readied its supporters in the northern Batroun region to carry out a "deployment maneuver" to pave the way for a full-scale riot along with its Hezbollah-led opposition allies later this month. FPM official, Maj. Gen. Issam Abu Jamra, however, denied the report published on Tuesday, saying the FPM has no "street action plans." The report, carried by several Beirut dailies, said FPM partisans were instructed to carry out a "deployment maneuver starting 7 p.m. Tuesday in a bid to test the pulse of the Batroun residents" ahead of a full-size street action to be launched after Jan. 27. A senior source with the March 8 coalition said Opposition factions were almost finished with their "draft agenda" regarding its broad action in the event that failure of an Arab plan was confirmed and pending outcome of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Damascus scheduled for Jan. 27. |
| Posted by:Fred |