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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jumblat Says Support for Syria Uprising 'Doesn't Mean Change in Alliances'
2012-04-09
[An Nahar] Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Wally Jumblat
... Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
on Sunday stressed that his support for the Syrian uprising does not imply a change in his domestic alliances, noting that his ministers will not resign from Premier Najib Miqati's government.

"We stress the firm stances: we will stay in this government and we are with (Hizbullah's) weapons in order to defend Leb in the face of Israel, but we reject the use of arms domestically," Jumblat said during a meeting with his party's cadres in the Mount Leb town of al-Khalwat.

"Nowadays, we have chosen to side with the Syrian people, but that does not mean a change in alliances. We have agreed with Hizbullah to manage our differences. They have their point of view concerning the Syrian regime but I won't discuss it now, and we have our point of view which is supportive of the Syrian people, and in my opinion they will eventually realize that they were mistaken," Jumblat added.

He also noted that Moscow will sooner or later regret its support for the regime in Damascus
...Home to a staggering array of terrorist organizations...
, calling on Russia and China to "rescue Syria" and stressing that the regime's crackdown on dissent will only lead to "further killings, displacement and destruction."
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