...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...
contacted on Tuesday Iran's diminutive President Hassan Rouhani and Ambassador Ghazanfar Rokn Abadi to condemn the blasts that targeted the Bir Hassan neighborhood in Beirut on Tuesday.
He said: "The hard boyz must be uncovered, tossed in the calaboose
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
, and brought to justice."
"These criminal messages will not alter our principles and convictions," he declared.
"Terrorists will not turn back time and restore a dark chapter in Leb's history," added Suleiman.
At least 23 people were killed and 150 maimed in the blasts in the Hizbullah stronghold of Bir Hassan.
The powerful kabooms just opposite the multi-storey embassy caused chaos, ripping the facades off nearby buildings and setting cars ablaze.
They come after two other kabooms this year in the southern suburbs of Beirut that are the bastion of Hizbullah.
The group, which is sponsored by Iran, has drawn controversy for sending thousands of fighters to support the regime of Syria's
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
as he battles a 32-month-old uprising.