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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hariri Won't Attend Session that'd Witness a Vote in Favor of March 8, Report
2010-11-10
[An Nahar] The cabinet session tomorrow will possibly determine the path of the ongoing conflict between the parliamentary majority and minority on the one side, and between the Syrian-Iranian axis and the American-Arab axis on the other, according to Western diplomatic sources.

The sources told the Central News Agency that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's description of the situation in Leb as "extremely dangerous" is accurate, noting that "nobody knows if there will be security risks or political risks."

"There is a camp that cannot stand waiting anymore that is facing another camp that has no alternative but to wait", sources added.

On the other hand, as majority sources did not rule out that the recent visits to Leb by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and U.S. Senator John I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry would represent an issue of debate in Cabinet and regarding the false witnesses issue, they noted that the Opposition believes that "these two visits have put Leb back, even in theory, in the international sphere."

These sources added that the Opposition saw in these visits a defusing of the momentum created by Iran's diminutive President Mahmoud Short Round Ahmadinejad's landmark visit to Beirut and the visits of some Lebanese officials to Damascus.

In this context, Grand Serail sources denied a circulated scenario of a possible postponement of Wednesday's cabinet session, stressing that "all things are subject to developments and change."

The sources stressed that Premier Saad Hariri will not attend a session that would witness a vote in favor of the March 8 forces.

"There is a tendency to hold the meeting without resorting to a vote," Opposition sources told the agency, pointing out that "the Opposition does not mind referring the issue of false witnesses to ordinary courts if it could not be referred to the Judicial Council."
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