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| Franjieh Says Hariri's Hatred Overcomes National Interest |
| 2011-08-19 |
| [An Nahar] Marada leader MP Suleiman Franjieh said on Thursday that ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. 's hatred has overcome the national interest since the liquidation of his father on Feb. 14, 2005. Franjieh, in remarks to al-Manar television, said that Hariri placed the murder of his father in a position higher than Leb and its stability. "During the past period he (Hariri) wished that Syria would be accused in the murder and today he doesn't want to unveil who killed ex-PM Rafik Hariri," Franjieh said. He only wants Hizbullah to be accused, he added. The Special Tribunal for Leb published on Wednesday the indictment after it said there was enough evidence to try four Hizbullah members in the murder of Hariri. "The main objective is to nourish the Shiites-Sunni hatred," the MP stressed. The Marada leader noted "every three years they reveal a new story." Franjieh said that "they are trying to target the resistance through the STL and the U.N. after the 2006 war." He considered that some Sunni leaders think they can control the country, saying: "Some think that if a political party lost its position in authority, then the whole sect will lose." "I urge everyone to preserve coexistence," Franjieh said. He stressed: "We're against Israel and we bet on the resistance and support the current regime in Syria. The near future will prove that our choice was right." |
| Posted by:Fred |