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2005-02-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Soddies balk at French call for Hariri probe

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-02-16 10:19:19 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 French calls for an international probe into his death
LOL!

Posted by Spot 2005-02-16 9:05:42 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:05:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's face it. Both of the main sponsors of the this war (Iran and SA) want to keep the situation in Israel and environs at a high boil. It't the flourish of the magician's right hand while the left hand palms the card. The war against the Little Satan is a smokescreen to hide strategic manuevering against the Great Satan.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-02-16 12:25:48 PM|| 2005-02-16 12:25:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Heh, 11A5S - The Magic Kingdom, indeed! Besides, they already know who did it - and prolly sanctioned the hit. So many randy children to please.

Posted by .com 2005-02-16 12:28:47 PM|| 2005-02-16 12:28:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't know, maybe I'm just super cynical or skeptical or whatever, but I can't be the only one to question Harari's status as some kind of a Saint.

Let's step back and take a good look at this guy's credentials. He's a billionaire, which generally requires being shrewd, ambitious, and ruthless.

He's "best friends" with Chirac, and "best friends" of the Saudi Royal Family

Oh...and he's beloved for his caring "charity" type work that he's done to improve things in Lebanon.

Now maybe he is a nice guy, but those are all things that would make me question this guy, rather than trust him.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-16 12:38:49 PM|| 2005-02-16 12:38:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 French calls for an international probe into his death

Inspector Clouseau, pick up on line one.

Posted by Dreadnought 2005-02-16 12:49:34 PM|| 2005-02-16 12:49:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 .com: I'm starting to see it like WWII. The US and USSR teamed up just long enough to take out the Nazis. Likewise with the Magic Kingdom and Iran. I also like Paul Moloney's model from his comment the other day: a bunch of mafia families working together sometimes, sometimes bumping each other off as they vie for the jewelled turban.

2b: I agree. Hariri is probably as dirty as the rest of them. It looks like he made a choice. Alliance with the Druse and Maronites (probably with EU backing) against the Shiites (Hezbollah), Pals and Syrians. His biggest mistake was probably to depend on the EU for anything. Soft power doesn't work too well against 600 lbs bombs. Somewhere in the mix, he pissed off the Saudis too, maybe because they see more value in maintaining the status quo -- an unstable Lebanon helps keep Israel tied down on another front -- than in the alternative that Harari and Jumblatt were proposing.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-02-16 1:55:07 PM|| 2005-02-16 1:55:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 11A5S - Alliances of convenience, simply following national interests at that moment - sounds like a fit, heh. The Mafia Model, lol - what a picture... and speaking of pix, well...

Guess who's coming to dinner, heh.

Posted by .com 2005-02-16 2:21:26 PM|| 2005-02-16 2:21:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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