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 Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject: Lebanese Druze leader Jumblatt in talks with Washington |
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Jumblatt's talks in Washington spark hostile campaign in Lebanon
Feb 28, 2007, 12:43 GMT
Beirut - The visit to the United States by anti-Syrian Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has sparked an intense campaign against him in Lebanon, especially by his opponents from the Lebanese Shiite movement, Hezbollah.
'The man (Jumblatt) has sold himself to the devil,' Hezbollah's politburo member Mahmoud Kommati said.
'Jumblatt is probably preparing a second war on Hezbollah with his new allies,' Kommati said.
Israel launched a widescale offensive against Hezbollah on July 12 after the Lebanese militia snatched two of its soldiers from southern Lebanon.
The war lasted 33-days during which 1,200, mostly Lebanese civilians, and 162 Israelis, mainly soldiers, were killed.
Jumblatt, a staunch anti-Syrian lawmaker, is leading a Lebanese delegation that includes Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh and former deputy Ghattas Khoury.
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