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March 14 camp lashes out at Nasrallah
By Rym Ghazal
Daily Star staff
Tuesday, April 10, 2007


BEIRUT: Politicians from the ruling coalition on Monday responded to accusations from Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah of "scheming" and "taking orders from the United States." Nasrallah said in a lengthy speech on Sunday that a national dialogue had failed and Hizbullah had "given up" on its demand for 11 ministers in a proposed 30-member national unity government.

MP Walid Jumblatt, a senior member of the ruling coalition, responded on Monday, describing Nasrallah as "the president of the republic of Hizbullah."

"Enough lies about the government, as the real problem is with UN Security Resolution 1701 and the seven-point plan and the deployment of the Lebanese Army in the South ... and the international peacekeepers," Jumblatt told Kuwaiti daily Al-Anbaa. "All these things prevent the Syrian and Iranian regimes from holding military exercises in the South."

Addressing a description of Lebanon as a "weak" state, Jumblatt said the "presence of [Hizbullah's] arms is one of the main reasons the state hasn't been able to become strong."

"When you become a strong state, then come and talk to us about us becoming a state within a state," Nasrallah had said.


Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Fatfat said Nasrallah had "killed Rafik Hariri again" with his speech.

"We need the international court" he argued.

Mount Lebanon Mufti Mohammed Ali al-Jouzo accused Nasrallah of leading a Syrian and Iranian party, and Hizbullah of "hiding behind the pretext of resistance to launch its own projects in the Lebanese arena."

The Hizbullah leader said Sunday that he was tired of repeating himself.

"We in the opposition became like beggars ... I don't want this 19-11 anymore," he said during a ceremony to honor 1,734 university graduates.

He made clear that he was speaking on behalf of Hizbullah and "not the opposition."


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