Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Aoun si avvicina ad Hizbullah

Un domino a rovescio. Dopo la vittoria di Hamas, questo.
Namib
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Aoun Throws Support Behind Hizbullah's Military Wing
Gen. Michel Aoun and Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah have announced an understanding
that gives strong support to Hizbullah's military wing and disregards an
international resolution calling for the group's disarmament.
The two leaders announced their understanding at a meeting in Mar Mikhael
Church in Chiah, once a landmark of the green line that separated Christians
and Muslims during the 1975-1990 civil war.
In a 10-point joint statement of cooperation, Hizbullah and the Free
Patriotic Movement stated that holding arms was an honorable and sacred way
for a resistance group to defend its occupied land.
The two parties also said that the Lebanese should take responsibility in
protecting Lebanon especially that Israel occupies the Shabaa Farms, detains
Lebanese resistance fighters and threatens the country.
Ways to protect Lebanon's independence and sovereignty can be achieved by
liberating the Shabaa Farms from Israeli occupation and setting free
Lebanese prisoners held in Israel, according to the statement.
It added that a national defense strategy on how to protect Lebanon from
Israeli threats should be formulated after conducting a national dialogue on
this issue.
The statement made no mention of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 that
calls for disarming Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias.
Unlike the position made by the anti-Syrian camp, Aoun agreed with Nasrallah
that verifying the identity of the Shabaa Farms is Lebanon's responsibility,
not Syria's.
The FPM adopted Hizbullah's position that the Lebanese government should
take the legal procedures to prove that the Shabaa Farms area belongs to
Lebanon and to hand over relevant documents to the United Nations.
Aoun's party also agreed with Hizbullah that delineating the border between
Lebanon and Syria should take place after an agreement between the two
states. The anti-Syrian coalition, however, has demanded that drawing the
borderline with Syria should start immediately.
The two parties also decided to request Damascus to cooperate fully with the
Lebanese state in disclosing the fate of Lebanese detainees held in Syria.
"We do not need to visit all the world's capitals to meet," Aoun said,
taking a swipe at MP Saad Hariri's recent tour of world capitals to drum up
support for the investigation into the assassination of his father, former
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Nasrallah and Aoun jointly pledged that Lebanese who had fled to Israel in
the aftermath of the May 2000 liberation of south Lebanon would be treated
'fairly' by the Lebanese justice system if they chose to return home.
Aoun, for his part, renewed his demand for an audit of money spent by
successive governments since the end of the war that allowed the public debt
to spiral to US $38 billion, one of the highest in the world.
In response to a question, Nasrallah said Aoun was a genuine candidate for
presidency, insinuating that the erstwhile rivals have discussed the
potential successor to President Lahoud.
The joint statement that was read out by Ghaleb Abou Zainab of Hizbullah and
Gebran Bassil of the FPM stressed the importance of a national dialogue as
the only way to resolve pending issues. They called for a consensus
democracy to uphold the spirit of the constitution and a new modern
electoral law.
Beirut, Updated 07 Feb 06, 12:02

 Un domino a rovescio. Dopo la vittoria di Hamas, questo.
 The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan gave us the Taliban. The American
occupation of Saudi Arabia gave us bin Laden and Al Qaeda. The Israeli
occupation of Lebanon gave us Hezbollah. Let us see what the American
occupation of Iraq is going to give us.
   A'sad Abu Khail, detto Angry Arab.
GT
PS:  Comunque, le alleanze politiche in Libano hanno anche meno
significato ideologico delle nostre, se possibile.