Saturday, July 12, 2008

Hezbollah Gains Effective Veto Power; U.S.-Backed Premier Stays

"...The majority also named to the cabinet Ibrahim Shamseddine, a Shiite not allied with Hezbollah or Amal, another Shiite party. Siniora's supporters said Shamseddine would undermine Hezbollah's claim to be the exclusive representative of Lebanon's Shiites..."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Once again, those 'specialists' get it wrong. Shamseddine can never lay the foundation that there are 'other' shiites than Hezbollah or even Amal. His father, a respected and well read cleric, was the total opposite of his son. The father must be spinning in his grave. Actually, most leaders in Lebanon have scions who are really a pale image of what their fathers were (Chamoun, Jumblat, Hariri, Shamseddine, etc and the list goes on and on)