Jumblatt Lashes Out At Hezbollah
Joseph S. Mayton - All Headline News Middle East Correspondent Beirut, Lebanon (AHN) - As Lebanese flock to a "victory celebration" in Beirut's southern suburbs, minister of parliament and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lashed out at Hezbollah. He said that the group is "hostage" to Iran, which "provides the party with money and artillery." "This situation is similar to the period that preceded the assassination of former Premier Rafiq Hariri," Jumblatt told Lebanese national television station LBC on Wednesday. "The Syrian regime wants to topple the government to create a political vacuum through a coup or security incidents aimed at hampering the creation of an international tribunal and the implementation of international resolutions concerning Lebanon," Jumblatt continued. The MP reiterated his argument that the opposition's calls for the national government stand down in order to create a national unity government were aimed at preventing the establishment of the international tribunal into the murder of Hariri on February 14, 2005. He also did not rule out the possibility of a regional war if the United States were to attack Iran, Hezbollah's main backer, over its nuclear program.
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