Beirut Spring analyzed the agreement between Hezbollah and Salafist factions in Lebanon. He considers it a strategic gain for the party, and calls on the pro-West March 14th movement to try creativity out. The agreement also goes against the tide of sectarianism spreading in the region. Salafists largely consider Shia’ Muslims heretics.
Salafist groups not in on the deal opposed it vigorously.
A politician from Tripoli called the Angry Arab and claimed “Hariri’s Intelligence Apparatus is running the city, and that the Israeli weapons in the hands of Hariri Salafis were supplied to them by the Lebanese Forces.”
The Salafists may be headed towards a diametrically-opposed split.
Then again, we are talking about Lebanon, where Michel Oun became a Hezbollah buddy and now Walid Jumblat is taking up workers rights and Palestine, again. Lebanese politics is defined by shifting allegiances of uncertain shelf lives.
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Lebanese politics is defined by shifting allegiances of uncertain shelf lives.
Shifting allegiances? The word “allegiance” implies some kind of loyalty has to exist in the first place, right? Impossible in a country that likes everything burger king style.
Posted by programmer craig | August 19, 2008, 4:57 pmCraig has a point. I wouldn’t call it burger king style though…not a good description.
Given the the current situation, Lebanese politics will continue to swing about like Iraqi prostitutes in a trashy Syrian nightclub for years to come.
Posted by Madame Mansour | August 20, 2008, 3:16 pmHamas leader Ismail Haniyeh:
“Jerusalem will be retrieved to the Palestinians not through negotiations or by hugging and kissing the enemy, but by way of jihad, blood, shahids and resistance. With Allah’s help, Jerusalem will be returned,” he said.
I don’t understand why he is still alive.
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008, 4:31 pm