Opposition Calls for Dialogue among Cabinet Members before Resuming All-Party Talks
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The March 14-led opposition stressed the need to resume dialogue in Lebanon but among members of the “new parliamentary majority camp,” al-Mustaqbal newspaper reported on Thursday.
March 14 leadership sources told the daily in comments on Speaker Nabih Berri’s call for all-party talks, that “the dialogue is a vital necessity, but among the new majority camp… amid the disputes that proved they are incapable of resolving even the smallest issues.”
Berri urged officials on Wednesday to return to the dialogue table, announcing that he will discuss the issue with President Michel Suleiman.
“We don’t refuse the national dialogue principle,” the sources said.
They stressed “any dialogue must be based on the national consensus in order to implement them.”
Concerning the turmoil in neighboring Syria and the repercussions it might have on Lebanon, the sources noted that “discussing the Syrian issue and its effects requires stressing on the Lebanese sovereignty first, and refusing the Syrian violation along the border and the Syrian ambassador’s behavior.”
27 October 2011, 11:59
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source: wikipedia:
The Assassins (Arabic: الحشاشين Ḥashshāshīn, also Hashishin, Hassassin, or Hashashiyyin, ) were an order of Nizari Ismailis, particularly those of Persia (and Syria) that existed from around 1092 to 1265. Posing a strong military threat to Sunni Saljuq authority within the Persian territories, the Nizari Ismailis captured and inhabited many mountain fortresses under the leadership of Hassan-i Sabbah.
The name 'Assassin', from the Arabic Hashishin or "users of hashish",[1] was originally derogatory and used by their adversaries during the Middle Ages. The modern word 'assassin' is derived from this name. However, Amin Malouf states that "The truth is different. According to texts that have come down to us from Alamut, Hassan-i Sabbah liked to call his disciples Asasiyun, meaning people who are faithful to the Asās, meaning 'foundation' of the faith. This is the word, misunderstood by foreign travelers, that seemed similar to 'hashish'".
27 October 2011, 19:46
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@geha. Your history of what is now the Alawite sect is most interesting but I do not follow why it is posted under this article.
I find it interesting that Assad has told Nasrallah as of 10 days ago to cut the BS with regard to funding for the STL. Assad reportedly told Nasrallah that it is important that Mikati's government not be destabilized, not now.
More evidence that Assad is in deep in Syria. The Sunni in Syria must be tuned in keenly to whether or not Assad is supportive of the STL process to try those charged with killing Rafiq Hariri and others. Better to cut Hezbollah loose on this issue rather than unleashing a hurricane on his head by opposing the STL.
