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Thursday, April 14, 2005


Syria Says Bye Bye Lahhoud?



What does it mean when Sleimen Franjyeh, one of Syria's strongest Maronite allies, declares that he and Hezbollah were both "deceived" by president lahhoud?

Why did Jumblat immediately re-instate the opposition's will to work with Hezbollah after Karami's efforts collapsed?

It seems that the pro-Syrian Ain-el-tineh camp is being shattered, that Syria has decided to abandon president Lahhoud (who was siding with the Patriarch on the electoral law), and that the Syrians want Franjyieh to be the next Most-Important-Allie.

This leaves us with the wild card that all parties are fighting to have on their side: Hezbollah