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Saturday, June 18, 2005


Operation Media Warfare


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Hariri-owned Almustaqbal Newspaper today carried two noteworthy jibes at the Franjieh-Aoun camp:

1- “Tens of thousands attend Bibnin (Hariri - Akkar) rally and five thousand attend Franjieh-Aoun’s rally in Tripoli”

2- “Aoun supporters asked not to wear Orange in Tripoli”, it seems that Aoun-Franjieh’s Sunni allies want to keep their… ehm, Affair, a secret.

Also noteworthy, In Hariri-owned Future T.V’s coverage, when the Shaib list is talked about, they make sure to stress that Franjieh is the Head of that list.

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