Aoun uses Syrian stage to accuse UN of coddling Israel.Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM FPM - Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory ) leader Michel Aoun Michel Naim Aoun (Arabic: ميشال عون) (born 19 february 1935 in Haret Hreik, Lebanon) is a Lebanese military commander and politician. accused the United Nations on Thursday of "covering up all harms committed by Israel against the Palestinian people For other uses of "Palestinian", see Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian. Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, ," adding that the world body "resolves world problems based on the will of great powers." "The United Nations has always failed to condemn Israel due to the veto right. Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun accused the United Nations on Thursday of "covering up all harms committed by Israel against the Palestinian people," adding that the world body "resolves world problems based on the will of great powers." "The United Nations has always failed to condemn Israel due to the veto right and we see it in oil fields This list of oil fields includes major fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world[1]. with or without a resolution," Aoun said during a lecture at Damascus University. "Some [powers] are exerting pressures to abrogate abrogate v. to annul or repeal a law or pass legislation that contradicts the prior law. Abrogate also applies to revoking or withdrawing conditions of a contract. (See: repeal) the Palestinians' right of return to their homeland," he added. He also accused "major powers of playing a role in preventing the return to normal relations between Lebanon and Syria." Aoun did not identify these powers by name. The FPM leader also defended his memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. with Hizbullah, which was signed in early 2006, saying it "reflected on our community, enabled us to maintain our national unity and helped the resistance achieve victory in the most ferocious war staged by Israel against Lebanon." The understanding "empowered us against external threats ... and despite all obstacles we achieved national harmony around the resistance, its principles and targets," he added. Aoun also praised the "miracles achieved by resistance fighters" against Israel during the summer 2006 war. He added that "terror groups in North Lebanon North Lebanon may refer to:
Aoun also said he had "many reservations about the Taif Accord because there is no equality between constitutional institutions, especially between the Lebanese presidency and premiership." Aoun arrived in Syria on Wednesday to meet with top officials, including President Bashar Assad. He was also expected to visit Christian holy sites during his visit, which will last several days. Aoun met on Thursday with Information Minister Mohsen Bilal and visited the Ummayyad Mosque in Damascus. Aoun also clarified remarks he had made the previous day, in which he reportedly urged Lebanese to apologize to their compatriots before asking for Syria's apologies. "When I called on the Lebanese people This is a list of Lebanese people. The list has been ordered by Alphabetical order of Section names. No specific order was used within the sections. Activists
On Wednesday, Aoun met with Syrian President Bashar Assad and told reporters afterward that before Lebanon could demand a Syrian apology for atrocities committed during its 15-year military presence, "those in Beirut" should apologize to their own people. Aoun's remarks, which were interpreted by some as a call for the Lebanese to apologize to Syria, were met with fierce criticism from the March 14 Forces. In an interview with Future news television, Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) (Arabic "الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي" al-hizb al-taqadummi al-ishtiraki leader Walid Jumblatt Walid Jumblatt (Arabic: وليد جنبلاط) (born August 7, 1949) is the current leader of the Progressive Socialist Party "PSP" of Lebanon and the most prominent leader of the Druze community. said: "Aoun should have rather asked the Syrian regime to apologize to the Syrian people for the massacres that it has committed in the past; he should have also asked the Syrian regime to apologize for invading Lebanon." Hizbullah's number two, Sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. Naim Qassem, defended Aoun's visit to Damascus. "Many of those who visited Syria went there as thieves asking for high positions; as for General Aoun, he went there to give and take for the sake of his country," Qassem said on Thursday. But MP Nayla Mouawad said the visit was an "insult to Lebanon's memory and a cover for the Syrian regime's re-invasion of Lebanon." In a statement released on Thursday, she accused Aoun of undermining efforts to reach balanced relations between two free, independent and sovereign countries. "No one asked Aoun to represent Eastern Christians and usurp u·surp v. u·surped, u·surp·ing, u·surps v.tr. 1. To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force and without legal authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. 2. the role of Bkirki," Mouawad added, referring to Lebanon's Maronite Church. Another March 14 MP, Samir Franjieh, accused Aoun on Thursday of trying to "link the Christians with the Syrian-Iranian coalition and isolate them from the Arab and international communities." - Agencies, with The Daily Star Copyright 2008, The Daily Star. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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