Friday 3 December 2010

Just in case you're still interested in the 'Hariri Tribunal' ....

Via-Friday-Lunch-Club

"... Details on a possible deal remain murky, but several scenarios are possible: Lebanon could request the Security Council to halt STL activities once indictments have been issued, for the sake of domestic stability. It could condition further cooperation with the tribunal on its taking certain steps (e.g., foregoing the option of trials in absentia; agreeing to look into Hizbollah’s “false witnesses” claim or Israeli spy-ring affairs). Or cooperation could continue even as Lebanon expressed serious doubts as to the basis of the STL’s findings.
A compromise should be accompanied by a collective agreement to allow the prime minister to govern more effectively (aka. free hand in running the economy any which way he pleases... Lebanese sources say that will be HARD TO ATTAIN, even if Syria were to sign off on the 'deal') – something he systematically has been prevented from doing..."
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