Posted on 02/07/2006 1:59:23 PM PST by MPierre
Two months ago, MP Michael Aoun paid a visit to the USA where he met with Congressmen Eliot Engel and Eliana Ross-Lithenin. At this meeting, Aoun requested to address the US Congress, but his request was rejected. Congresswoman Ross-Lithenin's rejection of Aoun’s request was based on the fact that he has too many opponents in Congress due to his latest treacherous positions in Lebanon, especially his relationship with Hizbullah and Syria. Prior to the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Aoun was praising the US Administration’s stance regarding its backing of Lebanon's freedom and for its calling on Syria to end its occupation of its tiny neighbor-Lebanon. Aoun went to the extent of portraying himself as a partner of the US Congress where he assumed responsibility for the passage of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, and later considered himself behind the issuance of the United Nations Resolution 1559. This was Aoun’s position before his suspicious return to Lebanon on May 7, 2005 and before striking new alliances. Following his return, Aoun has distanced himself from the US and the March 14th independence group and allied himself with Hizbullah and the Syrian/Iranian/Hamas adding to the influence of the Shiite Crescent....
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