Lebanon's Hariri Says Won't Take Part In Hezbollah Government

Haaretz ^ | 24 Jan 2011 | AP

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Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday he won't take part in any future government headed by a Hezbollah-backed candidate, raising the stakes in a crisis that many fear could descend into violence.

Hariri made the announcement as President Michel Suleiman began two days of consultations with lawmakers over their choice of premier.

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Hezbollah and its allies, known as the March 8 bloc, are believed to have chosen moderate politician and billionaire businessman Najib Mikati as their candidate.

A Harvard graduate, Mikati is seen as a relatively neutral figure who enjoys good relations with Syrian President Bashar Assad and also with the pro-Western Hariri, who himself is seeking to keep the post.

Potential PM candidate chosen by notorious terror organization and Iran proxy army is a Harvard grad. Go figure.

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Any “prime minister” in a Hezbollah-led government — no matter how “moderate” he may seem, will be no more than a puppet of Nasrallah.