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  • Lebanon ex-minister apologises for anti-Saudi slur

    03/16/2011 5:24:51 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 9 replies
    Google News ^ | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 | AFP
    A former Lebanese minister apologised on Wednesday for a slur against Saudi women that sparked angry protests among Sunnis and instead lashed out at Riyadh for the killing of women in Bahrain. "It was a wrong thing to say and I apologise for it," said Wiam Wahhab, who last week slammed Saudi Arabia for dressing its women in "trash bags," in reference to the black niqab of ultra-conservative Islam. "However, what about ... Saudi Arabia's injuring and killing of veiled Bahraini women?" added Wahhab, a Druze former minister who is close to Saudi Arabia's regional rival Syria... Lebanon's second largest...