Word: jumblatt
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...visited Hariri at his weekend home outside Beirut, the Prime Minister recounted his humiliation. He sobbed on his friend's shoulder when they touched on the topic a few days later. "To them, we are all ants," Hariri told an aide. But after consulting with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Hariri decided to back Syria's plan to extend Lahoud's term. On Sept. 3, the Lebanese parliament voted 96-29 to further Lahoud's term by three years...
...from eight operations after surviving the attempt on his life, told TIME. Hariri worked secretly behind the scenes to forge a powerful alliance opposed to Lahoud and the Syrians. The so-called Bristol Gathering brought together Christian, Druze and Sunni leaders. "He was the pillar of the opposition," says Jumblatt. On Jan. 29, Hariri met with his two main political allies, Basil Fleihan, a Protestant who was his closest economic adviser, and Dr. Ghattas Khoury, a Maronite Christian surgeon. Says Khoury: "After that meeting, we were vocal about our opposition to the Syrians. Rafiq Hariri would not anymore go fifty...
...European) liberal and "realist" critics are seeking some explanation, those a bit closer to the scene don't flinch from the obvious. "It is strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq," Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt explained to David Ignatius of the Washington Post. "I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world. The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin...
...rocketed power plants east of the capital as part of a major bombardment of the Lebanese countryside. The damage done by the Israeli onslaught was especially bitter for a country so far along the way to recovery. "It felt like we were going back to square one," said Walid Jumblatt, a member of the Lebanese Cabinet...
Aoun's bold moves to assert his authority triggered the new fighting. In March, Aoun's 20,000-man army took on the Muslims, imposing a sea blockade of five of their illegal ports, used mainly for smuggling drugs and guns. Druse warlord Walid Jumblatt's militia and 40,000 Syrian troops responded with continuous bombardments of Christian neighborhoods. Aoun's forces hit back in kind...