Lebanon's ex-PM nominated to resume post

[Guckert]

http://www.cnn.com/

Pro-Syria demonstrators rally in Damascus
Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Posted: 1:04 PM EST (1804 GMT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's pro-Syria parliamentary majority has nominated former Prime Minister Omar Karami -- who resigned nine days ago in the face of anti-Syria demonstrations -- to resume his post.
The decision was announced Wednesday after consultations between with President Emile Lahoud and lawmakers.
Lahoud is expected to make the official appointment Thursday, political sources said.
Karami's resigned on February 28 following huge mass demonstrations in Beirut against his government. Those protests prompted a huge rally Tuesday in support of Syria presence in Lebanon. (Full story)
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How dare they go against Gods chosen leaders explicit demands!!! God will smite them...

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. The CIA backed coup has failed?

What is chimp going to say now?

[Guckert]

2. he will say, "this is what happens when you let the people decide".

"We will never have that problem here in America where we have over 50% of the people stupid and poor."

[Teaser]

3. shit meet fan.

Man, lebanon looks likely to explode.

[David__77]

4. Nope, there will be whimper not a shout.

The rightist pro-US sellout crowd won't fight--they're urbane cowards who look down on and are afraid of their "uncouth" fellow citizens who are patriots.

[Beetwasher]

5. Looks Like Bush Took Credit Just a Bit Too Soon, Eh?

Moron...Watch this story now disappear completely from the mainstream...

[leftchick]

9. so what else is new from the moronic idiot**....

[Emboldened Chimp]

6. Lebanon Returns Pro-Syria Prime Minister After Protest

By REUTERS

Published: March 9, 2005

Filed at 1:16 p.m. ET

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament nominated pro-Syrian Omar Karami as prime minister Wednesday, a decision sure to anger the anti-Syrian opposition that pressured him to resign in the first place.

Syrian troops continued to redeploy to eastern Lebanon in the first stage of a two-phase pullout, security sources said. Some soldiers crossed into Syria with equipment.

Sixty-nine deputies out of 128 named Karami in consultations with pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, political sources said.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-lebanon.html?hp&ex=1110430800&en=e8938d3675d302de&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Hey man. That's what DEMOCRACY is all about.....

Somebody better 'splain that to Bushie boy...

[Cocoa]

8. will Newsweek call this "People Power?"

[Sleepless In NY]

10. Lebanon May Reinstate Pro-Syria PM

Lebanon May Reinstate Pro-Syria PM

34 minutes ago Middle East - AP


By HUSSEIN DAKROUB, Associated Press Writer

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, who was forced to resign last week by opposition protests, was virtually assured of being asked to form the next government after a majority of lawmakers backed him Wednesday.


An unofficial count gave Omar Karami more than half the votes in the 128-member legislature. A formal announcement by President Emile Lahoud, who consulted with legislators, may be made as early as Wednesday night or Thursday.


By early evening, 70 of the 78 legislators — most of them government loyalists — who met with Lahoud advised him to restore Karami, according the legislators as they left the presidential palace.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050309/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_syria

[Kagemusha]

11. Slavery on the march.

That's what I'm calling it.

[Vladimir]

12. As someone pointed out before

there was little choice over this. Constitutionally the PM had to be a Sunni, and no other Sunnis wanted it much. But yesterday's mass demonstrations by Hizb Allah certainly helped make this an easier choice than it might otherwise been.