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ِMay 08/2010

Bible Of the Day
Paul's Letter to the Colossians 03/17-21
3:17 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him. 3:18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them. 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. 3:21 Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Free Opinions, Releases, letters, Interviews & Special Reports
War, this summer?/By: Galal Nassar/Al-Ahram Weekly/May 07/10
A Decade after Israel Left Lebanon: So What?/Student Operated Press/ May 07/10
Aluf Benn/Egypt is just as worried by the rise of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas/Ha'aretz/May 07/10
EXCLUSIVE: Former U.S. General Warns of Chemical Attacks Against Israel/PR Newswire (press release)/May 07/10
Staying vigilant/By: Omayma Abdel-Latif /Al-Ahram WeeklyMay 07/10

Latest News Reports From Miscellaneous Sources for May 07/10
Ketermaya Locals Block Road to Protest Arrest of Suspects in Msallem Slaying/Naharnet
Geagea: Developmental Battle Begins as Soon as Electoral One Ends Sunday Night/Naharnet
Sfeir over Aoun's Boycott of Beirut Polls: People Make Choices that Comfort them/Naharnet
4 Wounded by Gunfire in Beirut, Casualties in Tripoli Shooting/Naharnet
River Jordan near death/UPI.com
Iran eyes third power plant in Syria/UPI.com
Dennis Ross links Middle East peace to Iran/Foreign Policy
looming specter of conflict/Jerusalem Post
US to Pursue Ties with Syria Despite Missile Allegations/Voice of America
Security and Defense: Escalation? Taking to the streets/Jerusalem Post
MESS Report / Can Israel fend off a Hezbollah armed with Syrian rockets?/Ha'aretz
Israel fears energy targets will be hit/UPI.com
Police detain 2 suspects in Lebanon mob killing/Ynetnews
War 'Zero Hour' … Israel's Discovery of Nasrallah Hideout, Western Sources /Naharnet
4 Wounded by Gunfire in Beirut, Casualties in Tripoli Shooting/Naharnet
Nasrallah Urges Shiites, Sunnis to Look Upon Lebanese State as Authority/Naharnet
Israel Wants to Hit Syrian Regime more Than A Confrontation with Hizbullah/Naharnet
Report: Part of Canadian Fraud Money Transferred to Lebanon/Naharnet
Security Officials: M-600 Rockets Worry Israel More than Scuds/Naharnet
Aoun Describes Beirut Electoral Law as 'Pre-Ottoman /Naharnet
Lebanon Files Complaint against Israel over Shabaa Infiltration /Naharnet
Security Forces Aware of U.S. Delegation Border Visit Contrary to Ministers/Naharnet
Gemayel Says he'd Visit Syria if Such a Trip Would Bring Benefits to Lebanon /Naharnet
Hariri Holds Talks with Sudanese President Advisor/Naharnet
Shehadeh's Resignation Ignites Confrontation between Mustaqbal, FPM /Naharnet

Geagea: Developmental Battle Begins as Soon as Electoral One Ends Sunday Night
Naharnet/Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea voiced on Friday his party and allies' readiness for the municipal elections Sunday, saying that once the polls end, the real battle begins in the developmental and service areas. He hoped that "the elections would have maintained their developmental quality, but some sides decided to take the political approach, which made us act on that basis." He made his statements before an audience of 35 candidates in Beirut's mayor elections. Geagea added a hope that the municipal and mayor elections would take place with the suitable moral and democratic spirit. He called on the Beirut residents to participate heavily in the elections and vote for Prime Minister Saad Hariri's "Beirut Unity" list. He also held talks on Friday with U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison. On Thursday, Geagea noted that Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun's status within the Christian community "has become clear according to the results of Mount Lebanon elections." "Anyhow, we are heading toward a mayoral electoral battle on Sunday according to their choice," Geagea said, stressing "the absence of significant Sunni opposition groups in Beirut." Answering a question, Geagea described Aoun's decision to limit his participation to the mayoral race as a "miscalculation.""This participation will show the real political weight he tried to hide by boycotting the municipal polls," he added. As to Bekaa polls, particularly Zahle, Geagea prefers "to leave Zahle's battle to its people." However, he lamented "that Zahle is witnessing interventions, not only from outside, but also from behind the border, to an extent of using all means to neutralize voters supportive of the electoral list that is backed by March 14 forces, but in the end, Zahle's public opinion will say its word." Beirut, 07 May 10, 17:05

War, this summer?
Galal Nassar/Al-Ahram Weekly
The strong language the US secretary of state recently used reflects heightened tensions in the Middle East. During a dinner gala hosted by the American Jewish Committee last Thursday, Hillary Clinton warned Syria of the consequences of delivering military hardware to Hizbullah and Hamas. Clinton said that the decisions of the Syrian president "could mean war or peace for the region". Syria, she claimed, was passing on sophisticated weapons, including missiles, to pro-Iranian groups in South Lebanon and Gaza, and thus risking war.
According to Clinton, Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons is destabilising the Middle East. Meanwhile, Hizbullah's acquisition of new weapons, especially long-range missiles, would threaten Israel's security and destabilise the region. The smuggling of weapons to Lebanon was a violation of UN decisions, she said, referring to UN Resolution 1701 issued in August 2006.
Clinton's remarks came only days after Israeli President Shimon Peres accused Syria of delivering Scud missiles to Hizbullah. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, speaking in Washington last Thursday, said that Lebanon would be accountable for any future flare-up in the region. Addressing the American Jewish Committee, Barak said: "We make it clear once again that we see the government of Lebanon, and behind it the government of Syria, [as] responsible for what happens now in Lebanon. And the government of Lebanon will be the one to be held accountable if it deteriorates."
The most vocal warning, however, came from Jordan where officials warned that the impasse in the peace process could lead to war by summer. Barak tried to play down the peril during his visit to Washington, stating that there is "no need" for war.
Still the accusations to Syria and Hizbullah are unlikely to go away, and they are taking a toll on Syrian-US relations. The US Congress has suspended the sending of an ambassador to Damascus after the US Department of Defense issued a report saying that Hizbullah has been armed to the level of 2006, or even more.
Remarkably, Israel is denying Syria's claims that it is preparing for war. The denial is quite interesting, for in the past Israel used to encourage such claims, for they helped throw fear in the hearts of its enemies. The assumption back then was that Israel was able to choose the time of battle. This is no longer true. Israel seems to be apprehensive of war. It seems to recognise that things are different now. Iran, Syria and Hizbullah, taken together, seem to provide a counterbalance for Israel's military might. Either that, or Israel is trying to divert attention from its own war preparations.
What is going on? In particular, what is the significance of Jordan's warning of potential war? Is there another path other than war to be explored? Or have the roads leading to peace been blocked? Currently, it seems that hurdles are blocking the way in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.
A SERIOUS CONUNDRUM: The general situation in the region is one of tension and ambiguity, and this goes for all major players. What is worse is that there are no initiatives or efforts made to defuse tensions or explore new solutions. It is hard, given current circumstances, to challenge the Jordanian claim that the current impasse is an open invitation for war.
Syrian-Israeli negotiations are at a standstill and unlikely to resume in the near future. Right now, the Syrians and the Israelis disagree on the nature of mediation. The previous mediator, Turkey, is no longer on good terms with the Israelis. The French offered to step in, but the Syrians turned them down. And the US, which has failed to bring the Palestinians and Israelis together, doesn't seem to qualify for mediation between Syria and Israel.
Few expect the deadlock in negotiations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel to end while the current Israeli government is in office. Reports concerning the early resumption of negotiations are hardly credible. In fact, Israel is engaging in brinkmanship and escalating its measures against the Palestinians. If anything, Israel's attempts to Judaise Jerusalem may unleash a third Intifada.
Meanwhile, the PA seems to have run out of options. Any further concessions to the Israelis may undermine its remaining credibility. The deadlock is not expected to end anytime soon. One no longer hears of any mediation by the Europeans or initiatives by the Quartet, and the much-touted Moscow conference couldn't get off the ground.
As for the conflict between Hizbullah and Israel, things are coming to a head. Hizbullah continues to ally itself with Iranian policy, thus making itself a player of some importance in the region. And as it continues to challenge Israel, Hizbullah's regional status is likely to grow.
Hizbullah says that it is keeping Israel at bay, for it wouldn't allow the latter to attack Lebanon with impunity. Still, observers note that Israel is constantly provoking Hizbullah and Lebanon. Israeli warplanes keep flying over Lebanon and Israeli troops make repeated incursions into Lebanese territories.
In Gaza, the situation seems to be getting worse. After the recent war, a period of relative calm ensued, with the Israelis staying out and the Palestinians refraining from firing rockets inside Israel. Now the Israelis are back to making incursions into Gaza and the Palestinians are firing rockets once more. Tensions are growing steadily, and there doesn't seem to be a likely solution in the horizon.
THE MISSILES CRISIS: Tensions are growing throughout the region. It is no longer a situation in which one country or one crisis is involved. Trouble in one area seems to be feeding trouble in another as the whole region descends into a feeding frenzy of instability.
For instance, the crisis of the Scud missiles came to exacerbate an already volatile situation. As Israel accused Syria of sending Scud missiles to Hizbullah, a much-awaited improvement in Syrian-US relations came to a sudden halt. One has to keep in mind that it was the Pentagon -- not Israel -- that first warned of the growing military power of Hizbullah.
The Pentagon said that Hizbullah had built up its military preparedness to the same level it had before the 2006 war. For all the talk about tensions between the Israelis and the White House, the Pentagon seems to be saying all the right things for Tel Aviv.
What the US and Israel are saying now is not just that Syria is giving Scuds to Hizbullah; they are saying there is a limit to what weapons Hizbullah is allowed to have. No wonder Hizbullah's secretary- general is getting even more vitriolic than usual about Israel.
Syria has its own interpretation of what's going on. Its officials believe that the accusations are but pretext for an attack. Indeed, there is a similarity between the accusations now being levelled against Syria, in terms of its supplying Hizbullah with weapons, and the accusations made about Iraq's alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, which was used as pretext to attack Iraq. Do we hear the same media drums? Do we see the same diplomatic wheels in motion?
The Jordanians warn that the current impasse in all tracks of the peace process may lead to war by summer. What is especially scary about this prediction is that it comes complete with timing: this summer.
And there is no denying that preparations for war are underway. Israel is conducting drills all the time, and Iran is not to be outdone. Hardly a month passes by without Iran declaring new manoeuvres on land and at sea. The Iranians are not acting on impulse. They have already received implicit threats from the US president and in January the US Department of Defense issued a memorandum detailing ways of dealing with the Iranian nuclear programme.
A few months ago, both the Russian president and his army chief made remarks to the effect that the US and Israel were planning for war on Iran. And they voiced fear that the conflict may turn into a nuclear war in which millions may perish.
Is war a definite possibility? Or is it all a show of multilateral brinkmanship? Is it perhaps that everyone is testing the nerves of their opponents, but no one really plans to go to war? And how long can this go on before someone loses patience and fires the first shot?
A SLIPPERY PATH: The region is sitting on a powder keg. We may not have war yet, but there is a flurry of intelligence operations going on in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, with buildings being blown up and men shot in the streets.
Meanwhile, the entire region is obsessed with war, not peace. Politicians speak of war every day, and the Iranians and Israelis are training as hard as they can for a possible military showdown. The propaganda keeps raining down on us non-stop, the recent bout involving the charge that the Syrians are smuggling missiles to Hizbullah.
A war wouldn't be devoid of motive. The Israelis fear that they may lose the military superiority they equate with their own survival. The Israelis are ready to go to war to prevent another axis from rising in the region. They fear that the Iran-Syria-Hizbullah axis may match Israel's power and thus end its long-held sway over the region. For years the US made sure that Israel was the region's top military power, and now this guarantee may be coming to an end.
A review of all Israeli wars in the region shows that Israel only fights pre-emptive wars. Such wars are meant to prevent any Arab country from growing in military power to the point to which it may challenge Israel's military superiority.
This situation is becoming more untenable with every passing day. Israel wants superiority, wants to prevent any country in the region from obtaining nuclear parity, and is ready to go to war to remain the region's top power.
ANOTHER WAR: Today, Israel is afraid that it may not be able to win a war as convincingly as it used to do. Things are changing, as the recent meeting in Damascus between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bashar Al-Assad, and Hassan Nasrallah suggests. So Israel now wants to fight alongside Western armed forces, just as it did back in 1956. No longer is Israel willing to go it alone, as it did in 1967 and 1973.
In fact, Israel is quite nervous about its receding power. It may want to go to war alongside the US, but that's not as good of an option as it seems. If the US participates in a war, everything has to be done the way the US chooses, and with primary concern given to US interests.
We need to take the statements Secretary Clinton made at the American Jewish Committee very seriously. She made it clear that the US agrees with Israel's assessment of the situation. What this means is that the Americans may consent to a regional war that may alter the regional balance of power. Pro- Israeli diplomacy doesn't seem to be doing much to change that balance. Therefore, military action cannot be ruled out.
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Netanyahu to Visit Canada
by Maayana Miskin/Arutz Sheva
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is planning to visit Canada in late May at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He will be the first Israeli prime minister to visit Canada since then-Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin visited in 1994. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and Minister of Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein. Harper and Netanyahu met in the United States in 2009. Harper has frequently spoken out in support of Israel. Since his election, Israel and Canada have strengthened their political, military and economic ties. "It is a pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu to Canada,” Harper said in a statement this week. “Our countries have a close and enduring friendship which we are working to further strengthen.” In March, the Canadian government publicly condemned the construction of housing in a Jewish neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. Harper urged Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume negotiations.

Staying vigilant
Omayma Abdel-Latif /Al-Ahram Weekly
Hizbullah moves to calm fears of an imminent war with Israel, but remains on high alert, reports Omayma Abdel-Latif from Beirut The Islamic resistance movement, Hizbullah, launched a media offensive to dismiss speculation over an imminent Israeli war on Lebanon. Repeated remarks by US officials about Hizbullah's missile arsenal raised fears that war might be close.
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, while in the company of Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, on Tuesday 27 April parroted Israeli allegations that both Syria and Iran provide the Lebanese resistance movement with "so many rockets" that "they -- Hizbullah -- have more missiles than most governments in the world." On the same day, another senior official of the Obama administration, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan, while on a visit to Beirut expressed concern over reports of weapons smuggling to Hizbullah through Syria, calling the alleged arms transfers a "threat to the stability and security of Lebanon and the region". Hizbullah officials refused to confirm or deny the allegations, deeming the "Scud stunt" but the last in a series of Israeli intelligence service fabrications about weapons deliveries to Hizbullah. "When US Defense Secretary Gates says that Hizbullah has more weapons than most governments in the world... whether this is right or wrong, I will not comment," Hizbullah Secretary- General Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview with the Kuwaiti channel Al-Rai on Saturday, 1 May. Nasrallah added that the resistance movement has "a legal and humanitarian right" to own any weapons it wants to protect people oppressed and threatened by Israel's occupation policy. This "right to arm" was also reiterated by other party officials: "We have the right to arm ourselves, to empower the resistance on the principle of defence, confronting aggression, occupation and other threats," said Hizbullah's Sheikh Naim Qasim in press statements. "We ask why Israel has the right to be armed and with unjustifiable quantity. How can Israel be allowed to acquire nuclear warheads?" Qasim added.
Yet, despite asserting the right to armed defence, Nasrallah and others appeared keen on calming fears of an imminent war. "I don't believe that all this fuss about the missiles is a prelude to a war," Nasrallah said, adding: "It is not a climate of war." Controversy over the resistance movement's missile arsenal comes with Hizbullah party to Lebanon's national unity government. This has brought for the movement and the country a much- needed period of political stability. According to Qasim, it has also reinforced "internal solidarity" against any possible Israeli aggression. Party officials cite their latest achievement in this regard: neutralising Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. It was thanks to Hizbullah's mediation that Jumblatt was received by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad earlier this month, ending five years of animosity between them. One outcome from this period of seeming national reconciliation is a change in the discourse on Hizbullah's arms -- for long a divisive issue amongst the Lebanese. For example, Jumblatt said the issue of Hizbullah's disarmament should not be discussed in the media, but rather during national dialogue sessions concerning a national defence strategy for Lebanon. Another key Lebanese figure, Michel Aoun of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), even threatened to boycott the national dialogue if the issue of Hizbullah's arms continued to be discussed in the media.
While it is not realistic to speak about a national consensus over the arms of the resistance, such positions suggest that there is a greater realisation amongst key political players on the Lebanese scene of the role the arsenal of the resistance plays as a deterrent in the face of constant Israeli threats. And it is precisely because of this deterrent that Israel, in the words of Qasim, will not launch a war, because it fears a repetition of its 2006 defeat. "Israel knows that the deterrent of the resistance is very effective," Qasim said.
The US escalation against Hizbullah should also be placed against the backdrop of heated debate over a security agreement signed between Lebanon and the US. The Lebanese opposition called for the cancellation of the agreement, which they deem to be in violation of Lebanese sovereignty. On Monday 3 May, Jumblatt threw his weight behind the opposition demand and also called for the cancellation of the agreement. In a related development, a tour by a US security delegation to the Lebanese-Syrian border elicited much criticism. Coming on the heels of US-Israeli accusations against Hizbullah and Syria, the trip was condemned by both government and opposition.
A Lebanese Foreign Ministry statement said it "was not informed" in advance about the visit by the US team to Al-Masnaa border crossing. It said the visit violates an article of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which states that such missions should be conducted through the host country's Foreign Ministry. The trip, according to US embassy sources, was part of an assessment mission from the State Department's anti-terrorism assistance programme, which trains Lebanese security forces.
Hizbullah and the Lebanese opposition demanded an investigation into who gave the US security team permission to inspect the border area. There have been several press reports that suggested that the US was considering submitting a draft resolution to the UN Security Council in June on deploying an international monitoring force on the Lebanese-Syrian border to prevent weapons smuggling. There has not, however, been official confirmation of this.
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Sfeir over Aoun's Boycott of Beirut Polls: People Make Choices that Comfort them
Naharnet/Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Friday hailed the "freedom" of Lebanese to decide whether to run in the municipal council elections or not.
"Lebanon is characterized by an atmosphere of freedom," Sfeir told reporters at Rafik Hariri international airport before boarding a plane to Jordan.
"Everyone should make the choices that comfort them," the prelate said in response to a question on Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's decision to boycott the Beirut municipal polls.Sfeir traveled to Jordan to lay the cornerstone of Saint Maroun church in the town of al-Maghtas where Jesus was baptized. He was welcomed by the papal ambassador, the Lebanese charge d'affaires and other officials upon arrival to Amman. At Beirut airport, the patriarch repeated the statement of the Council of Maronite Bishops, saying he hoped the upcoming election rounds would be as calm as the Mount Lebanon polls last weekend. He also wished success to all candidates. Asked about the abolition of confessionalism, Sfeir said: "We backed abolition of sectarianism from politics as called for by Speaker Nabih Berri. We didn't call for the full elimination of political confessionalism."The patriarch denied he would meet with Jordan's King Abdullah II, but said: "We'll see happens once we arrive there." Beirut, 07 May 10, 09:35

War 'Zero Hour' … Israel's Discovery of Nasrallah Hideout, Western Sources
Naharnet/Western sources have uncovered that the "zero hour" for an Israeli attack against Lebanon will start when the Mossad is able to locate the hiding place of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
The sources were speaking to the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper. Their remarks were published Friday.
"Israel will wage war the minute it discovers the whereabouts of Nasrallah's hideout whatever the time or circumstances," one Western source said.
"At that moment, Israel will launch a set of objectives all at once, and then comes the zero hour in an open confrontation," he added. The sources said Israel believes that the discovery of Nasrallah's whereabouts will make the crucial battle decision "halfway through." Nasrallah has been living in hiding since 2006 for fear of Israeli assassins and rarely appears in public.
The sources said talk about fears of an Israeli war no longer was exaggerated in view of the "quality" of weapons in Hizbullah's hands.
"Consequently, it has become impossible to remain silent about the capabilities of that party (Hizbullah) and the increase of its stockpile of rockets," the source went on to say.
The sources believe that the U.S. Administration has forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sit at the dialogue table and continue indirect peace talks with the Palestinians in an effort to "curtail mounting Arab cries" demanding a fair end to the Palestinian cause. But everyone is aware, according to the same sources, that not more than «morphine» that will not last more than several months because Netanyahu is determined to resume settlement expansion plans in occupied East Jerusalem, meaning that what is happening now is short-lived. They said Israel's position stems from the will of the hardline Israeli government to maintain its "threatened existence" and the Jewish state believes that any compromise on its part would put it at risk and portray the country as weak, and consequently, open others' appetite to attack. For that reason, the Western sources believe that this calm will not last for long.
They said Hizbullah and Hamas, together with Iran and Syria, are capable of taking the initiative against Israel in the event that Tel Aviv remained "silent" about the growing capabilities of the Hizbullah-Hamas-Iran-Syria axis. But Israel is likely to launch a pre-emptive war to "avoid the biggest danger" – Hizbullah, the sources added.
They said Israel has recently begun massing "invisible" troops on its border as part of a willingness to stay ready if it should decide to launch a sudden and quick strike against Lebanese territory. The sources pointed out that Israel is gathering intelligence information to make its first strike against Hizbullah a success through its efforts to destroy weapons caches and depots' stockpiles of its missile force. The sources did not rule out the possibility that Washington has agreed to supply Israel with electromagnetic HMP and EMP missiles capable of destroying power plants, telecommunication facilities and human beings. They said the U.S. has filled the gap of the Israeli army following the July 2006 war on Lebanon. Beirut, 07 May 10, 08:20


Ketermaya Locals Block Road to Protest Arrest of Suspects in Msallem Slaying
Naharnet/Residents of the Mount Lebanon town of Ketermaya on Friday blocked the public road facing the town's mosque, protesting the arrest of several locals over the April 29 mob killing of Mohammed Salim Msallem, the prime suspect in a gruesome murder of two grandparents and their two granddaughters. The residents blocked the road with burning tires and prevented the passage of cars in both directions amid a state of anger that prevailed in the town. Some media reports mentioned that security forces arrested two suspects while other reports mentioned the arrest of 3 suspects, among them Abed Saad Ali. The concerned security forces have not issued an official statement yet to clarify the details of the raid.
Beirut, 07 May 10, 17:22

Aoun Describes Beirut Electoral Law as 'Pre-Ottoman'
Naharnet/Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed Thursday that "withdrawing from the municipal battle in Beirut, with our insistence on engaging in the mayoral battle, has a certain symbolism, which is to defend our right in making our decision with our own will, and not with subordination through an election of predetermined outcome." After meeting with FPM's candidates who withdrew from Beirut polls, Aoun said: "No city in the world comprises 400,000 voters and elects 24 municipal council members … this situation is abnormal, and this abnormality is the outcome of a plan and not a mere coincidence, a plan to dominate all sectors of the people through subjecting them to one-sided decisions." Aoun stressed that he is seeking "balance and free participation in Beirut's decisions," rejecting "a totalitarian regime being imposed … through an Ottoman electoral law, or maybe pre-Ottoman."As to nominating Antoine Bou Younis to Zahle's municipal council, Aoun reiterated that the FPM aims to survey voters through this nomination.