Shadow Governments: Lebanese-Israeli Game of Musical Telecoms………..
“While warning that the Israeli enemy was completely controling all telecommunication networks in Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the greatest strength during the war was Hezbollah's military telecommunications network, noting in this context that the May 5 decision against the network was not innocent, calling on the government to launch an investigation over what happened and find that the mastermind behind this action is in Israel. His eminence said that discovery of spies in the Telecoms network ended plots to fabricate a verdict against Hezbollah within the STL, and questioned Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Interior Minister Ziad Baroud whether the Information Branch have data about spy Charbel Qazzi before being arrested by the Intelligence Directorate…….” al-Manar TV (Hezbollah)
Hezbollah chief, warning that Israeli infiltration in past years had led to a “complete” control of Lebanese telecommunications. Two Israeli spies have been arrested who allegedly spied on Lebanese telecommunications for several years. Hassan Nasrallah also noted that last year’s rump cabinet (Saniora) decision of May about telecommunications control was not entirely innocent, that it aimed at Hezbollah secrets and that it would have helped Israel. That decision was quickly rescinded after Hezbollah fighters swept through Beirut.
This interpretation of the telecom issue has created new tensions with some members of the Mrach-14 bloc, some of who complained that Nasrallah is setting the stage to cast doubts about any conclusions by the “international” court that is looking into the Hariri assassination. This court and its decision has become like “waiting for Godot”. Some aspects of its investigation has been marred by irregularities in the government holding persons of interest, especially a couple of high-level Lebanese officers, and then releasing them by court order.
No doubt the March-14 alliance has weakened noticeably since the last election, as it tended to splinter. One of its main pillars, Waleed Jumblatt, has distanced himself from it, moving closer to March 8 (Hezbollah bloc) and his own weird feudal-socialist roots. Only in Lebanon can a near-feudal warlord be called a socialist.
Interesting: Lebanon now seems to have two shadow governments, one dominated by the March-14 and the other dominated by the Hezbollah bloc. In a sense they are both shadow governments because neither one can make binding decisions.
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