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06BEIRUT1680	MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/CT Coordinator Crumpton and the Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met May 23 with Director of LAF G2 Brigadier General Georges Khoury. BG Khoury provided an overview of the terrorism situation from the LAF G2 perspective. He noted three distinct terrorist threat l [...]	2006-05-30 12:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL MARR MOPS LE

06BEIRUT2881	LEBANON: SIMON KARAM SAYS RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS A [...] (C) During an August 31 lunch with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN at the Ambassador's residence, former Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam suggested there is a prevailing sense of catastrophe among the Shi'a community. Karam believes Hizballah may be somewhat susceptible to ot [...]	2006-09-06 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2975	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND [...] (S/NF) During a 9/13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff in the library of his Mukhtara home, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said the next three months will be critical for Lebanon and that the Hariri tribunal will be the driving concern. Claiming that last week's attempted assassination of ISF [...]	2006-09-14 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3895	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS SEE PRO-SYRIANS, AOUN [...] (C) Fouad Siniora, Marwan Hamadeh, and Saad Hariri report that the March 8-Aoun opposition forces are hardening their positions and that street demonstrations, despite the holiday lull, are not going away. Despite Vladimir Putin's vocal support for Lebanon and apparent warnings to Bashar Asad, [...]	2006-12-26 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN LE
06TELAVIV1963	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Visit of PM Olmert to Washington 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that on Thursday, the US published a draft of a new international treaty that would forbid the production of fissionab [...]	2006-05-19 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4604	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH MOSSAD CHIEF FOCUSES ON LEBANON, SYRIA AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER ECON OVIP AMGT ASEC SY LE IR IS
07BEIRUT1006	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES SECOND GOVERNMENT AVERTED, [...] (C) Samir Geagea received the Ambassador on July 6 in his recently completed home and Lebanese Forces office in Maarab. Other than the French initiative, the political situation is on hold, Geagea observed. The opposition is not currently working toward a second government, but President Laho [...]	2007-07-06 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1047	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Lebanese political representatives have low expectations for the July 14-17 conference in St. Cloud, outside Paris, though many tell us they note a change in tone and rhetoric from some of Lebanon's more militant parties, such as Hizballah. The French also harbor no illusions about the co [...]	2007-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1088	LEBANON: MIXED REACTIONS TO LA CELLE-ST. CLOUD [...] (C) Lebanese participants in the July 14-15 La Celle-St. Cloud talks told Embassy that the talks succeeded in breaking the ice among Lebanon's feuding political parties, who had not sat down together as a group since the spring 2006 national dialogue. Herded together in a two-star, unaircondi [...]	2007-07-23 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1144	MARCH 14 CONCENTRATES ON NASSIB LAHOUD AND BOUTROS [...] (C) While presidential politics are in suspended animation pending the outcome of the Metn elections on August 5, three options look increasingly likely as the 11/24 end of President Emile Lahoud's extended term approaches: 1) Parliament fails to achieve a two-thirds quorum, leaving either [...]	2007-07-30 05:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1165	LEBANON: RELIEF FOLLOWED BY DISMAY OVER MORATINOS' [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on 7/31, PM Siniora expressed relief that, in his view, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who had visited Lebanon earlier in the week, was finally waking up to the mischief and havoc Syria was foisting onto Lebanon. He expressed satisf [...]	2007-08-02 12:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SP
07BEIRUT1168	LEBANON: HARIRI PREOCCUPIED BY ELECTIONS, SYRIA, [...] (C) A somewhat subdued Saad Hariri told the Ambassador the polls looked good for March 14's Beirut by-election candidate Mohamed Itani in the Beirut by-election. His assessment of former president and March 14 ally Amine Gemayel chances in the Metn by-election was restrained. Hariri eagerly [...]	2007-08-02 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1175	OUTGOING FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Outgoing French Ambassador Bernard Emie, meeting with Ambassador Feltman on 8/4, insisted that his 60-minute farewell call on President Emile Lahoud was done for protocol purposes only. Lahoud took the occasion to praise what he claimed was a return to French even-handedness and hinted [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1177	LEBANON: GEAGEA OUTLINES MARCH 14 PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1178	LEBANON: GEAGEA OUTLINES MARCH 14 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea outlined to Ambassador on August 2 the presidential election strategy he claims he and his March 14 allies have agreed on. He urged that USG treat all declared candidates, including Michel Aoun of March 8, equally in public so as to be seen as supportin [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT118	LEBANON: BERRI BACKS AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY; [...] (C) In a 1/22 meeting, Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed estimates heard in other quarters that Hassan Nasrallah and Michel Aoun are out to prove a point in the 1/23 demonstrations and intend to use every means available to portray the general strike as effective and broadly supported. Declarin [...]	2007-01-23 06:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT122	LEBANON: FORMER PRESIDENT GEMAYEL RECEIVES [...] (S/NF) On January 23, former President Amine Gemayel, father of slain Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, informed the Ambassador that the Iranian Embassy in Beirut contacted him last week to invite him to Tehran, with the hint that Iran would support him as president in order to resolve Le [...]	2007-01-23 18:07:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT1253	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES FOR INOPPORTUNE [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Sleiman denied that his recent marks were an accusation against the US of providing insufficient military assistance, reaffirming instead Lebanon's deep appreciation for the USG's essential role in helping the army battle Fatah al-Islam extremi [...]	2007-08-16 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT126	MURR CLAIMS LAF COMMANDER'S COWARDICE WORKED TO [...] (S) In a meeting with the Ambassador on 1/24, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr acknowledged that Saudi-Iranian ties and a generalized fear of sustained violence helped persuade the March 8-Aounist opposition to suspend its road-blocking demonstrations after only one day. [...]	2007-01-24 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PARM LE SY
07BEIRUT1320	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A [...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]	2007-08-28 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT133	SAUDI AMBASSADOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAN-SAUDI TALKS ON [...] (S) While acknowledging that he did not yet have a full read-out of Saudi-Iranian contacts, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told Ambassador Feltman in a 1/25 meeting that he was "very pessimistic" about developments in Lebanon. He noted that he was leaving an hour later to fly t [...]	2007-01-25 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT1334	LEBANON: BERRI: FUTURE OF LEBANON DEPENDS ON [...] (C) Speaker Berri continues to insist on a two-thirds parliamentary quorum to hold a vote on the presidency, though he acknowledged that the constitution permits the vote to take place during the last ten days prior to the expiration of the current president's mandate with only a simple majori [...]	2007-08-30 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1342	LEBANON: GEAGEA CHARTS MARCH 14 ELECTION COURSE, [...] (C) A thoughtful and deliberate Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea outlined March 14's presidential election strategy and the opposition's efforts to scuttle or otherwise disrupt the election. Geagea stressed that the U.S. could best serve itself and Lebanon in the period before the el [...]	2007-08-31 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1343	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLANS FOR COUNTERING BERRI'S [...] (C) During a productive Saturday at the Serail, the Ambassador met on 9/1 with the Prime Minister, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh, and Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The March 14 members were all discussing Speaker Berri's proposal announced to great fanfare the prev [...]	2007-09-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT135	LEBANON: EAC DISCUSSES 1/25 VIOLENCE; AGREES TO [...] (C) At 1800 hours on January 25 DCM chaired a full meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the day's events and consider measures in response to the violence in Beirut and elsewhere on January 23, 24, and 25. The EAC made the following observations: (a) Leban [...]	2007-01-26 07:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KPAL LE
07BEIRUT1361	LEBANON: NAZEM KHOURY PLUGS FOR A SLEIMAN [...] (C) Former MP Nazem Khoury spoke glowingly of the Lebanese Armed Forces's (LAF) achievement at Nahr al-Barid and of LAF commander General Michel Sleiman's heroic role in the victory. Khoury discounted doubts about Sleiman's political allegiance; he was a man one could judge by his actions. [...]	2007-09-05 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1379	LEBANESE ANALYZE SAAD HARIRI'S INTENTIONS [...] (S) In a one-on-one conversation on the margins of a larger session (reftel),former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador that, in two recent meetings, MP Saad Hariri complained that USG backing of Fouad Siniora was coming at Saad's expense. Hariri and his stepmother Nazek were t [...]	2007-09-10 05:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1383	LEBANON: FRENCH POSITION IS WORRYING [...] (S) The analysis in Embassy Paris' excellent reporting (reftel being the most recent) on what appears to be a dismaying shift in France's Lebanon policy corresponds with the Lebanese impression of French views. (As we will report separately, the Egyptians may also be moving in this directio [...]	2007-09-10 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE FR SY IR
07BEIRUT1407	JUMBLATT WORRIED SAAD HARIRI IS DRIFTING TO [...] (C) Asking to see the Ambassador urgently on 9/13, Druse leader and MP Walid Jumblatt expressed concern about Saad Hariri's thinking. The March 14 meeting the previous evening was difficult, Jumblatt said, because Hariri, Boutros Harb, and Mohammed Safadi were too ready to give in to Parliam [...]	2007-09-13 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1422	SAAD HARIRI ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 9/15, MP Saad Hariri portrayed none of the proclivity to compromise on Lebanon's presidency that Walid Jumblatt darkly suspected only a few days earlier (ref a). Calling Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri "a liar," Hariri said that he was prepared to "go all th [...]	2007-09-16 10:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1424	LEBANON: CONSIDERING THE SO-CALLED CONSENSUS [...] (S) As we have reported, March 14 leaders say that Nassib Lahoud is their first choice for president, with Boutros Harb the fall-back; March 8 leaders at least tactically suggest Michel Aoun is their only candidate. At the same time there is considerable talk by both sides about finding a c [...]	2007-09-16 12:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1435	SAMIR GEAGEA ON AOUN'S ARMS, PRESIDENCY [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting on 9/17, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea complained to the Ambassador that the LAF is looking the other way as Michel Aoun, Hizballah, Suleiman Franjieh, and other pro-Syrians establish plans for an armed takeover of Lebanon. He claimed credible information ab [...]	2007-09-18 12:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1451	LEBANON: PATRIARCH URGES CONSENSUS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir told the Ambassador on 9/20 that he continues to believe in the need for a consensus presidential candidate as the only way to avoid a divided Lebanon. He agrees, however, with the need to stick to the principles outlined in the annual Bishops' statement, [...]	2007-09-21 12:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1457	LEBANON: MURR REBUFFS REQUEST THAT LAF ACT [...] (S) In a 9/20 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr agreed that March 8 forces and their allies were better armed, equipped, and trained than the March 14 bloc, should street violence break out. He concurred that Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh and, to [...]	2007-09-23 07:50:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PARM PTER KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1458	LEBANON: HARB, MURR ACCUSE ROBERT GHANEM OF BEING [...] (S) As Lebanese muse about possible compromise presidential candidates, the name of West Biqa' MP Robert Ghanem -- an on-again/off-again affiliate (but not founding) member of March 14 -- comes up with increasing frequency. UN envoy Geir Pedersen was encouraged that Hizballah seemed open to [...]	2007-09-23 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT146	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR ADMITS ERRORS; CLAIMS THE [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, a senior Aounist advisor, admitted to emboff that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) made serious errors of judgment on January 23, the date of a violent general strike in Beirut that resulted in three deaths and numerous casualties. K [...]	2007-01-29 06:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1461	LEBANON: BERRI'S LATEST TWIST: A DISGUISED [...] (C) Following a lengthy discussion between Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's senior advisor and Pol/Econ Chief, Berri, in the latest twist in the opposition's tireless efforts to gain control of the presidency, is proposing a one-month trial period for his initiative to seek a consensus candida [...]	2007-09-24 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1465	DUELING WITH LEBANON'S ARMY COMMANDER ON SECURITY [...] (S) In a 9/24 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman downplayed the risk of street violence. While Christian leaders allied with Hizballah like Suleiman Franjieh and Michel Aoun were actively arming their followers, Samir Geagea's Lebanese Forces r [...]	2007-09-24 13:29:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1469	LEBANON: IS SLEIMAN THE ACE UP BERRI'S SLEEVE? [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has again gone on the offensive, this time postponing parliament's presidential election for one month to allow time for March 14 and March 8 to reach a consensus candidate. In a move in which Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel appears to be the unwitting a [...]	2007-09-25 08:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1483	LEBANON: BERRI INITIATIVE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) As he promised he would, Speaker Berri called MPs to parliament on September 25 to begin the process of electing Lebanon's next president. Because only 74 MPs showed up, 12 short of the two-thirds majority needed to elect a president on the first round, the session was adjourned without a [...]	2007-09-26 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1511	LEBANON: TACTICAL FLIRTATION (BUT NO STRATEGIC [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri appears, inadvertently, to be a miraculous match-maker: after years of political warfare, March 14 leaders and Michel Aoun's bloc are now gingerly exchanging tender glances, tentatively discovering beauties in each other that neither perceived before. Mar [...]	2007-09-28 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1512	LEBANON: GEAGEA: WHAT IS HARIRI COOKING UP? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believes accepting Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun's offers of detente is the best way to coopt Aoun's presidential ambitions. He dismissed concerns that March 14's support could boomerang by increasing prospects for Aoun's candidacy, [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1513	LEBANON: ON EVE OF U.S. TRIP, HARIRI LOOKS AT [...] (C) On 9/28, MP Saad Hariri said he would have four requests for USG officials during his upcoming Washington consultations: first, accelerated support for the Lebanese army and police, including highly visible equipment to put Hizballah off balance; second, immediate embrace of Lebanon's n [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1547	LEBANON: MURR BACKS GHANEM AS PRESIDENT, URGES [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 10/3, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr urged that the USG, in meetings with MP Saad Hariri in Washington, encourage a consensus president. The costs of a March 14-elected president are too high for Lebanon to bear, Murr [...]	2007-10-04 08:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1554	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR ON PRESIDENTIAL NAMES [...] (S) In a brief one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador about upcoming presidential elections, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir ventured into the "name game." Nassib Lahoud is the best candidate, and Boutros Harb is "very good." But, as March 8 will not accept them, they, like Michel Aoun (unac [...]	2007-10-04 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1610	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS SAY WITHOUT A MARCH [...] (C) March 14 Christian leaders Nassib Lahoud, Boutros Harb, and Nayla Mouawad are focused on obtaining a March 14 presidency, without which they say the coalition's ideals and accomplishments will be lost. All three leaders -- all of whom consider themselves presidential candidates -- noted [...]	2007-10-15 15:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1617	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER ADVOCATES "HALF PLUS [...] (C) DPM Elias Murr agreed that a status quo scenario, i.e., a continuation of President Lahoud's and PM Siniora's mandates, was the opposition's current strategy on the presidential election. The best way to avoid this scenario, he argued, was a "half plus plus" candidate -- one who might not [...]	2007-10-17 06:10:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1639	LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOP ON PATRIARCHS' SEPARATE [...] (C) A hopeful yet concerned Boulos Matar -- the Maronite Bishop of Beirut -- reported on Patriarch Sfeir's efforts to prevent a presidential vacuum. Matar said the Patriarch is working with General Michel Aoun to move him from "king to kingmaker," and communicating with Hizballah to deliver th [...]	2007-10-19 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1640	LEBANON: IS AOUN'S ATTITUDE CHANGING? [...] (SBU) Some members of General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement suggested to embassy contacts that Aoun is accepting that he cannot be elected president and is willing to support a consensus candidate elected by a two-thirds quorum. These members also report he opposes oppose a two-governm [...]	2007-10-21 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1650	LEBANON: SCENARIOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) With one month remaining before the end of President Lahoud's mandate on November 23, the opposing parties are no closer to reaching consensus on his successor or on the correct procedure for choosing one. Speaker Berri has again postponed the parliamentary voting session, this time until [...]	2007-10-22 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1656	LEBANON: GEAGEA SUSPECTS A EUROPEAN PUSH FOR [...] (C) Following the French, Spanish, and Italian Foreign Ministers' visit to Lebanon, head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea believes the three FMs, possibly along with the Canadians, Australians, and Germans, are quietly pushing for General Michel Sleiman to be the next president, and he is c [...]	2007-10-23 07:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1659	LEBANON: A QUICK GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) The list of candidates to be Lebanon's president, by tradition a Maronite Christian, is growing longer as the end of current President Emile Lahoud's term on November 23 grows nearer. With its October 23 session now cancelled, parliament is scheduled to convene on November 12 in a second [...]	2007-10-23 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1661	LEBANON: HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON, PURPORTS TO [...] (C) An alarmist Saad Hariri accused the U.S. of not doing enough to prevent Syrian interference in Lebanon, claiming the Europeans and Saudis are willing to follow a more aggressive U.S. lead. Now is the time to exert the utmost pressure to get Emile Lahoud out, Hariri argued, and March 14 ne [...]	2007-10-23 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1665	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLEASED WITH EUROPEAN VISIT, [...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh described the October 20 Lebanese political leaders' meeting with visiting French, Italian and Spanish foreign ministers as positive, especially on UNIFIL, and denied reports the Europeans are pushing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as a [...]	2007-10-24 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1678	LEBANON: AOUN, CLAIMING THE ABILITY TO BOSS [...] (C) If Michel Aoun is thinking of realistic fall-back options to his presidential options as some of his advisors insist, he draws a line at discussing them. Yet his unusually passionless presentation differed from his sharp words, making us wonder -- especially when he threatened (or, some [...]	2007-10-26 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1712	ON LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY, NAJIB MIKATI SAYS SAUDIS [...] (S) In a 10/31 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati (once and perhaps still close to the Syrian regime) mused that Damascus has two preferred options for Lebanon's presidential elections: first, extending the status quo (with Emile Lahoud remaining in Baabda Palace [...]	2007-11-01 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1723	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER, HIS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 10/30, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman said that the LAF would try to "freeze" the situation on the ground, taking action against whichever side of Lebanon's cavernous political divide -- March 8-Aoun or March 14 -- woul [...]	2007-11-05 04:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1737	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE ADVOCATES TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant reported that French officials delivered tough messages to their Syrian counterparts during their November 3-4 meetings in Istanbul, warning that France would hold Syria responsible if Lebanon is unable to elect a president by November 24. Locally, a stronger Ch [...]	2007-11-06 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1747	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE SAYS FRANCE WILL PUSH [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant believes it may be possible to convince the Patriarch to provide a short-list of presidential candidates, although he agrees that letting him decide on the names could result in less than ideal candidates. France is determined to find a solution before the midni [...]	2007-11-07 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1749	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI UNHAPPY WITH THE FRENCH AND [...] (S) Saad Hariri -- billionaire, Parliamentary majority leader, and prime minister-in-waiting -- is annoyed. In a 11/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Hariri claimed to have been betrayed by the French. Whereas he had carefully worked out an option for selecting presidential candidates that wou [...]	2007-11-08 07:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1752	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR OPPOSED TO GIVING NAMES [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir told the Ambassador on 11/08 that he is opposed to the French request that he provide a list of five acceptable presidential candidates for Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri to consider. First, he explained, he would offend all other Maronites if he would pick only fi [...]	2007-11-08 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT176	RIZK CLAIMS FRENCH, HARIRI BACKING FOR PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 07:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	FR KDEM KINL LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1760	LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS OF DANGEROUS GAMES, AND IS [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea does not support France's efforts to convince the Patriarch to provide names of presidential candidates, fearing that, without an adequate safety net, this would lead to a weak president susceptible to Syrian and Hizballah influence. Citing Nassib Lahoud [...]	2007-11-09 14:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1762	LEBANON: PM SINIORA DOWNPLAYS SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) PM Siniora confirmed that, in the event parliament fails to elect a president and his cabinet temporarily takes on presidential powers, he would move immediately to appoint new Shia ministers to replace the six opposition members who submitted their resignations one year ago. He claimed to [...]	2007-11-09 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1764	LEBANON: AOUN CLAIMS TO DROP OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) With the petulance of a sullen teenager who didn't get his way and whose unique genius is underappreciated, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun says he is bowing out of the presidential race, although he has yet (as of 11/9) to make an official announcement. He reportedly told his M [...]	2007-11-10 10:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1769	LEBANON: FM MITRI BELIEVES PATRIARCH COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri reported that the Patriarch is committed to carrying out the French initiative and elucidated on how it would work. Mitri said the Patriarch intends to solicit names from four Maronite leaders (two March 14 and two from March 8-Aoun) and will then come [...]	2007-11-13 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1781	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ANXIOUS, CONFUSED AFTER STRATEGY [...] (C) An anxious Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad on November 13 described a divided March 14 coalition strategy meeting the night before. While Christian leaders urged a half-plus-one presidential election (should no presidential solution be found before the expiration of Emile Lahoud [...]	2007-11-15 08:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNSC LE FR SY
07BEIRUT1786	LEBANON: BERRI STILL OPTIMISTIC ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Berri, suggesting he had not yet seen the Patriarch's list of presidential candidates, nevertheless was optimistic that he and majority leader Saad Hariri would be able to reach a consensus. If, however, they are not able to agree on a candidate, Berri rejected the fall [...]	2007-11-15 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1788	LEBANON: PM SAYS FRENCH INITIATIVE KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his thoughts on how March 14 could out-maneuver the opposition and ultimately choose a strong consensus candidate by supporting the French initiative. Siniora said that Patriarch Sfeir,s list is the key to [...]	2007-11-15 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1819	LEBANON: MICHEL EDDE ON HIS POSSIBLE ELECTION FOR [...] (C ) Former Maronite League president Michel Edde claimed to DCM and poloff over dinner on November 19 that in a meeting earlier in the day, Michel Aoun had given approval for an Edde "transitional" presidency, on a vague understanding that Edde will not serve a full six year term but resign a [...]	2007-11-20 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER FR SY LE
07BEIRUT1820	LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY: GHANEM, EDDE, SALAMEH STILL [...] (S) Despite French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran shuttling among the major political players, the French initiative to solve Lebanon's presidential election crisis is faltering. Only three names from the Patriarch's original list of seven potential [...]	2007-11-20 16:50:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1832	LEBANON: HARIRI HOLDING FIRM, KEEPING "PLAN B" IN [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri remains firm in his opposition to Michel Edde as president. Acknowledging that March 14 risked being blamed for blocking consensus, Hariri refuses to let the minority (with Syrian support) dictate Lebanon's next president to the majority. Having already conced [...]	2007-11-23 04:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1854	LEBANON: HARIRI UNVEILS "PLAN B": SLEIMAN FOR [...] (S) Majority leader Saad Hariri, disgusted with the failed French initiative, resigned to the fact that March 14 is unable to elect one of its own candidates, and convinced the Syrians' real objective was a political void, now concludes that Syria has won. He does not believe PM Siniora's gov [...]	2007-11-24 18:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1856	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS CONTEMPLATING HALF [...] (C) March 14 Christians, following what the view as the failure of the French initiative and worried that the Siniora government will come under mounting attack if a president is not elected soon, are engaging the Maronite church in an attempt to revive support for a half plus one vote. Convin [...]	2007-11-26 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1860	LEBANON: OPTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENCY [...] (S) Summary: March 14's Muslim leaders, convinced that international support (i.e., pressure on Syria) is not sufficient to guarantee the election and survival of a March 14 president, are now bent on pursuing an option that, until a few weeks ago, was an anathema to them: LAF Commander Mi [...]	2007-11-26 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1863	LEBANON: PM SINIORA NOT WILD ABOUT SLEIMAN, BUT [...] (C) PM Siniora blasted the French for mismanaging its failed initiative to find a consensus president and humiliating the Patriarch in the process, during a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador. An otherwise relaxed Siniora bristled at each mention of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel [...]	2007-11-26 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1864	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SUPPORTS ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr reported on November 24 that the army's deployment in downtown Beirut was proceeding smoothly, and he expected the situation to remain calm for the next few days (which it did). He fully supports Saad Hariri's "Plan B" to elect Lebanese Armed Force [...]	2007-11-26 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1865	LEBANON: GEAGEA AGAINST LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN FOR [...] (C) March 14 leaders are back at the drawing board brainstorming how to break the political impasse over the presidency. In an 11/25 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea rejected Saad Hariri's plan to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman (reft [...]	2007-11-26 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY FR PTER LE
07BEIRUT1876	LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL OPEN TO ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) In a November 27 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 member and former president Amine Gemayel did not altogether rule out the possibility of electing a strong March 14 president by a half plus one majority, but gave the impression he is gradually (if sullenly) accepting the candidacy o [...]	2007-11-27 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY PTER LE
07BEIRUT1877	LEBANON: WHY IS MARCH 14 READY TO CRY 'UNCLE' ON [...] (S) After we have been preaching unity to our March 14 and GOL contacts over the past few days, the message is taking hold: there is a March 14 leadership meeting tonight, and we detect a convergence of views among the major March 14 players. Yet, perversely, the unity points in the directi [...]	2007-11-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1884	LEBANON: EVALUATING MICHEL SLEIMAN [...] (S) Reftel notes the reasons why March 14 leaders, after having courageously stood up against compromise with Hizballah and Syria for more than a year and despite three assassinations, are now moving forward with a plan to elect Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman as Lebanon's nex [...]	2007-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1890	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WEIGHING PROS AND CONS OF [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri, for lack of a better solution, is still intent on electing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president just two days from now. He claims to have received assurances from Sleiman on issues of key importance to the U.S. and believes he will [...]	2007-11-28 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1894	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT TO [...] (C) PM Siniora, downplaying threats of violence, is ready to take the first steps toward amending the constitution to allow Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman to be elected president, once all of the March 14 leaders are on board. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, calling [...]	2007-11-29 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1897	LEBANON: GEAGEA PUTTING THE BRAKES ON SLEIMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea, critical of majority leader Saad Hariri's attempts to force the presidency of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman on his March 14 allies, is not "adamantly against" the idea. However, he conditions his support on an LF say in the [...]	2007-11-30 07:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1899	LEBANON: TRYING TO MAKE A SLEIMAN PRESIDENCY WORK [...] (S) Despite the backing of Saad Hariri, Fouad Siniora, Walid Jumblatt, and -- less enthusiastically -- Samir Geagea, Michel Sleiman does not yet have his six-year lease on the Baabda Presidential Palace locked in. Just as Hariri et al. had hoped, March 14's backing of Sleiman caught Hizballa [...]	2007-11-30 12:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT193	LEBANON: MINISTER DECRIES OPPOSITION COUP [...] (S) According to Minister Nayla Mouawad, March 14 leaders feared an opposition coup d'etat, possibly with military connivance, during the week of the January 25 Paris III donor conference. Opposition leaders' statements and actions during the January 23 demonstrations appeared to bear out the [...]	2007-02-05 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1950	LEBANON: MILITARY TARGETTED IN LATEST [...] (C) A car bomb killed Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Operations Director General Francois al-Hajj at approximately 7 a.m. on December 12, the second anniversary of March 14 MP Gebran Tueni,s assassination. The explosion occurred near LAF headquarters and the General's home in Baabda. The motive [...]	2007-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1969	LEBANON: ELECTION POSTPONED FOR THE NINTH TIME [...] (C) Despite an apparent agreement between majority leader Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on how to circumvent the constitutional obstacle to Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's election as president, Berri once again postponed the parliamentary vote on Decemb [...]	2007-12-17 17:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
07BEIRUT197	IS SAAD HARIRI SURRENDERING TO HIZBALLAH'S DEMANDS? [...] (S) In 2/6 meetings with the Ambassador, March 14 and GOL figures expressed deep foreboding about a rumored offer that Saudi Arabia and Saad Hariri were on the verge of accepting from Iran, Syria, and Hizballah to solve Lebanon's political crisis. According to rumors, March 14 -- by accepti [...]	2007-02-06 15:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY SA IR
07BEIRUT1971	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, GEAGEA PRESSES HALF PLUS [...] (C) Visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch delivered three messages to Lebanese Forces head and March 14 leader Samir Geagea on December 15: one, the time has come to elect a new president; two, those in charge should take responsibility for solving the impasse, and if they don't, the U [...]	2007-12-17 18:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1974	LEBANON: JUMBLATT TELL A/S WELCH MARCH 14 MORE [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch assured Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and other senior Druse officials of unwavering U.S. support for March 14 during his December 15-16 visit to Lebanon. Stressing the need for March 14 to remain united, he said the U.S. would support whichever course th [...]	2007-12-18 08:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1978	LEBANON: NEA A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS URGE [...] (C) Former President and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel hosted a December 19 luncheon for visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliott Abrams, attended by a strong showing of March 14 Christian [...]	2007-12-20 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
07BEIRUT1979	LEBANON: WELCH AND ABRAMS MEET LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's [...]	2007-12-20 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1981	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, HARIRI STEADFAST; WANTS [...] (C) During December 15, 18, and 19 meetings with majority leader Saad Hariri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams (at the 18th and 19th meetings) reiterated U.S. support for March 14's resistance to the opposition's attempts to force concessions from the majority bef [...]	2007-12-21 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1985	LEBANON: A/S WELCH WARNS BERRI TO HOLD ELECTION [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) for Global Democracy Strategy Elliot Abrams discussed the continuing impasse on the presidential election. 2. [...]	2007-12-21 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1986	LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND FRENCH CHARGE EXCHANGE [...] (C) During a visit to Beirut following the December 17 Lebanon Ministerial in Paris, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliot Abrams discussed Lebanon's continuing political crisis with French Charge d'Affaires Andre [...]	2007-12-21 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT2007	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TURNS DOWN LATEST FRENCH EFFORT [...] (C) Parliament Majority Leader Saad Hariri's advisor Ghattas Khoury, explained to CDA and Poloff that the latest French proposal on solving the political crisis in Lebanon -- based on a 15-13-2 cabinet -- would be rejected by the majority. Khoury referred to the initiative as a Syrian proposa [...]	2007-12-28 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER FR LE QA SY UNSC
07BEIRUT219	LEBANON: MODERATE SHIA LEADER DISCUSSES STATUS OF [...] (C) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Dureid Yaghi, a moderate, secular Shia who is Deputy Secretary of Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in the Hizballah-stronghold of Baalbek, confirmed other reporting sources that Hizballah has re-established itself as the de facto go [...]	2007-02-09 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CASC LE SY IR
07BEIRUT220	LEBANON: AOUNIST MP EXPLAINS THE GENERAL [...] (S) FPM MP Ibrahim Kanaan shared with us his views on party leader Michel Aoun, attempting to explain (while analyzing for himself) Aoun's motivations in collaborating with pro-Syrian political leaders and movements. Kanaan shared with us that the OrangeTV venture was flagging as a reflection [...]	2007-02-09 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE

07BEIRUT229	LEBANON: LEBANESE FORCES' GEAGEA BELIEVES CIVIL [...] (C) In a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF),Dr. Samir Geagea, stated that civil war is inevitable and there is no choice but to make appropriate preparations. He said U.S. help to the LF is the same as help to the Lebanese state, given that the [...]	2007-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT231	LEBANON: HARIRI BELIEVES ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL [...] (C) In a 2/12 meeting, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri said that despite premature reports of its demise, the Saudi initiative remains alive, even though the Iranian regime may be trying to back out of its previous commitments. In essence, the resolution is comprised of three parts: expe [...]	2007-02-13 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT237	LEBANON: MARCH 14 RESPONDS TO BOMBINGS AND WEAPONS [...] (S) In response to the morning's bus bombings, Communications Minister Hamadeh told us on February 13 that the March 14 group planned to stiffen its line on the tribunal and forge ahead with plans for a robust turnout on the two-year commemoration of Rafiq Hariri's assassination. The bombings [...]	2007-02-13 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT265	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SEES URGENT NEED FOR [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes that Lebanon's political situation is so polarized between pro-government and opposition forces that unless some "bold initiative" is taken to change the current course of events, the outcome will be civi [...]	2007-02-19 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF LE
07BEIRUT291	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR WALID JUMBLATT'S [...] (S) In his upcoming visit to Washington, Walid Jumblatt will focus on obtaining USG support for the establishment of the international tribunal and for confronting Syrian and Lebanese opposition pressure on the government. He will be interested in discussing with Washington leaders possible o [...]	2007-02-23 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT371	LEBANON: MP CLAIMS AOUN READY FOR RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Michel Aoun is embarked on a program to distance himself from the Hizballah-led opposition, according Aoun Bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan. Aoun's public statements at variance with Hizballah positions, his courting of the international community, his support for the international tribunal, his de [...]	2007-03-09 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT382	IN ROUND THREE, HARIRI PITCHES BERRI ON 24-MEMBER [...] (S) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri met for the third time late on 3/12 in an attempt to forge a political compromise between the March 8 and March 14 movements. Hariri advisor Ghattas Khoury, who attended the talks, told us that, with no breakthrough on either the Special [...]	2007-03-13 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT384	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA HOLDS SCANT HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a 3/12 meeting, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea supported the current Berri-Hariri talks aimed at solving Lebanon's political crisis as a "useful" endeavor, but was also certain they would ultimately fail. No matter how reasonable or constructive Berri appears, he cannot compromi [...]	2007-03-13 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT395	LEBANON: SENIOR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CAUTIONS [...] (C) Senior MP Robert Ghanem, a moderate Maronite member of the March 14 movement and chairman of parliament's influential Judiciary Committee, told emboff on 3/14 that for the first time in months, he sees tentativeness in the actions of March 8th opposition forces. He said that Hizballah m [...]	2007-03-15 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT416	LEBANON: TOP SHIA CLERIC URGES USG INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) In the course of a friendly 3/20 meeting, Lebanon's top official Shia religious cleric urged the USG to take an active and direct role in Lebanon's political crisis, as the Lebanese parties have reached an impasse they cannot overcome. This role could consist of pressuring the Lebanese pa [...]	2007-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT426	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) In a 3/22 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie expressed concern that, with the departure of French President Jacques Chirac, France will lose its only strong advocate for Chapter VII approval of the Special Tribunal. The "entire French bureaucracy" is against pro [...]	2007-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA FR
07BEIRUT465	LEBANON: FRANJIEH ADMITS OPPOSITION HOLDING [...] (C) On March 23, Suleiman Franjieh treated the Ambassador to a full menu of the opposition leader's controversial positions on Lebanon's political crisis. Franjieh expressed general support for the international tribunal, but warned that the opposition would use it as a bargaining chip to obt [...]	2007-03-29 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT473	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS OFFER IS STILL ON THE [...] (C) In a 3/30 meeting, Speaker Berri conveyed to the Ambassador his conviction that time is running out for a solution to Lebanon's crisis. If the current stalemate persists into the autumn, the Speaker predicts the emergence of competing national governments and serious instability. He urg [...]	2007-03-30 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT535	LEBANON: FORMER AOUNIST OPTIMISTIC FOR NOVEMBER [...] (C) Christian leader Michel Aoun,s former son-law, Sami Nader, is optimistic that Lebanon's political impasse can be resolved in November. He is developing an NGO and think tank to help educate Lebanese voters and the press to support presidential elections on time. He believes the oppositi [...]	2007-04-17 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT552	LEBANON: UN LEGAL ADVISOR URGES EARLY TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Near the conclusion of his Beirut visit, the UN Legal Advisor reported to us on 4/20 that Hizballah has still not revealed its reservations to the special tribunal for Lebanon but denies having issues with Article 3 (assigning responsibility to superiors) and has repeated its pledge to sup [...]	2007-04-20 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT587	PEDERSEN BRIEFS ON UNSYG BAN'S TRIP TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) In a 4/25 meeting with the Ambassador, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that, in terms of the Lebanon agenda, the Syrians -- as could have been predicted, he acknowledged -- offered "nothing" in UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's meetings in Damascus the previous day. While adopti [...]	2007-04-25 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT602	LEBANON:SAMIR GEAGEA ON THE TRIBUNAL, BOLSTERING [...] (C) In a 4/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said the Special Tribunal is in the UN's hands and no longer achievable through Lebanese internal dynamics. He thought it important to launch the tribunal process and obtain UNSC approval before French Presi [...]	2007-04-27 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT673	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S 5/15-17/07 VISIT TO [...] (S) David: You last visited Lebanon in August 2006. Then, as now, Lebanon was in deep crisis. Yet the impact of today's crisis -- when Syria's allies seek to paralyze and make irrelevant the cabinet of Fouad Siniora and then install a pro-Syrian president in autumn -- stands in sharp contras [...]	2007-05-15 08:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT698	LEBANON: GEAGEA FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS WITH A/S [...] (C) In a 16 May meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed confidence that the 14 March coalition could unite behind one presidential candidate. He insisted that March 14 would elect a president with a simple majority, but urged the [...]	2007-05-17 16:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT784	POST-TRIBUNAL POLITICAL INITIATIVES: WHICH IS THE [...] (S) With the passage of UNSCR 1757 on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the international community handed a significant victory to the March 14 and GOL leaders. While figures such as Saad Hariri have strained to project a spirit of magnanimity toward Hizballah and its allies in the afterma [...]	2007-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT812	LEBANON: PROMINENT BEIRUT CHRISTIAN TALKS [...] (C) Massaoud Ashqar, widely regarded as one of the best known Christian figures in Beirut, discussed with poloff political trends and concerns of the Lebanese Christian population. He described Michel Aoun as the most popular Christian leader in Lebanon despite Aoun's unpalatable alliance wit [...]	2007-06-06 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT820	LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON NARH AL-BARID, CABINET [...] (C) In a June 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora said the destination of the weapons intercepted by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on June 6 had not yet been determined, but the GOL would not return them to Hizballah under any circumstances. He said the LAF will keep them [...]	2007-06-07 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT824	LEBANON: MARADA ALLY BLAMES HARIRI FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Richard Haykel, AmCham Vice President, general manager of a Tripoli hospital, and close friend of Marada Forces leader Suleiman Franjieh, on May 31 theorized about the recent security incidents in the north. He blamed Hariri and the Future Movement for the existence of Fatah al-Islam and [...]	2007-06-08 10:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT830	LEBANESE DEFMIN CONFIDENT ON NAHR AL-BARID FIGHT [...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told Ambassador and DCM on 6/8 that GOL forces are committed to completing the operation at Nahar al-Barid against Fatah al-Islam insurgents; he estimated the LAF needs three to five more days. In recent fierce fighting, the LAF had ki [...]	2007-06-10 08:33:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER MASS LE SY
07BEIRUT837	LEBANON: GEAGEA URGES DEAL ON PRESIDENCY, PRESSURE [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Dr. Samir Geagea said the key to resolving Lebanon's political crisis is the presidency, suggesting that a deal over President Lahoud's replacement is possible if the Saudis exert their influence with Parliament Speaker Nabih [...]	2007-06-11 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT859	LEBANON: FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF LBCI TELEVISION [...] (C) Twice in recent weeks, most recently during a meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief on political matters (reftel),Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has sounded alarm bells about control of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International television network (LBCI) passing i [...]	2007-06-14 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PGOV LE SA
07BEIRUT860	LEBANON: GOL MOVING QUICKLY ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government is moving quickly on steps it must take to start the UN Tribunal. Minister of Justice Charles Rizk told the Ambassador June 14 that the GOL will submit to the UN Legal Adviser a list of twelve [...]	2007-06-14 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC AA
07BEIRUT97	LEBANON: JA'JA' BRINGS IDEAS DOWN FROM THE [...] (C) Samir Geagea, newly installed in the hills north of Beirut (vice the distant Cedars region),advocated to the Ambassador early parliamentary elections, prior to the presidential election, as a "master stroke" for March 14. He acknowledged, however, that March 14 forces are divided over w [...]	2007-01-18 16:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT977	LEBANON: ARE MODERATE SHIA THE ANSWER TO MARCH [...] (C) Recent discussions with two political figures from opposite sides of the confessional spectrum revealed a common thread in terms of broadening March 14's political alliances -- the need to secure the support of moderate Shia. While one advocated an alliance with Amal as a means for March [...]	2007-07-02 06:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BEIRUT993	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SUGGESTS NEW TWIST ON [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr believes Syria ultimately will scuttle the most recent compromise idea (promoted by his father Michel) for solving Lebanon's political impasse -- appointing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman for a two-year term to replace President Emil [...]	2007-07-05 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07DAMASCUS275	Solana's Visit, Syria/Iran, Syria/Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by European Union Higher Representative for Common Foreign Policy and Security, Javier Solana on March 14. Ziyad Haydar, a journalist in independent Al-Watan said Solana and President Asad held a closed 50-minute meeting during which the [...]	2007-03-18 15:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS341	Syria/Macedonia, Pelosi's Visit, Prisoner-swap, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 10 reported FM Mouallem's meeting on Apr. 9 with Macedonian FM Antonio Milososki. Talks focused on the latest developments in the Middle East and the Balkans and prospects of bilateral cooperation. During the meeting, FM Milososki expressed his country's desir [...]	2007-04-11 04:36:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS354	Syria/Azerbaijan, Ki-Moon, Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Papers on Apr. 12 reported FM Mouallem's meeting on Apr. 11 with Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mohammad Yarov, focused on bilateral relations. During the meeting, FM Mouallem reviewed the latest developments in the region, including the situations in Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territor [...]	2007-04-12 12:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS639	Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 25 reported the car bomb that killed six UNIFIL peacekeepers from a Spanish contingent patrolling a road in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on June 24, the first such attack on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon since it was reinforced last summer after the [...]	2007-06-27 04:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DOHA705	DELEGATION TO LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. MinState for Foreign Affairs Al Mahmoud told Ambassador July 2 that a special Arab League delegation that involved him had attempted to mediate between Lebanese factions during a June visit to Beirut to deal with the Lebanese political crisis. The group made no progress, for the i [...]	2007-07-05 07:16:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE QA
07PARIS1307	JOHNNY ABDO: DISTRUSTFUL OF SAUDI DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, Former Lebanese Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he distrusts the recent flurry of Saudi diplomatic activity on Lebanon, and faulted the Saudis for not taking Saad Hariri seriously. A March 14 supporter, Abdo nevertheless criticized the March 14 leadersh [...]	2007-04-02 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1718	ISSAM FARES: NO PLANS TO RETURN TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares told us April 27 that he has no plans to return to Lebanon, saying that he preferred to remain focused on his business interests. He categorically denied rumors that Lebanese President Lahoud would appoint him as a caretaker Prime [...]	2007-04-30 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1883	HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AOUN'S HENCHMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: WE MET MAY 10 WITH MICHEL AOUN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS, SIMON ABI RAMIA, AND CHALLENGED HIS TEDIOUS ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. SHOULD REGARD AOUN AS AN ALLY. WE ARGUED, INTER ALIA, THAT AOUN IS BEING USED BY HIZBALLAH, THAT ABI RAMIA'S "AOUN IS YOUR ALLY" MESSAGE HAS LOST ALL CRED [...]	2007-05-11 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS2286	JOHNNY ABDO TELLS THE LAF NOT TO PLAY INTO SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, former Lebanese Military Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he recently advised LAF Commander Michel Suleiman not to play into Syria's hands in resolving the crisis in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp. Abdo said Syria's strategy was to goad the LAF into a pitched battle [...]	2007-05-31 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR LE PGOV
08BEIRUT1011	LEBANON: A CABINET IS FORMED [...] (C) After seven weeks of negotiations between and within the opposition and the majority blocs, President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora, and Speaker Nabih Berri came together at the presidential palace for the announcement of the formation of a 30-member cabinet at 1610 [...]	2008-07-11 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1018	LEBANON: WITH CABINET, BOTH SIDES TRYING TO HELP [...] (C) The transition to the new government announced on July 11 has begun, with some ministers already officially assuming their duties. The cabinet is expected to convene by mid-week to form a committee responsible for drafting the ministerial statement which is due by August 11. Negotiations [...]	2008-07-14 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
08BEIRUT1075	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WARY OF SYRIAN INTENTIONS, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt remains skeptical of Syrian intentions toward Lebanon and continues to press for expedited action on the Special Tribunal as the only way to pressure Damascus, especially in light of recent French overtures toward Syria. Agreeing that released Lebanese prisoner [...]	2008-07-23 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1103	LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Minister of State Nassib Lahoud, a member of the committee currently drafting the cabinet's ministerial statement, said the statement was "95 percent done." Hizballah's weapons remained the primary stumbling block, with the majority holding firm on keeping language that would acknowledge [...]	2008-07-28 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1111	LEBANON: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER WHOLEHEARTEDLY [...] (C) The well-informed new Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar emphasized his commitment to the Special Tribunal, while stressing that he will not be as outspoken as his predecessor, Charles Rizk. He plans to urge other countries for additional financial contributions to the Tribunal. Najjar inten [...]	2008-07-29 16:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1134	LEBANON: NEW TOURISM MINISTER SAYS 2009 CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a courtesy call by CDA Grant, newly appointed Tourism Minister Elie Marouni said the committee drafting the cabinet's ministerial statement would complete its work on August 1 but two parties, his own Kataeb (Phlange) party and the Lebanese Forces, will register "reservations" when the [...]	2008-08-01 18:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT1139	LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: RESISTANCE [...] (C) The ministerial committee charged with drafting the government's policy statement reached an agreement on August 1, and the full cabinet is expected to approve the statement on August 4. The statement is an improvement over the previous 2005 ministerial statement in that it gives increase [...]	2008-08-04 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1145	LEBANON: MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED ON FOREST [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of Environment Tony Karam discussed his priorities for the ministry with Charge in a August 4 courtesy call. First, Karam intends to work with civilian groups to enforce current environmental protection laws. Second, he would like to create an elite firefighting [...]	2008-08-05 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID SENV UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1160	LEBANON: AGRICULTURE MINISTER SKAFF CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) In an August 7 courtesy call by Charge Grant, Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff emphasized the importance of the 2009 parliamentary elections, while downplaying the upcoming National Dialogue, in solving Lebanon's problems. Nevertheless, he recommended enlarging the membership of the Dialogu [...]	2008-08-07 17:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EAGR LE
08BEIRUT1173	LEBANON: TIME IS RIGHT FOR ACTION ON DETAINEES IN [...] (C) Following Israel's July 16 release of Lebanese prisoners including Samir Kantar, the issue of Lebanese detainees (also referred to as "enforced disappearances") in Syria has risen to the forefront in Lebanon. President Sleiman told visiting MNF-I Commander General David Petraeus on August [...]	2008-08-11 08:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR AI UNSC SY LE
08BEIRUT1187	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH WILL PRESS FOR ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri warned that Hizballah would soon pressure the GOL to take action against Israeli overflights. He was reacting to recent tough statements from Israel about the official GOL cabinet statement linking Hizballah's "resistance" to the authority of the Lebanese state [...]	2008-08-13 16:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1188	LEBANON: CABINET WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (U) In the final step to form the new government, the cabinet obtained the Lebanese Parliament's vote of confidence on August 12. Of the 107 MPs in attendance, 100 voted in favor of the cabinet and accompanying cabinet statement (parliament currently has 127 members). The five days of sessi [...]	2008-08-13 17:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1198	LEBANON: CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] (SBU) Leaders from across Lebanon's political spectrum condemned the August 13 civilian bus bombing in the northern city of Tripoli that resulted in the deaths of several Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers, among others. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Several t [...]	2008-08-14 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1225	LEBANON: GEMAYEL DOWNBEAT ON RAPPROCHEMENT WITH [...] (C) Former president Amine Gemayel reacted pessimistically August 19 to outcomes from President Sleiman's August 13-14 visit to Syria. He assessed Syria was willing to make minor concessions to Lebanon only to improve Syria's reputation within Lebanon. Gemayel criticized the international co [...]	2008-08-19 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY
08BEIRUT1228	LEBANON: TALKING, QUIETLY, OF MARONITE PATRIARCH [...] (U) Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, the Lebanese Maronite Patriarch, turned 88 in May and there are quiet discussions about who will succeed him in this religiously and politically significant position. Following our report on the organization of the Maronite church (Ref A),this report [...]	2008-08-20 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL KIRF PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1241	LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP BOUTROS HARB: BRIDGING THE [...] (C) MP Boutros Harb told Charge Grant in an August 20 meeting that the March 14 coalition faces two problems: relations between March 14 Christians and Muslims/Druze, and relations among March 14 Christians. Expressing concern that divisions within March 14 will result in failure in the 2009 [...]	2008-08-22 16:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1273	LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS DAS HALE THAT ISRAEL IS [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stressed the importance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue to facilitate resolution of other regional issues. He said Israel is making a huge mistake by publicly criticizing the Leb [...]	2008-09-02 09:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC PINR MARR IS IR FR SY LE
08BEIRUT1280	LEBANON: FRENCH, EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS HAVE [...] (C) The purpose of French FM Kouchner's August 25-6 visit to Beirut seems to have been to reassure the Lebanese, just prior to Sarkozy's September 3rd visit to Damascus, that France's ongoing rapprochement with Syria will not harm Lebanon. Kouchner told the Lebanese that France will move care [...]	2008-09-02 13:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EG FR LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
08BEIRUT1283	LEBANON: JUMBLATT DESCRIBES TO DAS HALE MARCH 14'S [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and his advisors told NEA DAS David Hale that March 14 was united, before giving multiple examples of disagreements among the bloc's party leaders. He had little confidence that the National Dialogue would begin until after Ramadan and perhaps even Ashura. He [...]	2008-09-03 07:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1284	LEBANON: HARIRI TO DAS HALE: ISRAEL HURTING US BY [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Israel is hurting the forces of moderation in Lebanon through actions such as agreeing to a prisoner swap with Hizballah, "opening doors" for Syrians as it negotiates with them and making threatening statements regarding Leb [...]	2008-09-03 07:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS FR
08BEIRUT1312	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO RUN UNIFIED [...] (C) March 14 leaders, meeting as a group for the first time since August 3, agreed to run unified lists in the spring 2009 elections, a major step forward for a coalition whose leaders have found it difficult to look above partisan interests to the greater goal of maintaining the parliamentary [...]	2008-09-05 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1326	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA GEARING UP FOR 2009 [...] (C) Lokman Slim, an independent Shia organizer and Director of NGO Hayya Bina, told the Ambassador on September 5 that the March 14 coalition needs to take the independent Shia portfolio more seriously. Slim surmised that Shia independents could have a real possibility of winning parliamentar [...]	2008-09-09 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM EAID LE IZ SY
08BEIRUT1329	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (U) At a September 9 iftar he hosted at Baabda Palace, President Michel Sleiman announced that the National Dialogue would begin on September 16. Both the majority and opposition reacted positively in public to the announcement and confirmed their readiness to participate in the dialogue. H [...]	2008-09-10 17:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1346	LEBANON: CABINET APPROVES FIRST WAGE INCREASES SINCE 1996 [...] (U) During its September 9 session, the cabinet decided to raise the minimum wage for the private and public sectors from 200 to 333 dollars per month (the first minimum wage increase since 1996) and the transportation allowance from 4 dollars to 5.30 dollars per day. In addition, it mandated a [...]	2008-09-15 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV
08BEIRUT1360	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND JUMBLATT'S PSP [...] (C) Druze opposition leader and Minister of Youth and Sports Talal Arslan sponsored a September 15 "reconciliation" meeting at his home for representatives from rival Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's bloc and Hizballah aimed at easing tension prior to the re-launching of the National Dialogue. Ju [...]	2008-09-16 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
08BEIRUT1368	LEBANON: FIRST NATIONAL DIALOGUE SESSION MEETS LOW [...] (C) Most participants characterized the first session of the re-launched National Dialogue as calm and positive; one contact said it was "more than a photo op, but less than a dialogue." Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah welcomed the dialogue, but insisted on expanded participation [...]	2008-09-17 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1391	LEBANON: MP MICHAEL MURR REVEALS HIS INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Crafty, lifelong politician MP Michel Murr unveiled his still-secret strategy to defeat former ally and opposition-aligned Michel Aoun in the spring 2009 parliamentary elections. Murr confided to the Ambassador on September 22 that, with the green light from majority leader Saad Hariri an [...]	2008-09-22 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
08BEIRUT1406	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN RECONCILIATION UNLIKELY, [...] (SBU) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea apologized for mistakes made by the Lebanese Forces during the 1975-90 civil war and called for unity and reconciliation during his September 21 speech before tens of thousands of supporters at a ceremony honoring Lebanese Forces members killed during t [...]	2008-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1413	LEBANON: ELECTION LAW DRAFT GOES TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) IFES officials briefed PolOff on last minute changes to the draft electoral law submitted by the Parliament's Administration and Justice Committee to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on September 24. The draft law states that elections should take place in one day but notes that election [...]	2008-09-26 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
08BEIRUT1454	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, MP MICHEL MURR DESCRIBES [...] (C) In an October 7 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, independent MP Michel Murr remarked he was unconcerned about recent Syrian troop buildup at the northern Lebanese-Syrian border, attributing the maneuver to a Syrian desire to intimidate Salafists in northern Lebanon. Murr revealed [...]	2008-10-08 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
08BEIRUT1455	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) On October 4, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed his concern to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the Syrian troops currently deployed at the northern border with Lebanon planned to invade northern Lebanon under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Downplaying the terrorist threat, [...]	2008-10-08 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1456	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE TO JUMBLATT: NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reassured Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that, despite recent meetings between Secretary Rice and Assistant Secretary David Welch with Syrian Foreign Minister Moallem, there was no change in U.S. policy towards either Syria or Lebanon. DAS Hale also [...]	2008-10-08 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1468	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON HARIRI AND HIZBALLAH; [...] (C) The Saudi leadership has neither encouraged nor discouraged majority leader Saad Hariri from meeting Hizballah SYG Nasrallah, the Saudi Ambassador reported on October 8. In fact, he claimed the Saudis refrain from giving directions to Hariri or other Lebanese, providing advice and counsel [...]	2008-10-10 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER LE SA
08BEIRUT1489	LEBANON: HARIRI CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAEL AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging October 15 discussion with the Ambassador, majority leader Saad Hariri said he anticipated meeting Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah "soon," explaining that such a meeting would fulfill his own political agenda by giving other Shia a green light to enter into d [...]	2008-10-15 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR RS LE
08BEIRUT15	LEBANON: GEAGEA TIES SUCCESS OF HALF PLUS ONE TO [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador on January 3 that March 14 is at a crossroads: either its members continue supporting the Siniora government, making small adjustments to the cabinet and consequently remain in a presidential vacuum, or they elect a president with a h [...]	2008-01-04 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SY LE
08BEIRUT1516	LEBANON: AOUNISTS DEFEND DEPUTY PM'S DEMANDS FOR [...] (C) In separate meetings with members of Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),DCM and Pol/Econ Chief expressed concerns that Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra's threats to boycott cabinet meetings chaired by Prime Minister Siniora contradicted the spirit of the Doha agreement. MP [...]	2008-10-23 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IR LE
08BEIRUT1526	LEBANON: GEAGEA STRUGGLING WITH MARCH 14 ALLIES [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador October 24 that he and his March 14 allies were still negotiating their candidate lists for the 2009 parliamentary elections. Geagea said he was having the most difficulty convincing Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt that the Christian [...]	2008-10-24 23:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1533	LEBANON: SINIORA TERMS ABU JAMRA CONTROVERSY [...] (C) PM Siniora expressed frustration over the controversy generated by Deputy PM (DPM) Abu Jamra over the DPM's role, saying that he will give Abu Jamra office space and some assignment to try to mollify him, but is not willing to increase the powers of the DPM position. He believed that Abu [...]	2008-10-28 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT1538	LEBANON: OPPOSITION MARADA LEADER CALLS FOR [...] (C) Christian opposition Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh suggested on October 27 that direct talks between Lebanon (partnered with Syria) and Israel would lead to resolution of the issue of Hizballah arms, and that Lebanese-Syrian collaboration was necessary for border security. Stressing the [...]	2008-10-29 12:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT1541	LEBANON: HARIRI-NASRALLAH MEETING MEETS SAAD'S [...] (C) Nader Hariri, advisor to Saad Hariri, told Poloff and Senior Political LES October 29 that the meeting between March 14's leader, Saad Hariri, and Hizballah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, achieved Hariri's primary objective: to calm Sunni-Shia tensions. The October 26 meeting was, reportedly, [...]	2008-10-29 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1563	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH A/S HOOK: JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in an October 30 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook and Ambassador, stressed justice and stability as priorities for the outcome of the Special Tribunal. Jumblatt repeatedly ceded authority for March 14 [...]	2008-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1582	LEBANON: BOUTROS HARB URGES INDEPENDENT LIST, EVEN [...] (C) March 14 MP Boutros Harb, on the eve of the U.S. presidential elections, expressed hope that the "Lebanese message" would be well-understood by the new U.S. administration. During his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Harb said March 14 had agreed to reach a unified position on cand [...]	2008-11-05 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1615	LEBANON: JUMBLATT AND HAMADEH ON INDEPENDENT BLOC [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh discussed ongoing negotiations for election blocs and contentious cabinet atmospherics during dinner with the Ambassador on November 8. Jumblatt said he planned to offer his own national defense strategy during the next National D [...]	2008-11-10 19:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1637	LEBANON: SEEMINGLY HEALTHY PATRIARCH STILL WORKING [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, in a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, expressed measured optimism that the Maronite League's continuing efforts to reconcile Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and Marada party leader Suleiman Franjieh will be successful. Praising President Michel Sleima [...]	2008-11-14 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY LE
08BEIRUT1638	LEBANON: OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE THE 2009 [...] (C) Although March 14 is working to fine-tune its campaign messaging and tactics, a March 14 victory in the spring 2009 parliamentary elections is, by the moderate coalition's own admission, by no means guaranteed. March 14 contacts tell us their hope is to win an absolute majority (65 out of [...]	2008-11-14 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT1664	LEBANON: FEMALE POLITICIANS AND CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Participants in a recent MEPI U.S. election observer program, representing women from both March 14 and the opposition, said education on political participation is needed to change Lebanese women's perception of politics as a "dirty game." At a November 19 lunch hosted by the Ambassad [...]	2008-11-21 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1671	LEBANON: GEAGEA REJECTS TALKS WITH ISRAEL, PUSHES [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with the Ambassador and NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said the GOL should impose a weapons ban given the recent clashes between Christian groups in north Lebanon. He said March 14 has had a consistent national platfo [...]	2008-11-24 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
08BEIRUT1691	LEBANON: NASSIB LAHOUD ON SHIA SEEKING A NEW [...] (C) In a November 25 call on the Ambassador, Minister of State Nassib Lahoud described a Hizballah goal of "rewriting" the Taif Accord to allow the election of the president by popular vote. Until this long-term change is achieved, Lahoud expects the group will continue to demand veto authori [...]	2008-11-26 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1699	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PLEASED WITH HIS U.S. VISIT [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that his trip to the United States had been a success, and he was pleased to hear that the U.S. continued to support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He worried that Kataeb Party leader [...]	2008-11-28 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
08BEIRUT1715	LEBANON: INFO MINISTER SAYS SLEIMAN DIRECTS [...] (C) Information Minister Tarek Mitri informed the Ambassador that President Sleiman has assumed a more active role in the formation of foreign policy than his predecessors, without challenges from the Cabinet. Sleiman firmly controls the Lebanon-Syria portfolio, Mitri said, but added that the [...]	2008-12-02 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1729	LEBANON: HARIRI ON OPPOSITION ATTACKS ON SUNNIS [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met December 4 with Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri, who said opposition March 8's fanning of anti-Sunni sentiment was not succeeding politically. He claimed that Michel Aoun's trip to Syria would backfire on Aoun, and said it was a "fact" that Aoun was receiv [...]	2008-12-05 18:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY QA
08BEIRUT1745	LEBANON: UNSCOL DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, TIGHT [...] (C) In a December 9 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Assessment Team members and the Ambassador, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, PolChief Diego Zorrilla, and Poloff Rami Shehadeh provided a broad assessment of Lebanese politics after the Doha Accord. [...]	2008-12-10 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1752	LEBANON: PRESIDENT CARTER WELCOMED POLITELY BY POLITICOS, [...] (SBU) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an accompanying delegation presented a proposal to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Interior Minister Ziad Baroud to send a team to observe the 2009 parliamentary elections. Baroud welcomed Carter's proposal, but noted that it required cabinet appro [...]	2008-12-12 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1775	LEBANON: USG CASH TRANSFER: IS GAS EXCISE TAX REFORM [...] (SBU) In a December 18 meeting with NEA DAS Hale and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he may want to retain the imposition of a gasoline excise tax as a condition for the disbursement of USG budget support pledged at Paris III, instead of replacing it with a reform of elect [...]	2008-12-22 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1788	SINIORA SWEET ON CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Flush with March 14's victory in parliament's election of Constitutional Council members on December 18, PM Siniora and aide Rola Noureddine met with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Hale, Ambassador, and NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin on December 19. Siniora br [...]	2008-12-23 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS PREL UNSC MARR LE SY IS
08BEIRUT1799	LEBANON: GEAGEA DESCRIBES SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) head Samir Geagea received visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Ambassador, and NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin on December 19. Geagea detailed progress in March 14's electoral preparations, including a plan to back independent Christian candidat [...]	2008-12-30 10:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1800	LEBANON: AN ENTHUSIASTIC JUMBLATT TALKS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt received visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Ambassador, and NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin on December 18. Jumblatt delved into the details of intra-March 14 discussions on electoral strategy and candidate selection. He agreed that the [...]	2008-12-30 10:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SY LE
08BEIRUT183	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PESSIMISTIC ON ARAB LEAGUE, [...] (C) The Special Tribunal, the Arab League initiative and Amr Moussa's return to Lebanon, preparations for the February 14 commemoration of the assassination of PM Rafiq Hariri, and Hizballah arms were among the topics of conversation at a February 7 lunch hosted for the Ambassador by Druse lead [...]	2008-02-07 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT2	LEBANON: SLEIMAN SEES AOUN AS "DANGEROUS" AND [...] (C) In a 1/2 meeting with the Ambassador, LAF Commander -- and presidential front-runner -- Michel Sleiman came across as both bemused and exasperated by the presidential limbo. While skeptical that elections would occur on 1/12, he denied rumors he would pull out of the race. Dismissing p [...]	2008-01-02 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY QA SA
08BEIRUT205	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ORGANIZING BETTER; ESTABLISHES [...] (C) At long last, the March 14 pro-government coalition has set up a secretariat for internal coordination to develop strategies to boost public (both domestic and international) support and create a unified public relations message. March 14 leaders already have begun an intensive diplomatic [...]	2008-02-11 12:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT215	LEBANON: HARIRI URGES STRONGER U.S. PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Increased pressure on Syria was the dominant theme of the Ambassador's first meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. The opposition, supported by Syria and Iran, was pursuing a long-term strategy to gradually take over the country, he claimed. Bilateral and international assistance was [...]	2008-02-12 17:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE

08BEIRUT255	LEBANON: GEAGEA PLEASED WITH 2/14 RALLY, PLEADS [...] (C) In his first meeting with Charge Sison, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, pleased with the results of the February 14 rally, said he believed the March 14 bloc had proven it is a popular movement able to rally its supporters and speak with a unified voice. He predicted that the Arab Le [...]	2008-02-15 18:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT257	MEETING WITH INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES DIRECTOR [...] (C) General Achraf Rifi, Director General of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF),in his first meeting with Charge Sison reiterated his and the ISF's appreciation for the active U.S. support for his forces and the continued need for additional training, equipment and infrastructure imp [...]	2008-02-15 19:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
08BEIRUT292	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS STILL NO AGREEMENT ON CABINET [...] (C) Speaker Berri, commenting on Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's return to Lebanon in a last-ditch effort to resolve the political impasse before the February 26 parliamentary session to elect a president, said as of noontime on February 25, agreement still had not been reached on cabinet formati [...]	2008-02-25 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT325	LEBANON: DRUSE AND PHALANGE DISMISSIVE OF ARAB [...] (C) Advisors to Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel and Druse leader Walid Jumblatt were critical of Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's ongoing efforts to resolve Lebanon's political impasse, suggesting that Moussa's real focus was a successful Arab League summit. They said some in March 14 favor th [...]	2008-03-04 06:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT331	LEBANON: GEAGEA PROPOSES REVAMPING GOVERNMENT WITH [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea conveyed his thoughts to the Charge on the political impasse shortly before departing on his three-week trip to the U.S. He believes Lebanon should boycott the March 29-30 Arab League summit in Damascus if no president is elected. At a minimum, the sum [...]	2008-03-04 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
08BEIRUT367	LEBANON: WHITHER MARCH 14 AFTER MARCH 14? [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt conveyed the image of a stagnated March 14 bloc to the Charge in a March 8 meeting at his Clemenceau residence. With majority leader Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in the U.S., and regional support unreliable, Jumblatt lamented [...]	2008-03-11 12:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
08BEIRUT392	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CONVENTION REINVIGORATES THE [...] (SBU) On March 14th, the March 14 coalition commemorated the third anniversary of the 2005 Cedar Revolution with a convention that attracted a strong showing of over 2,300 supporters. The event set out to reinvigorate the movement and recapture public support. The speeches focused on March 1 [...]	2008-03-17 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08BEIRUT397	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CONSIDERING OPTIONS FOR [...] (C) While it is unlikely that PM Siniora will attend the Arab League Summit in Damascus, the ruling March 14 majority is considering other options for some form of Lebanese attendance to assure someone is there to defend the GOL in any discussion of Lebanon-Syria relations. There is disagreem [...]	2008-03-18 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PREL SY
08BEIRUT465	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER'S PLEA TO BELLEMARE: [...] (C). Justice Minister Charles Rizk warned of mounting pressures to release the four generals held in connection with the assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri. He stressed the need for UNIIIC Commissioner Bellemare to reaffirm former Commissioner Mehlis' recommendation that the GOL detain [...]	2008-04-03 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT470	LEBANON: GEAGEA PROPOSES COURTING ARMENIAN TASHNAQ [...] (C) Refreshed after his trip to the U.S., Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea walked back from his previous advocacy for electing a president with a half plus one majority, advocated revamping the cabinet and not simply replacing the two vacancies and promoted a new idea: courting the Armenian [...]	2008-04-04 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT471	LEBANON: BERRI SENDS UP TRIAL BALLOON ON [...] (C). Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri continues to seek internal and international support for his proposal to relaunch the National Dialogue, framing it as a continuation of the Arab League initiative and the only way to reach a solution to the ongoing political crisis. He criticized LAF comma [...]	2008-04-04 16:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT479	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Suaid outlined current thinking for March 14's next steps in the wake of the Arab League summit. Unified support for a cabinet reshuffle continued to be hampered by individual political aspirations and Christian concerns. However, March 14 needed to be pr [...]	2008-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT49	LEBANON: MOUSSA MISSION MISSES MARK; PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) In a 1/12 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, while relentlessly chipper, SIPDIS could not point to a single positive development from his shuttle diplomacy among feuding Lebanese politicians. While publicly and privately interpreting the Arab League [...]	2008-01-12 13:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
08BEIRUT490	LEBANON: JUMBLATT CONCERNED ABOUT UNIIIC DELAYS, [...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concerns about information he had received that former UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz failed to act for the past year-and-a-half to act on a key lead discovered by Internal Security Forces Intelligence Officer Wissam Eid, who was assassinated one [...]	2008-04-08 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT491	LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY NOT WEDDED TO [...] (C) Armenian Tashnaq party MP Hagop Pakradunian believes the solution to the ongoing political impasse lies outside of Lebanon. While supporting the candidacy of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman, Pakradunian insisted that his election be accompanied by agreement on cabinet [...]	2008-04-09 11:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS IR AR SY
08BEIRUT50	LEBANON: GEMAYEL ON THE PRESIDENCY AND HIS [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 1/12 farewell call, former president Amine Gemayel dismissed Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa's shuttle diplomacy as incapable of solving Lebanon's presidential impasse: only real pressure on Syria, so that the Syrians see that presidential elections are [...]	2008-01-12 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
08BEIRUT520	LEBANON: ON CIVIL WAR ANNIVERSARY, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) April 13 marked the 33rd anniversary of the outbreak of the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and a number of civil society organizations marked the occasion with public events. Commemorative events have been held in the past, but this year's events are drawing more participants and public a [...]	2008-04-16 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV SY IS LE
08BEIRUT546	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, GEAGEA ADVOCATES EARLY [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed his appreciation to NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch during an April 18 meeting for publicly stating that the U.S. opposes "tawteen" (Palestinian resettlement in Lebanon),but urged him to repeat the position clearly and frequently, saying t [...]	2008-04-22 13:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS KPAL LE
08BEIRUT554	LEBANON: ABSENT A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, GEAGEA [...] (C) On April 22 Speaker Nabih Berri postponed the parliamentary session to elect a president for the 18th time, but this time, did not name a date for the next session. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea remains intent on courting independent Shia and the Armenian Tashnaq to join March 14 pri [...]	2008-04-22 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT57	LEBANON: UNDERSTANDING MICHEL AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) While his support has dropped since its 2005 peak, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun remains the most popular Christian political leader in Lebanon. His polling numbers remain high in spite of actions that could have diminished his support, particularly among Lebanese Christians. [...]	2008-01-15 09:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
08BEIRUT571	LEBANON: ANTI-HIZBALLAH SHIA FIGURE TALKS UP [...] (C) Independent Shia figure Ahmad Assad argued that former Hizballah Secretary General Subhi Tufayli is "ready" to join forces against Hizballah, but that first he needs to have resolution of criminal charges against him for involvement in the killing of an LAF officer and a French citizen. (No [...]	2008-04-24 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT573	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON INTENT ON [...] (S) Back at last from Saudi Arabia, majority leader Saad Hariri appears to have taken up the reins in preparing March 14's coordinated response to Speaker Berri's proposal for a new National Dialogue. Noting that March 14's acceptance will be conditioned on the election of a president on May 1 [...]	2008-04-28 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT625	LEBANON: SHIA NGO HEAD TALKS ABOUT OPERATING IN [...] (C) On May 6, the Charge met with Ali al Amine, an independent Shia who heads Shoun Janoubiyeh, an NGO which publishes an independent magazine covering events of interest to the people of Southern Lebanon. Amin said that small arms proliferation continues to be a major problem in south Lebano [...]	2008-05-07 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID OEXC OVIP PROP SY
08BEIRUT640	LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH PM SINIORA, LF LEADER [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told the Charge at 1440 on May 9 that Beirut is undergoing a "coup d'etat" by Hizballah and would welcome a strong condemnation from the U.S. on Iran, Syria, and Hizballah. He expressed his appreciation for USG and Arab League foreign ministers' support. He a [...]	2008-05-09 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT642	LEBANON: GEAGEA PROPOSES ARAB PEACEKEEPERS; A [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a surprise visit to the Embassy Friday night (May 9),stressed the importance of strengthening Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman, and the Siniora government. He mentioned the idea of an Arab peacekeeping fo [...]	2008-05-09 20:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR CASC SA IR
08BEIRUT646	LEBANON: SINIORA TO GO ON AIR AT 1400 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will go on air at 1400 local time to address the nation. His view on a Saudi-proposed Arab peacekeeping contingent, according to a PM aide, is "favorable only if feasible." The British Ambassador said the EU ambassadors met to discuss emergency preparedness; [...]	2008-05-10 10:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC UNSC EAIR SA
08BEIRUT650	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ANALYZES SINIORA'S SPEECH AND [...] (C) According to March 14 supporters, Prime Minister Siniora's speech was on target and he projected a confident image. Hizballah reaction, predictably, was negative: Siniora had criticized the Lebanese Armed Forces' performance and proposed ideas from Future Movement leader Saad Hariri that [...]	2008-05-10 20:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC IR LE
08BEIRUT655	BEIRUT EAC MEETING MAY 11, 2008 (1600 EST) [...] (C) At 2300 local time (1600 EST) on May 11, 2008, CDA Sison convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to brief on her leadership discussions throughout the day and dispel some of the day's rumors. She met with the Lebanese Armed Forces Commander twice, the Prime Minster, the Defens [...]	2008-05-11 22:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT662	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA LOOKING TOWARDS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) In a late night, Sunday, May 11 meeting, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told Charge that the USG must not waiver in its support for March 14, that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman was weak, and that the LAF had failed to protect the people. Geagea suggested that the A [...]	2008-05-12 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT663	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WHAT IS THE U.S. WAITING FOR? [...] (C) On May 12, Future Movement and majority leader Saad Hariri and advisors Nader Hariri and Ghattas Khoury implored the Charge for stronger U.S. support within the next 24 hours, warning that U.S. help was needed "in hours, not days!" Saad suggested the U.S. fly a plane over Syria or deploy [...]	2008-05-12 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT669	LEBANON: GEAGEA DROPS BY AGAIN [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 12 evening drop-by with Minister of Tourism Joseph Sarkis to the Embassy, said that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was doing "excellently." He said that March 14 leaders Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt should stop pressuring Siniora to convene a [...]	2008-05-12 21:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT677	LEBANON: WALID JUMBLATT WANTS TO COMPROMISE WITH [...] (C) In a May 12 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt recounted the difficulties of fighting in the Chouf areas the previous evening. The main point Jumblatt impressed upon the Charg was that it is time to accept the recent defeat by Hizballah, make a deal, and move on to the next stage. Howeve [...]	2008-05-13 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR UNSC IR LE
08BEIRUT680	LEBANON: GENERAL RIFI SAYS ISF IS DOING ITS JOB [...] (C) Director General of Internal Security Forces (ISF) General Ashraf Rifi reported on the tensions throughout Lebanon, expressing concern for the fighting in his hometown of Tripoli. He confirmed that the ISF is doing a good job fulfilling its duty of community policing and maintaining law a [...]	2008-05-13 18:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT690	LEBANON: CABINET REVOKES CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS [...] (U) On May 14, the Cabinet revoked its two contentious decisions on transferring the head of airport security after discovering Hizballah-installed monitoring cameras and declaring Hizballah's fiber optics network illegal. The decisions, which sparked street violence between Hizballah fighter [...]	2008-05-15 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT697	LEBANON: AOUN WILL GO TO DOHA; INSISTS ON [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun confirmed he will attend the May 16 National Dialogue meeting in Doha, although he expressed his discontent with having all 14 political leaders attend the Dialogue. Aoun argued that a national unity government would restore calm to the co [...]	2008-05-15 19:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT700	LEBANON: GEMAYEL, DUBIOUS BUT READY, FOR DOHA [...] (C) Former President and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel declared on May 15 that Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun was obstructing the Arab League's efforts to put out a statement concluding its delegation's trip to Beirut, presumably because he still harbors presidential aspirations. [...]	2008-05-15 20:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT701	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA GOING TO DOHA, NO TO 10-10-10 [...] (C) In a late night, Thursday, May 15 meeting, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told Charge that he is concerned that deals are being made under the table at this time with regards to the next Lebanese government and that Sa'ad Hariri is wavering on the March 14 agenda. Geagea specific [...]	2008-05-15 22:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT702	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA GOING TO DOHA, NO TO 10-10-10 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 22:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT703	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA GOING TO DOHA, NO TO 10-10-10 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 22:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT723	LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY DEMAND A VOICE IN [...] (C) While the Lebanese leaders meet in Doha to discuss political issues, including electoral reform, Lebanese civil society organizations feel left out and ignored. Many of them, who have been working on these issues since 2005, are disgusted with reports that Doha talks have been focused only [...]	2008-05-19 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
08BEIRUT727	LEBANON: ZAHLE LEADERS ARGUE NEW ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) In a May 19 luncheon with Zahle politicians and prominent figures, the Charge heard arguments for why a new electoral law, and in particular passing the Boutros Commission law, is tantamount, even more important than electing a president, because it could redistribute the votes in a way t [...]	2008-05-19 18:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT732	LEBANON: FORMER PM MIKATI EXPECTS CONTINUED STATUS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and prominent Sunni businessman Najib Mikati reported to Charge May 19 evening that he heard Syrian President Bashar Assad had "ordered" Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to "finalize an agreement" in Doha. Mikati explained that the Qataris are feeling pressure to succee [...]	2008-05-20 19:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT749	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SATISFIED WITH DOHA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is satisfied with the agreement reached in Doha, which included language on Hizballah's arms that was "not bad." He predicted Future Movement leader Saad Hariri would become the next prime minister. "Out," according to Jumblatt, were Defense Minister Elias Mur [...]	2008-05-22 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT759	LEBANON: GEAGEA HOPES SINIORA, AND NOT SAAD [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believes that current PM Fouad Siniora should stay on as the new PM when the government is formed following the election of a new Lebanese president on May 25. Majority leader and PM front-runner candidate Saad Hariri, he argued, would be more valuable [...]	2008-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA IR SY LE
08BEIRUT766	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT ELECTS MICHEL SLEIMAN AS [...] (C) After 19 previous sessions were canceled, the Lebanese Parliament finally succeeded in electing former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, ending the presidential vacuum that had gripped Lebanon for the past six months. In what many viewed as a stronger than [...]	2008-05-26 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT78	LEBANON: AL-AKHBAR JOURNALIST ON ELECTION [...] (C) Political commentator Nicola Nassif, who writes for pro-Hizballah Al-Akhbar, believes Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's shuttle diplomacy in Beirut is a waste of time and that the presidential election impasse suits all parties. No one really wants Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel [...]	2008-01-18 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT787	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR SEES SLEIMAN'S ELECTION [...] (C) After returning from three weeks overseas, during which Lebanon weathered dramatic events of Hizballah-led fighters in the streets of west Beirut and the election of Michel Sleiman as President, Patriarch Sfeir seemed cautiously upbeat about the political outlook in Lebanon. Sfeir believes [...]	2008-05-28 16:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM LE
08BEIRUT789	LEBANON: MARCH 14'S DIVISION OF LABOR FOR WINNING [...] (C) Following March 14's nomination of Fouad Siniora as prime minister in the next cabinet, March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Suaid envisions a division of labor over the next 10 months to ensure its success in the 2009 parliamentary elections. PM Siniora reportedly told March 14 leaders that hi [...]	2008-05-28 16:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT790	LEBANON: GEAGEA WONDERS IF NEW CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, pleased that Fouad Siniora will likely be re-appointed as PM, cast doubt to the Charge on May 28 that a new cabinet would be formed. Unconcerned, Geagea explained that a caretaker cabinet composed of all of the resigned ministers, headed by Siniora, is [...]	2008-05-28 17:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT798	LEBANON: GEMAYEL: U.S. CAN RESTORE GOL LEGITIMACY [...] (C) Head of Kataeb (Phalange) party and former President Amine Gemayel believes the U.S. can restore legitimacy to the Lebanese government by shifting its endorsement from "the Siniora government" to a focus on newly-elected President Michel Sleiman and the vision outlined in his May 25 maiden [...]	2008-05-29 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS SY LE
08BEIRUT799	LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE SINIORA BEGINS CABINET [...] (C) Following President Sleiman's May 28 nomination of PM Siniora to head the next government, Siniora will begin the difficult process of cabinet formation. The slight margin of votes in his favor is sure to encourage the opposition, which accuses him of being the "American" and not a consens [...]	2008-05-29 16:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT807	LEBANON: DILUTE HIZBALLAH'S INFLUENCE WITH [...] (C) "Daily Star" editor-in-chief and influential Lebanese Shia figure Jamil Mroue told the Charge that he advised newly-elected President Michel Sleiman to take immediate advantage of Emirati and Qatari economic and technological assistance to improve the daily lives of Lebanese. Mroue, who h [...]	2008-05-30 12:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC QA AE LE
08BEIRUT822	LEBANON: CARETAKER JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK LOBBYING [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk impressed upon the Charge in a June 2 meeting the importance of him staying on as Justice Minister, for the benefit of the Special Tribunal. Rizk fears the ministry is being politicized, as March 14 politicians are jockeying for representation in the new cabi [...]	2008-06-02 18:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAID ENRG UNSC LE
08BEIRUT838	LEBANON: JUMBLATT AND S/P GORDON: EMPOWERING [...] (C) In a discussion on how the U.S. can support a sovereign, independent, and stable Lebanon, Policy Planning Director David Gordon and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt agreed that empowering moderates and building a regional network of alternative voices were important long-term strategies. In the [...]	2008-06-04 16:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EAID SY IR LE
08BEIRUT840	LEBANON: GEAGEA TELLS S/P GORDON MAINTAINING MARCH [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told Policy Planning Director David Gordon that the momentum is now with the March 14-led majority after the selection of PM Siniora over the opposition's objections. According to Geagea, for the majority to capitalize on this momentum, Siniora needs to [...]	2008-06-04 17:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EAID SY IR LE
08BEIRUT859	LEBANON: MP MURR BLAMES AOUN FOR THE DISPUTES OVER [...] (C) Independent MP Michel Murr blamed the disputes around the cabinet formation on Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun, saying that Aoun is displeased with the ministerial portfolios offered to him and is intentionally demanding ministries he cannot get in order to challenge Michel Slei [...]	2008-06-06 18:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT865	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECURITY MOST IMPORTANT TO [...] (C) Linking success in the 2009 parliamentary elections to March 14's ability to "protect its people," caretaker Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel Mouawad proposed that March 14 implement a security strategy. This would include developing a force within the Internal Secu [...]	2008-06-09 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EG LE
08BEIRUT884	LEBANON: CABINET FORMATION PROGRESSING; AOUN [...] (C) On day 16 of cabinet consultations, political leaders continue their horsetrading over ministerial seats and most contacts from both the March 14 majority and the March 8/Aoun opposition tell us they are hopeful that the cabinet will be formed relatively quickly. PM-designate Fouad Siniora [...]	2008-06-12 18:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT895	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT MARCH 14 WILL [...] (C) Parliamentary Majority leader Saad Hariri stated with confidence on June 13 that President Michel Sleiman would appoint acceptable candidates to the Defense and Interior Ministries, that March 14 would retain the Finance and Justice Ministries, and that the opposition would choose the Fore [...]	2008-06-13 18:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT962	LEBANON: GEAGEA SAYS HIZBALLAH AND SYRIA DO NOT [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea argued that the fighting in the north was ignited by the May clashes, stemming from decades of tension, and is perpetuated by the lack of response from the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces. Countering the notion that Syria and Hizballa [...]	2008-07-02 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MCAP SY LE
08BEIRUT983	LEBANON: ON CABINET, PROGRESS WITH AOUN BUT NOT [...] (C) There was significant progress on cabinet formation July 5-6, when the majority and the opposition reached an agreement on the portfolio distribution. Contacts from both sides told us on Saturday, July 5 there might be cabinet agreement by the end of the day. However, the optimism faded [...]	2008-07-07 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
08BEIRUT994	LEBANON: FAMILY FEUD: MARCH 14 STRUGGLING ON [...] (C) Saad Hariri is back in Lebanon and March 14 is working on resolving its internal disagreements over the division of cabinet seats, but hard feelings are making it difficult. Hariri has been engaged in discussions with other March 14 leaders Samir Geagea, Walid Jumblatt, and PM-designate [...]	2008-07-09 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR FR LE SY
08CAIRO2275	MFA ADVISOR AND PDAS FELTMAN DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Feltman and MFA Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the global financial crisis, and Iraqi debt relief during an October 26 meeting in Cairo. Zaki said that recording progress on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is [...]	2008-10-30 07:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KPAL IZ IS SY IR EG LE
08ROME170	ITALY: CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HARIRI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and dip note February 4 to MFA Levant Office Director Carlo Formosa who had just returned from a trip to Lebanon with MFA Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini. Formosa said Italy remains committed to Lebanon's stability, democracy, and econo [...]	2008-02-07 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY IT
08STATE134463	THANK YOU MESSAGES FROM ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH [...] (U) Please deliver the following messages from Assistant Secretary Welch to the specified Lebanese officials as soon as possible. The Department of State does not plan to release the text of these messages, but has no objection if the addressed officials wish to do so. There will no signed o [...]	2008-12-24 19:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL LE
08STATE36471	LEBANON: JUMBLATT CONCERNED ABOUT UNIIIC DELAYS, [...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concerns about information he had received that former UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz failed to act for the past year-and-a-half to act on a key lead discovered by Internal Security Forces Intelligence Officer Wissam Eid, who was assassinated one [...]	2008-04-08 18:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08STATE51547	MGLBO1: LEBANON MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut reports Interior Minister Aridi announced the reversal of the decisions to fire the airport security chief and to declare Hizballah's fiber optics network illegal after a five-hour meeting. The Lebanon desk comments this was expected, and is a tactical move to show flexi [...]	2008-05-15 02:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT LB
09BEIRUT1000	HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...]	2009-09-08 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1021	HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY [...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...]	2009-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1059	HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...]	2009-09-25 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT1079	SLEIMAN SEEKS TO PROVIDE EXIT TO A CORNERED HARIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sleiman's confidants report that the is taking controversial positions in the press in an attempt to open an escape hatch for Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in the stalled cabinet negotiations. Abi Assi defended the president against recent press attacks and floa [...]	2009-10-01 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT108	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14 [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1081	ATMOSPHERE POSITIVE, CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STILL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's conclusion of the second round of consultations on October 1 was accompanied by positive expectations that a cabinet could be formed soon. However, in separate meetings the same day, caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, caretaker Finance Minister [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA IR EG
09BEIRUT110	LEBANON: NATIONAL "DIALOGUE" ACTUALLY [...] (C) Former president and Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador the January 26 National Dialogue session was another opportunity to hear "very important monologues." Gemayel said his attempts in the session to push Hizballah representative MP Mohammad Raad to reveal Hizballah's "true [...]	2009-01-27 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT1117	HARIRI SUMMONS SUNNI POWER, BUT REVEALS [...] (C) Lebanese contacts from across the political spectrum perceive Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's emphasis on the constitutional authorities of the prime minister as a strong defense of "Sunni power." However, Hariri's redesignation without support from either of the country's Shia par [...]	2009-10-09 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI LE
09BEIRUT117	LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]	2009-01-28 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1183	BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY" [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...]	2009-10-28 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE
09BEIRUT1186	HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINS PREL
09BEIRUT1188	HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SY LE
09BEIRUT1197	RUMORS OF CABINET FORMATION PREMATURE [...] (C) Reports in the Lebanese press that a cabinet would be announced on November 3 appear to have been premature. On November 3, Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, told us that the PM-designate undertook expedited negotiations with Michel Aoun, head of the Change an [...]	2009-11-03 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
09BEIRUT1225	KATAEB AND MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT COMPLAIN OF NEGLECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saad Hariri provoked a crisis in the Kataeb party by allotting it the social affairs ministry instead of the education ministry, Kataeb Vice President Salim el Sayegh told us. Kataeb will remain in the majority but not in the March 14 secretariat, he added. El Sayegh alleged tha [...]	2009-11-16 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT124	LEBANON: AOUN SETTING THE STAGE TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun complained that Sunni Future Movement leader Saad Hariri planned to pay to fly in expatriate Christian voters to vote against Aoun in the June parliamentary elections. Aoun dismissed the idea tha [...]	2009-01-29 15:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN LE SY
09BEIRUT125	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...]	2009-01-29 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT1290	MARCH 14'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Disillusionment among March 14 Christians is expanding. March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid recently expressed deep concern about the direction of the movement, fearing Syrian pressure on March 14 leader and Prime Minister Saad Hariri would lead to its disbandment. Publicly [...]	2009-12-09 18:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA SY LE
09BEIRUT1305	HARIRI'S CABINET WINS HISTORIC VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Saad Hariri's cabinet and its ministerial statement won an overwhelming vote of confidence from the Lebanese parliament late on December 10. In the final vote 122 out of 128 MPs voted to support the new government, six months after elections brought the parliament [...]	2009-12-11 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR KISL LE
09BEIRUT1359	GEAGEA COMPLAINS OF MARCH 14 ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary: Syria is pushing hard to annul UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1559, and the U.S. should publicly reiterate its support for all resolutions relating to Lebanon, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador. Geagea also complained that Saudi Arabia was pushing Pr [...]	2009-12-29 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY UNSC SA LE
09BEIRUT139	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...]	2009-02-03 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT140	LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...]	2009-02-03 18:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT155	LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES [...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...]	2009-02-10 09:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT186	LEBANON: HARIRI ON MARCH 14 ELECTION PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri -- receiving the Ambassador on February 13, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- claimed that the March 8 opposition was working to discredit investigative information on his father [...]	2009-02-17 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT190	Lebanon: Power Struggle Over LBCI [...] (U) Summary: Long standing problems between the Chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI),Pierre El Daher, and the Lebanese Forces Party escalated over the last two weeks. The result was that CEO Pierre El Daher blamed Lebanese security forces of failing to car [...]	2009-02-18 12:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT195	LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD; [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT205	LEBANON: AOUN'S ALLIES DEFEND HIS VISION, PLEAD [...] (C) In a series of meetings with the Embassy in recent weeks, opposition Christian MPs from Michel Aoun's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc were calm, focused, and confident about their prospects in the June parliamentary elections. They rejected the concept of "independent" or "centrist" c [...]	2009-02-20 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT21	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training courses 6 and 7, scheduled to begin January 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 314 proposed tra [...]	2009-01-07 09:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT222	LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS [...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...]	2009-02-24 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE
09BEIRUT229	LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ALEY [...] (SBU) This is the seventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Aley is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are five parliamentary seats in [...]	2009-02-26 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT233	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LOOKING STRONGER; OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Following the very successful February 14 rally commemorating former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination, March 14 leaders have expressed confidence about March 14's prospects for winning the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. The widely attended February 14 rally, a major succ [...]	2009-02-26 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT266	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...]	2009-03-08 09:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE
09BEIRUT268	LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...]	2009-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT270	LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...]	2009-03-08 09:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY

09BEIRUT274	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] (U) This is the twelfth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Koura, with a population that is 65 percent Greek Orthodox and 85 percent Christian, is expected to be the site of tough [...]	2009-03-10 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT279	LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO [...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...]	2009-03-11 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT28	LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED [...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...]	2009-01-08 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT288	LEBANON: WHAT IS IMPACT OF THE DISAGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) There has been speculation in the media and among political observers about disagreements within the March 8/Aoun opposition coalition as its members prepare candidate lists for the June 7 parliamentary elections. There have been claims of disagreements between Christian opposition leader [...]	2009-03-12 16:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT304	LEBANON: SINIORA NOT OPPOSED TO NEW UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 18:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF IS SY QA MU LE
09BEIRUT305	LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO [...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...]	2009-03-16 18:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS
09BEIRUT336	LEBANON: CHIPPING AWAY AT AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) In January 2008, we analyzed Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's popularity among his Lebanese Christian supporters (ref E),which was strong despite his political alliance with the terrorist Shia organization Hizballah. One year-plus later, and 11 weeks before the June 7 parliame [...]	2009-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT400	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT401	LEBANON: MARCH 14 IS UNITED, SAYS HARIRI [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador April 3, the day after an off-the-record meeting of March 14 leaders, Sunni leader Saad Hariri said the March 14 coalition had agreed on candidate lists in several key districts, including Chouf, Aley, and Baabda, but work remained to be done. Hariri said Druze [...]	2009-04-06 15:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT416	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST [...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...]	2009-04-08 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT421	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH PROMOTES 1949 ARMISTICE AS [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the principles of March 14 are still championed by the majority of Lebanese, but the inability of the March 14 moderate coalition to create institutions that represent those principles has been a "major failur [...]	2009-04-09 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN LE IS
09BEIRUT426	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WEARY, BUT STILL WITH MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 coalition leader Walid Jumblatt confirmed to the Ambassador April 9 that he was unhappy about "abandoning" two Christian candidates in Aley and Baabda districts, in favor of ones supported by fellow March 14 Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel. Geagea and Gemayel wer [...]	2009-04-13 13:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LE
09BEIRUT434	LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL, GHATTAS KHOURY ON MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on April 14, Kataeb head Amine Gemayel of the March 14 coalition opposed the formation of a national unity government with a blocking third after June 7 elections. According to Gemayel, March 14 coalition leaders had agreed upon "95 percent" of electoral lists. [...]	2009-04-15 13:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT445	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...]	2009-04-17 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE
09BEIRUT466	LEBANON: FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING TO ELECTION [...] (C) Over the weekend of April 18-19, pro-opposition New TV aired footage of March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt making comments criticizing his March 14 allies Samir Geagea and Saad Hariri, while simultaneously insulting all Maronite Christians and the Sunni fighters who battled Hizballah dur [...]	2009-04-23 19:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER LE
09BEIRUT470	LEBANON: HARIRI DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS "MISTER FIX [...] (C) March 14 Sunni leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and DCM April 23 that although relations within the March 14 leadership currently were not at their best, Hariri and his allies would find a solution. Referring to himself as "Mister Fix-it," Hariri said disgruntlement with Druze leade [...]	2009-04-24 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT490	LEBANON: JUMBLATT REMAINS WITH MARCH 14 DESPITE [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador April 29, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gave no indication he is planning to abandon the March 14 ship, despite recent overtures to opposition Speaker Nabih Berri. March 14 had much work to do to win the June 7 parliamentary elections, he admitted, listing several pro [...]	2009-04-29 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SA LE
09BEIRUT493	LEBANON: SIDON PARLIAMENTARY RACE SYMBOLIC FOR [...] (SBU) Pollsters expect the March 14 Sidon parliamentary slate of Minister of Education Bahia Hariri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to defeat opposition candidate Ossama Saad, but the race between Siniora and Saad will be close. Although only one seat is being contested in Sidon, the victor w [...]	2009-04-30 12:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT496	LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...]	2009-04-30 16:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT500	LEBANON: FOUR GENERALS' RELEASE: HIZBALLAH DEMANDS "JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY" [...] (C) In a May 1 speech following the release of the four generals detained in connection with Rafiq Hariri's assassination, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah implied that he would now be wary of future STL decisions because he faults the international court for the generals' prolonged detention. Nasrallah als [...]	2009-05-05 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT501	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON GHAJAR, GENERALS, AND [...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Israel should stress the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as justification for a withdrawal from Ghajar village. He believed that while the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) authorization for the release of fo [...]	2009-05-05 18:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT517	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA FEARS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 8, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea proposed to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the U.S. lend "silent support" to March 14 in the weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections. He specifically advised us to stop expressing support for "moderates." Admitting the March 14 coal [...]	2009-05-11 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT527	LEBANON: NDI DELEGATION HEADED BY MADELEINE [...] (SBU) Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Beirut May 5-8 as the co-chair of a high-profile team (with former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark) to assess preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections on behalf of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The delegat [...]	2009-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM LE
09BEIRUT531	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER WANTS SAAD HARIRI AS THE [...] (C) Economy and Trade Minister and MP Mohammed Safadi declared that current majority leader Saad Hariri should be the next PM, regardless of whether Hariri's March 14 coalition or opposition March 8 holds the majority after the June 7 parliamentary elections. Safadi, who is allied with Hariri [...]	2009-05-12 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT534	LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...]	2009-05-14 08:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY
09BEIRUT535	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]	2009-05-14 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT537	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...]	2009-05-14 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT540	LEBANON: ZAHLE A KEY DISTRICT IN BATTLE BETWEEN [...] (C) Zahle will be a key district in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections; the next majority in parliament depends, in part, on who wins in Zahle. As of May 14, neither March 8 nor March 14 had officially announced their candidate lists, at a time when nearly all of the districts have d [...]	2009-05-14 11:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT544	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: VOTERS DO NOT LINK AOUN WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Christian voters do not understand that a vote for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is a vote for his ally, Hizballah. He said it was imperative that March 14 leaders communicate this message before the June 7 par [...]	2009-05-14 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT547	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIRMS MARCH 14 HAS WHAT IT [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that the members of the coalition's leadership were now all "satisfied" that they would receive adequate financing for their electoral campaigns after his May 9-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. Hariri said his March 14 colleagues would hav [...]	2009-05-14 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT548	LEBANON: PSP LEADER WALID JUMBLATT CONFIRMS HIS [...] (C) At a dinner hosted in honor of visiting NEA DAS Hale, March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said there were still some problems with March 14 candidate lists, notably in Beirut I and Keserwan Jumblatt reaffirmed his commitment to March 14 and disclosed that a meeting for the coalition would [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS SY LE
09BEIRUT562	LEBANON: NASRALLAH SPEECHES COULD HELP MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador, was optimistic about March 14's chances in upcoming parliamentary elections. He noted that coalition leaders had agreed upon lists in all but one district, Beirut 1. Discussing Hizballah Secretary Gener [...]	2009-05-19 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT577	LEBANON: NASRALLAH DEFENDS HIMSELF, PRAISES [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah delivered two speeches on May 22 and May 25 to mark the ninth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon. His speeches attempted to respond to critics of his recent comments praising Hizballah's actions in May 7, 2008 events and calling for the [...]	2009-05-26 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT585	LEBANON: WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, MARCH 14 PUTS ON A [...] (C) In a strong last-minute show of unity, just 12 days before the June 7 parliamentary elections, March 14 leaders met at the Bristol Hotel on May 26, presenting a joint communique outlining the coalition's positions on key issues. The communique expressed support for UNSCR 1701 and the Spec [...]	2009-05-28 13:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT592	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...]	2009-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT595	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES [...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...]	2009-05-29 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
09BEIRUT631	LEBANON: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST MARCH 14 WINS [...] (SBU) Preliminary, unofficial results from IFES, political party representatives, and media outlets indicate that Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition and pro-March 14 independents won the majority in the June 7 parliamentary elections with as many as 71 out of 128 seats. From his Qoreitem residen [...]	2009-06-08 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT634	LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] (C) By mid-day on June 8, Interior Minister Baroud completed the official announcements of the names of the 128 winning candidates in the June 7 elections. The announcements confirmed that 71 seats went to the March 14-led coaltion and 57 to the current opposition, so March 14 kept its parlia [...]	2009-06-09 07:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT645	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref A) as a "big manifestation of democracy in the Middle East." Satisfied with the outcome of the results, Geagea said March 14 must now move away [...]	2009-06-10 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT656	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SYG TO PUSH FOR STRONGER [...] (C) Following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref B),March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Souaid is intent on carrying on the work of the Secretariat, which held its first post-election meeting on June 10. Souaid believed the elections proved opposition Christian leader M [...]	2009-06-11 15:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT659	LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL [...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...]	2009-06-12 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT66	LEBANON: URGING GOL ACTION TO STEM UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) Action request: see para 7 2. (C) Per instructions in reftel, Charge and other emboffs on January 15 conveyed to senior GOL and political officials points about the risks of continued rocket attacks directed at Israel from Lebanese territory. Charge spoke to senior aides to the Preside [...]	2009-01-15 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE
09BEIRUT670	LEBANON: TOYING WITH NABIH BERRI OVER SPEAKER [...] (C) There have been calls by some in March 14 for Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri not to be reelected to his post unless he commits to conditions, such as promising not to close the Parliament arbitrarily as he did for 18 months pre-Doha. Senior March 14 leaders like Hariri and Jumblatt app [...]	2009-06-17 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SY
09BEIRUT693	LEBANON: THE RISE OF A NEW CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT? [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 MP Michel Pharaon said Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was pressuring March 14's independent Christians to join his voting bloc in parliament. Pharaon noted that many independent Christians opposed Geagea and were looking for an alte [...]	2009-06-23 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LE SY
09BEIRUT705	LEBANON: HARIRI FORMS NEW BLOC, BERRI RE-ELECTED [...] (C) On June 24, Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri announced the creation of the new "Lebanon First" parliamentary bloc, including some 34 Future Party MPs and allies plus seven prominent independents. We are seeing movement on a number of pro-March 14 MPs who were elected as independe [...]	2009-06-25 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT713	LEBANON: JUMBLATT: "NASRALLAH DIVULGED NO SECRETS" [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on June 25, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt commented that neither Speaker Nabih Berri nor majority leader Saad Hariri were "completely happy" with the conduct of their coalition members during the vote to choose the Speaker earlier that day. [...]	2009-06-26 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT715	LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Presumptive PM-designate Saad Hariri confirmed to the Ambassador June 26 that he had met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah the previous day. Nasrallah did not request any "guarantees" from the new government, and Hariri did not offer any, Hariri said. Although mandatory bl [...]	2009-06-26 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR LE IR
09BEIRUT723	LEBANON: HARIRI BECOMES PM-DESIGNATE, BUT TENSIONS [...] (C) Saad Hariri formally became Prime Minister-designate on Saturday, June 27. Opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah have neither endorsed Hariri nor committed to participating in the government Hariri will now try to form. However, Aoun continues to insist that a unity gover [...]	2009-06-29 12:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT724	LEANON: GEAGEA: DON'T GIVE SYRIA A ROLE IN [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said although Majority Leader Saad Hariri's formation of the new Lebanon First parliamentary bloc was "not good," March 14 was not dead. Collaboration between Hariri and himself remains strong, Geagea averre [...]	2009-06-29 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY
09BEIRUT746	LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS TO MEET IN DAMASCUS ONLY [...] (C) PM-designate Saad Hariri has been under (well-intentioned) pressure from the Saudi leadership for a week to agree to participate in an as-yet unscheduled Saudi-Syria summit in Damascus. He told the Ambassador July 6 that he is willing to do so, along with President Sliman, to support Saud [...]	2009-07-06 17:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT758	LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST [...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...]	2009-07-08 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY SA
09BEIRUT809	LEBANON: MARCH 14 FIGURES STILL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) March 14 contacts this week were cautiously optimistic that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun on the formation of a government. However, they said, it was unrealistic to expect a new cabinet be [...]	2009-07-17 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT814	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees includes [...]	2009-07-20 07:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT815	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 109 proposed trainees includes [...]	2009-07-20 07:57:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT838	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS UNFAZED BY DRAWN-OUT [...] (C/NF) March 14 leaders in separate meetings grumbled about coalition dynamics but reiterated their belief that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and its allies on the formation of a government. All admitted, however, that recent incidents in [...]	2009-07-24 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT84	LEBANON: MARCH 14 OUTLINES ROAD MAP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) With parliamentary elections a little over four months away, the March 14 Secretariat has outlined a three step "road map" focusing on increased activity by the Secretariat to coordinate the coalition's activities and messages, a second political convention to announce March 14's political [...]	2009-01-20 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT850	COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW [...] (C) Advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Nader Hariri, confirmed that an agreement has been reached over Shia representation in the presidential bloc in the next cabinet. Hariri emphasized that the consensus candidate would not be a "king minister," but rather a member of the Pre [...]	2009-07-28 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT866	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT TO LESSEN POLITICAL [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid said that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretariat's leadership had agreed to decrease the coalition's political coordination activities to focus on grassroots mobilization. Lebanese public opinion is now more than ever with March 14, [...]	2009-07-30 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT867	LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...]	2009-07-30 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT874	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO GIVE JUMBLATT [...] (C) March 14 coalition leaders in separate meetings revealed most were unsurprised by Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader and MP Walid Jumblatt's reassessment of his alliance with the majority bloc, and all stressed their decision to leave space to allow Jumblatt to rejoin the coalition s [...]	2009-08-03 16:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT898	MARADA LIEUTENANTS DEFEND MEMBERSHIP IN MARCH 8 [...] (C) The Marada Party's alliance with Hizballah in the March 8 Coalition is based on the premise that the Shia party cannot be disarmed by force and must be dealt with in the context of the root causes that feed it, asserted Marada party figures Raymond (Rony) Arayji and Richard (Richy) Haykal. [...]	2009-08-10 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT910	MARCH 14 TAKES ON WATER AS THE CREW AWAITS THE [...] (C) Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel is pushing hard for two (unspecified) ministerial seats, according to the Hariri camp. His unhappiness with the cabinet formation process thus far has led to rumors that he may withdraw from March 14. Meanwhile, March 14 secretariat officials insist it i [...]	2009-08-13 17:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA SY
09BEIRUT92	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH HIZBALLAH: MAJOR [...] (C) In his January 21 meeting with Hizballah MP Mohamad Raad, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt reportedly expressed his fundamental disagreement with Hizballah over Hizballah's relationship with Syria, Hizballah's arms, and the Special Tribunal. As such, he was not interested in a political relati [...]	2009-01-22 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT921	AOUN REJECTS HARIRI'S INVITATION, GEMAYEL [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun dismissed charges that he was obstructing progress on government formation and declared he would not accept Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's lunch invitation if the latter does not put an end to attacks by his allies on the FPM leader. Aoun [...]	2009-08-17 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT933	LEBANON: HARIRI SEES NO END IN SIGHT TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri described Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun as a "disaster" and insisted that he had told the FPM leader several times he would not acquiesce to reappointing Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil as Minister of Telecommunications. Hariri admitt [...]	2009-08-19 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT946	GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEADLOCKED OR DEAD END? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea insisted that the most effective solution to the current political crisis would be for the Saudis to appeal to the Syrians to pressure Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah to break the current political deadlock. The LF le [...]	2009-08-21 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY SA
09BEIRUT994	CAN THE MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COOPERATE ON [...] (C) While Lebanon's political leaders share broad consensus about what economic reforms the country needs to undertake once a new government is formed, they differ on how to achieve them. Within the new parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri's Future Movement has a solid economic reform plan, th [...]	2009-09-04 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE
09KUWAIT233	MFA ARAB AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON IRAN, SYRIA, PEACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 10, the director of the MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki told EconCouns and Econoff that he was impressed with the foreign policy steps of the Obama administration, particularly its willingness to start dialogue with Syria. It was critical to co [...]	2009-03-11 15:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER ECON KU
09RIYADH896	SAUDI KING WILL TRAVEL TO DAMASCUS WHEN HARIRI IS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Saudi Information Minister Khoja confirmed to Charge that King Abdullah's planned July 6 visit to Damascus had been postponed to allow Saad Hariri the time he needed to form an inclusive government that did not giv [...]	2009-07-07 17:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
10BEIRUT116	MARADA'S FRANJIEH CALLS FOR INDIRECT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marada leader Sleiman Franjieh reported to the Ambassador on February 2 that he had established a rapport with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whom he described as "a man you can deal with." Franjieh, a strong Syrian ally, expressed his support for indirect negotiations between Leban [...]	2010-02-04 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL PINR PTER SY IS LE
10BEIRUT118	GEAGEA ON MARCH 14 POSITIVE MOMENTUM, CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The March 14 coalition has recaptured some of its momentum as it prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador on February 3. Geagea complained of Syria's ascendant status [...]	2010-02-05 12:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAL LE SY SA
10BEIRUT145	CHRISTIANS OBJECT TO BERRI'S PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 1989 Taif Accord that ended the Lebanese civil war called for "deconfessionalization," the abolishment of the quotas for sectarian representation that undergird the Lebanese political system. Like many tenets in Taif, the proposal has yet to be implemented. Recently, Speaker [...]	2010-02-12 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR SOCI KDEM LE
10BEIRUT167	HARIRI RALLY HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING MARCH 14 [...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Future Movement, Lebanese Forces and Kataeb supporters joined the February 14 rally -- organized by the March 14 coalition -- to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Turnout was less than in previous ye [...]	2010-02-22 12:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS SA
10BEIRUT51	GEMAYEL ON MARCH 14 [...] (C) Summary: Although March 14 leaders -- save Druze leader Walid Jumblatt -- continue to meet to discuss policy issues on a regular basis, Prime Minister Saad Hariri is pulling back from taking a March 14 leadership role given his new office, said Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel. Gemayel expres [...]	2010-01-19 08:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL SY LE
10BEIRUT65	MARCH 14 PARTNERS STRUGGLE WITH NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Members of the March 14 coalition are now struggling to agree on how to mark their next significant event, the fifth commemoration of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14. Prime Minister Saad Hariri is reportedly hesitating to hold a major political r [...]	2010-01-21 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE SA

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