Hezbollah chief, Lebanon PM to meet over STL funding, report

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Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will meet with Prime Minister Najib Mikati to address basic issues related to administrative appointments and paying Lebanon’s share of funding to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Al-Balad newspaper reported on Friday basing its report on unnamed source close to Hezbollah .

Nasrallah said on Monday evening that his party is against paying Lebanon’s share of funding to the STL because of the international court’s “aims, gaps and behavior,” adding that if ministers do not reach consensus, there is the option of casting a vote.

Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the UN-backed court in the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri. However, the Shiite group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court

Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.

In a related development former Justice minister Ibrahim Najjar told Voice of Lebanon on Friday in response to MP Michel Aoun’s calls on Mikati to personally finance the STL by saying : “No one has the right to fiance STL other than the government, unless the cabinet decides so “.

Najjar added : “According to the agreement signed between Lebanon and STL only the UN chief Ban ki Moon decides on the sources of financing for the tribunal and if Lebanon decides not to pay it will be up to him to decide who will make up for Lebanon’s default on payment”.

Hezbollah toppled the previous government headed by Saad Hariri over its refusal to cut ties with the tribunal, set up in the aftermath of the 2005 assassination of Saad Hariri’s father, Rafik Hariri.

The tribunal has indicted four Hezbollah operatives for the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others in Beirut.

But the Shiite party and its allies, which dominate the new government, have dismissed the court as part of a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy and have vowed to block any efforts by the Lebanese government to contribute its share to the tribunal’s funding.

Beirut has yet to pay what it owes for the year 2011 and in 2010 transferred the funds without government approval.

Hariri’s killing plunged Lebanon into a series of political crisis that brought the country close to civil war in 2008.

One observer told Ya Libnan last Wednesday:” In the past Hezbollah was referred to as being the state within the state of Lebanon , but ever since Hezbollah brought down the government of PM Saad Hariri , Hezbollah became the state and Lebanon has become the state within Hezbollah’s state and Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has become the de facto supreme leader of Lebanon.”

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35 responses to “Hezbollah chief, Lebanon PM to meet over STL funding, report”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Great. Now they talk about him as another ‘Mr. Supreme’ … although not as Supremely Supreme as The Iranian Ultimate Supremeness – otherwise considered Super God among the Gods – of which Nasrallah is a lesser god of course.
    I rather liked Zeus, myself.
    Too bad a Prime Minister of a country has little to do with running it, except to make headlines.

    1. Patience2 Avatar

      The headlines are to keep your focus off what the REAL power in the government is doing!!

    2. Patience2 Avatar

      The headlines are to keep your focus off what the REAL power in the government is doing!!

    3. MeYosemite Avatar
      MeYosemite

      Where is Nassi from? Town. Where was he during civil war? Any info on his background.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        Hezzys have Big Business involvements in South America … but he was probably in school under Iran Supreme-guy.

        1. MeYosemite Avatar
          MeYosemite

          Is yalibnan down? It gas beenfew days now

        2. 5thDrawer Avatar

          Wow. Back again MeYosemite.  Seems it was being ‘re-organized’ with maintenance and some updating.
          And maybe they can spy on us better now … hahahahha

        3. 5thDrawer Avatar

          Wow. Back again MeYosemite.  Seems it was being ‘re-organized’ with maintenance and some updating.
          And maybe they can spy on us better now … hahahahha

      2. He was born in Karantina by the Beirut seaport and when the civil war broke up in 1975 he was 14 or 15 years old and fled East Beirut with his family ,by the way I heard he spoke Armenian too like Steve Jobs whos adoptive mother’s name was Claire Hagopian and Steve Jobs spoke fluent Armenian too,. What a difference between the 2 brains and thinkers, creators and destroyers at the same time. I guess it is the environment that shapes your thinking besides the Genes.

        1. MeYosemite Avatar
          MeYosemite

          Is he palestenian descent? I don’t remember Shiites lived in the Karantina area besides the camp back in the mid. 70s.

        2. MeYosemite Avatar
          MeYosemite

          Is he palestenian descent? I don’t remember Shiites lived in the Karantina area besides the camp back in the mid. 70s.

  2.  Avatar

    Great. Now they talk about him as another ‘Mr. Supreme’ … although not as Supremely Supreme as The Iranian Ultimate Supremeness – otherwise considered Super God among the Gods – of which Nasrallah is a lesser god of course.
    I rather liked Zeus, myself.
    Too bad a Prime Minister of a country has little to do with running it, except to make headlines.

    1.  Avatar

      The headlines are to keep your focus off what the REAL power in the government is doing!!

    2.  Avatar

      Where is Nassi from? Town. Where was he during civil war? Any info on his background.

      1.  Avatar

        Hezzys have Big Business involvements in South America …

        1.  Avatar

          Is yalibnan down? It gas beenfew days now

        2.  Avatar

          Wow. Back again MeYosemite.  Seems it was being ‘re-organized’ with maintenance and some updating.

      2.  Avatar

        He was born in Karantina by the Beirut seaport and when the civil war broke up in 1975 he was 14 or 15 years old and fled East Beirut with his family ,by the way I heard he spoke Armenian too like Steve Jobs whos adoptive mother’s name was Claire Hagopian and Steve Jobs spoke fluent Armenian too,. What a difference between the 2 brains and thinkers, creators and destroyers at the same time. I guess it is the environment that shapes your thinking besides the Genes.

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          Is he palestenian descent? I don’t remember Shiites lived in the Karantina area besides the camp back in the mid. 70s.

  3. strongman1176 Avatar
    strongman1176

    I HAVE SAID IT OUT LOUD , HEZBOLLAH IS A CANCER IN THE BODY OF OUR COUNTRY LEBANON AND IT HAS TO BE DESTROYED BY ANY MEANS AVAILABLE. MR. NASSRALLAH HIDES IN A SHIT HOLE AND SOMW PEOPLE CONSIDER HIM AS MILITARY LEADER AND GOVERNOR OF LEBANON, WHILE PM MIKATI AND PRESIDENT SULIEMAN ARE ONLY PUPPET FIGURES AND THEY RUBBER STAMPS TP HEZBOLLAH AND SYRIA BAATH REGIME. IT IS TIME FOR VIOLENT LEABNESE SPRING UPRISING AGAINST HEZBOLLAH HEGEMONY , AND IT IS COMING ALLAH WILLING.

    1. I would hate to say this today about any armed militia outside of the gov’t’s control but too bad the LF turned in its arms…otherwise Lebanon would not be in this sickening mess. but its all a matter of time, these fools may have won a small battle but Lebanon is far from lost…most of these cowardly spineless dogs acting like big shots will flake away when the tides turn. and the rest will get a good ass kickin because that’s the only way they’ll learn.

    2. i am not a fan of hezbollah as an  oraganazation and neither am i a fan of syrian and iran but i disagree with resorting to violance as lebanon has been there and done that with no gain of any sort. i suggest googeling some lebanon civil war images to be reminded of the cost and horror inflicted to all citizens.

    3. i am not a fan of hezbollah as an  oraganazation and neither am i a fan of syrian and iran but i disagree with resorting to violance as lebanon has been there and done that with no gain of any sort. i suggest googeling some lebanon civil war images to be reminded of the cost and horror inflicted to all citizens.

  4.  Avatar

    I HAVE SAID IT OUT LOUD , HEZBOLLAH IS A CANCER IN THE BODY OF OUR COUNTRY LEBANON AND IT HAS TO BE DESTROYED BY ANY MEANS AVAILABLE. MR. NASSRALLAH HIDES IN A SHIT HOLE AND SOMW PEOPLE CONSIDER HIM AS MILITARY LEADER AND GOVERNOR OF LEBANON, WHILE PM MIKATI AND PRESIDENT SULIEMAN ARE ONLY PUPPET FIGURES AND THEY RUBBER STAMPS TP HEZBOLLAH AND SYRIA BAATH REGIME. IT IS TIME FOR VIOLENT LEABNESE SPRING UPRISING AGAINST HEZBOLLAH HEGEMONY , AND IT IS COMING ALLAH WILLING.

    1.  Avatar

      I would hate to say this today about any armed militia outside of the gov’t’s control but too bad the LF turned in its arms…otherwise Lebanon would not be in this sickening mess. but its all a matter of time, these fools may have won a small battle but Lebanon is far from lost…most of these cowardly spineless dogs acting like big shots will flake away when the tides turn. and the rest will get a good ass kickin because that’s the only way they’ll learn.

    2. i am not a fan of hezbollah as an  oraganazation and neither am i a fan of syrian and iran but i disagree with resorting to violance as lebanon has been there and done that with no gain of any sort. i suggest googeling some lebanon civil war images to be reminded of the cost and horror inflicted to all citizens.

  5. Amine123 Avatar

    What a shame, is Nassrallah and his Syrian masters in charge of Lebanon now? where is the true Lebanese? Is Mikati a puppet to HA and Syria?
    The time for the Lebanese people has come to get back yheir dignity and freedom, get rid of this bastard and his masters before it is too late

  6.  Avatar

    What a shame, is Nassrallah and his Syrian masters in charge of Lebanon now? where is the true Lebanese? Is Mikati a puppet to HA and Syria?
    The time for the Lebanese people has come to get back yheir dignity and freedom, get rid of this bastard and his masters before it is too late

  7.  Avatar

    What a shame, is Nassrallah and his Syrian masters in charge of Lebanon now? where is the true Lebanese? Is Mikati a puppet to HA and Syria?
    The time for the Lebanese people has come to get back yheir dignity and freedom, get rid of this bastard and his masters before it is too late

  8. Could someone figure out this mockery with Scum bag Hassan Nasrallah!!! If I did not know any you would think he is the head of a state. He first meets with Assad in Syria to discuss (Issues) concerning Lebanon, now he will meet Prime Minister Najib Mikati “to address basic issues related to administrative appointments”… and in between he is in hiding scared that someone will (take care of him once and for all)….
    The mochery and the insults of this pretend to be head of state where in fact is a head of a snake must be stopped once and for all. This MORON has no right to say any thing about how the order of business is conducted by the Lebanese government. His priorities should be to stop all the illegal activities he is conducting in Lebanon from illegal building, construction, communication towers, hijacking Electricity, spying for Israel, running a bunch of low life thieves and hoodlems under the name of resistance… It is time for this PIG to shut up, crawl back in his dark hole, and it is Time for Lebanon to once and for all.

  9. Could someone figure out this mockery with Scum bag Hassan Nasrallah!!! If I did not know any you would think he is the head of a state. He first meets with Assad in Syria to discuss (Issues) concerning Lebanon, now he will meet Prime Minister Najib Mikati “to address basic issues related to administrative appointments”… and in between he is in hiding scared that someone will (take care of him once and for all)….
    The mochery and the insults of this pretend to be head of state where in fact is a head of a snake must be stopped once and for all. This MORON has no right to say any thing about how the order of business is conducted by the Lebanese government. His priorities should be to stop all the illegal activities he is conducting in Lebanon from illegal building, construction, communication towers, hijacking Electricity, spying for Israel, running a bunch of low life thieves and hoodlems under the name of resistance… It is time for this PIG to shut up, crawl back in his dark hole, and it is Time for Lebanon to once and for all.

  10. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    Does the PM needs a concensus and permission from Nassi to be with the wife also? Any kid has more spunk and pride than all the government together. They are so subdued. Unbelievable!

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    Does the PM needs a concensus and permission from Nassi to be with the wife also? Any kid has more spunk and pride than all the government together. They are so subdued. Unbelievable!

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