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Karami: Mikati is serious about resigning over STL funding

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State Minister Ahmad Karami told Kuwaiti newspaper As-Seyassah in an interview published on Tuesday that “Prime Minister Najib Mikati is serious about resigning if the cabinet does not approve [Lebanon’s] funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.”

“Lebanon cannot afford any international sanctions, and certain parties must be aware of these dangers,” Karami said

Karami also said that “Speaker Nabih Berri is working on finding a solution for the STL funding .”

Mikati has called for the cabinet to meet on November 30 and discuss the issue of Lebanon’s share of funding for the STL investigating the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.

Last week, PM Najib Mikati made it very clear that he will resign if the cabinet fails to secure funding for the tribunal.

The current Lebanese government is dominated by the Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah and its allies, who are insisting that the country cease all cooperation with STL.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon was created by the United Nations Security Council in 2007 , at the request of the Government of Lebanon to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

On January 12, 2011 Hezbollah and allies with the help of the Shiite minister in the cabinet that represented president Michel Suleiman overthrew the government of former PM Saad Hariri over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s imminent indictment.

STL issued the indictments and arrest warrants on June 30. Two of the suspects Badreddine and Ayyash are reportedly senior members of Hezbollah and played leading roles in the assassination while the other two Hezbollah members Hassan Aneissy and Assad Sabra played a supporting role in the execution of the assassination.

“No Lebanese government will be able to carry out any arrests whether in 30 days, 30 years or even 300 years.” Nasrallah said following the announcement of the indictments.

It appears now that STL could also result in the fall of the current government

Lebanon should contribute 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding but so far has not contributed anything in 2011 fiscal year

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27 responses to “Karami: Mikati is serious about resigning over STL funding”

  1. shankarees Avatar
    shankarees

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      Hannibal

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        5thDrawer

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      yalibnan

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      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

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    3. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

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      1. KhalidH Avatar
        KhalidH

        Me Too

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    Anonymous

    ATTENTION YA-LUBNANA WEBMASTER:
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    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      get a Mac lol Viruses/Malware are prevalent on Windoze…

      1. Avatar
        Anonymous

        There I agree with you for sure … 🙂  – But a guy with an IBM told me I passed something on to him from the MAC … I was wondering where it came from … maybe here?

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      Anonymous

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        Anonymous

        Nice to know someone is minding the store. 🙂

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      Anonymous

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        Anonymous

        Me Too

  3. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Than resign already, God dam the Lebanese always threatning eachother even when there on the same side,just resign and move on , jumblatt wants  to quit, mikati wants to quit,all we do is criticize, we criticize the army,resistance,goverment,religon,political parties,politcal alliances,who has lebanons best interest,,whose lebanese ,whose iranian,whose isralie,whose a patriot,,who represents the christians,,who represents the muslims ,whose better Al Rahi or Sfier, Qabbani or Nassrallah,arslan or jumblatt,aoun or geagea,Shia or Sunnie,Maronite or Orthdox,believer or athiest,March 8 or March 14,the north or the south,whose offered more martyrs,a nation of 4 million and we have all these god dam issues with eachother,im so sick of it….God Dam the lebanese and there bull shit pride and fake patriosim,every single one of us is a phony and the sooner we realize that the better this nation will be…were all jealous of eachothers accomplishments,success,matarial success,politcal success,and we all blame eachother for our own failures…God Dam the day Lebanon was created to form a people that only stand with eachother when they agree with eachother…and god dam me for being the person who falls in that same category….

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Oh Michael … do I see a movement forward in this? Good on you. And peace for your future.
      Really … if everyone did quit, and everyone adjusted thinking to looking FOR a (secular) solution for ALL … imagine what actually COULD be done in a relatively short time.  Wow!

    2. prophettt Avatar
      prophettt

       Micheal,
      I sense your frustration…….I’ll help you out my friend,and sum it all up with one word that describes the state of mind of  the greatest majority of Lebanese people, Denial.Denial. You can say DTD,for denial to death.lol
      Everyone has an opinion,and  everyone is self righteous,and no one is willing to see the other……Sad…Sad…and deadly Sad.

      1. antar2011 Avatar
        antar2011

        i am sorry but some lebanese extended their hands to other lebanese more then once. i think your statement is unfair there. th eother lebanese just want lebanon all to themselves and ot want to share it with the majority…..

  4. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Than resign already, God dam the Lebanese always threatning eachother even when there on the same side,just resign and move on , jumblatt wants  to quit, mikati wants to quit,all we do is criticize, we criticize the army,resistance,goverment,religon,political parties,politcal alliances,who has lebanons best interest,,whose lebanese ,whose iranian,whose isralie,whose a patriot,,who represents the christians,,who represents the muslims ,whose better Al Rahi or Sfier, Qabbani or Nassrallah,arslan or jumblatt,aoun or geagea,Shia or Sunnie,Maronite or Orthdox,believer or athiest,March 8 or March 14,the north or the south,whose offered more martyrs,a nation of 4 million and we have all these god dam issues with eachother,im so sick of it….God Dam the lebanese and there bull shit pride and fake patriosim,every single one of us is a phony and the sooner we realize that the better this nation will be…were all jealous of eachothers accomplishments,success,matarial success,politcal success,and we all blame eachother for our own failures…God Dam the day Lebanon was created to form a people that only stand with eachother when they agree with eachother…and god dam me for being the person who falls in that same category….

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Oh Michael … do I see a movement forward in this? Good on you. And peace for your future.
      Really … if everyone did quit, and everyone adjusted thinking to looking FOR a (secular) solution for ALL … imagine what actually COULD be done in a relatively short time.  Wow!

    2. Avatar
      Anonymous

       Micheal,
      I sense your frustration…….I’ll help you out my friend,and sum it all up with one word that describes the state of mind of  the greatest majority of Lebanese people, Denial.Denial. You can say DTD,for denial to death.lol
      Everyone has an opinion,and  everyone is self righteous,and no one is willing to see the other……Sad…Sad…and deadly Sad.

      1. Avatar
        Anonymous

        i am sorry but some lebanese extended their hands to other lebanese more then once. i think your statement is unfair there. th eother lebanese just want lebanon all to themselves and ot want to share it with the majority…..

  5. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Than resign already, God dam the Lebanese always threatning eachother even when there on the same side,just resign and move on , jumblatt wants  to quit, mikati wants to quit,all we do is criticize, we criticize the army,resistance,goverment,religon,political parties,politcal alliances,who has lebanons best interest,,whose lebanese ,whose iranian,whose isralie,whose a patriot,,who represents the christians,,who represents the muslims ,whose better Al Rahi or Sfier, Qabbani or Nassrallah,arslan or jumblatt,aoun or geagea,Shia or Sunnie,Maronite or Orthdox,believer or athiest,March 8 or March 14,the north or the south,whose offered more martyrs,a nation of 4 million and we have all these god dam issues with eachother,im so sick of it….God Dam the lebanese and there bull shit pride and fake patriosim,every single one of us is a phony and the sooner we realize that the better this nation will be…were all jealous of eachothers accomplishments,success,matarial success,politcal success,and we all blame eachother for our own failures…God Dam the day Lebanon was created to form a people that only stand with eachother when they agree with eachother…and god dam me for being the person who falls in that same category….

  6. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Than resign already, God dam the Lebanese always threatning eachother even when there on the same side,just resign and move on , jumblatt wants  to quit, mikati wants to quit,all we do is criticize, we criticize the army,resistance,goverment,religon,political parties,politcal alliances,who has lebanons best interest,,whose lebanese ,whose iranian,whose isralie,whose a patriot,,who represents the christians,,who represents the muslims ,whose better Al Rahi or Sfier, Qabbani or Nassrallah,arslan or jumblatt,aoun or geagea,Shia or Sunnie,Maronite or Orthdox,believer or athiest,March 8 or March 14,the north or the south,whose offered more martyrs,a nation of 4 million and we have all these god dam issues with eachother,im so sick of it….God Dam the lebanese and there bull shit pride and fake patriosim,every single one of us is a phony and the sooner we realize that the better this nation will be…were all jealous of eachothers accomplishments,success,matarial success,politcal success,and we all blame eachother for our own failures…God Dam the day Lebanon was created to form a people that only stand with eachother when they agree with eachother…and god dam me for being the person who falls in that same category….

  7. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    They start problems!Then they say they are trying to work together to find a solution!!!What a waste of time and energy!!!

  8. Avatar
    Anonymous

    They start problems!Then they say they are trying to work together to find a solution!!!What a waste of time and energy!!!

  9. Avatar
    Anonymous

    They start problems!Then they say they are trying to work together to find a solution!!!What a waste of time and energy!!!

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