 Walid Jumblatt, the veteran Lebanese politician and Druze leader, has accused the Shia group Hezbollah of helping to keep Lebanon a hostage of Syria. Jumblatt, the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party who of late has stepped up the rhetoric against Syrian influence over Lebanon's security and intelligence networks, on Sunday called on Hizb Allah to prove its loyalty to Lebanon above Syria.
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Nevertheless, the two pro-Syrian Lebanese Shia groups, Hizb Allah and Amal, are reported to be poised to end their cabinet boycott. On Sunday, Fouad Siniora, the prime minister of Lebanon, held a meeting with the two groups as part of a continuing attempt to break the political deadlock.
| They've got to want to break the deadlock. If the deadlock is a delaying tactic until their masters in Teheran and Damascus are ready to make a move, then they're not going to break it. If they're ready to do something terrible, then their proxies can move into a position where they can stand around and look innocent. This is Byzantine, but not big time Byzantine. |
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