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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I don't know what's the idea behind the poll but I deplore it as somewhat not credible especially that it doesn’t come from a neutral party rather from a newspaper alienated with one side of the Lebanese conflict (knowing that Assafir is staunchly Pro-Syrian). <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am not suggesting here that only pro-opposition party polls need to be considered.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am just saying that some people are trying to keep the fire burning by suggesting that the fight for a </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lebanon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> free from foreign intervention (Western & Arabic) highly depends on what sect you come from. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I see this as very surprising as it comes with news that the anti-Syrian protest is gradually loosing its cross-sectarian flavor. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I came accidentally across an article from the Christian Science Monitor that said:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #111111">“…..Still, </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #111111">Lebanon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #111111"> remains a divided society, starkly illustrated by the recent protests for and against </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #111111">Syria</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #111111">'s role here. <U>The anti-Syrian protests are gradually losing their cross-sectarian flavor</U>, condensing to a core of Maronite Christians, traditionally the most active opponents of Syrian hegemony.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0311/p06s01-wome.html"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0311/p06s01-wome.html</FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I hate to believe that this is true.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hariri’s assassination is nothing but a despicable act of terror in itself, but it was also a catalyst that brought most of the Lebanese families together in demanding that </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lebanon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> live in peace once and for all.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As a Maronite I couldn’t be happier to know that </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lebanon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> matters not just to me, but to a lot of people from different sects.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">But was this just for a few weeks? What’s after that?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do we go back 5, 10 years?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Coulon youghanni 3ala laylah?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Can we still hope that whatever the anti-Lebanese are trying to do, one day, very soon, all the true lovers of </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lebanon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> will once and for all show their allegiance only to the Lebanese flag free from any green or white stars?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I can’t wait to see.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Loai Naamani <loai@MIT.EDU></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Survey Published today in As-Safir Newspaper, Beirut<BR><BR>http://www.assafir.com/iso/today/front/250.html <BR><BR>Q: Who killed Hariri?<BR><BR>A1: Syrian & Lebanese Secret Service:<BR>86.2% Maronites, 80% Druze, 78% Orthodox, 49% Sunni, 9.4% Shia.<BR><BR>A2: Israeli/US Secret Service:<BR>90.6% Shia, 51% Sunni, 21.4% Orthodox, 20% Druze, 13% Maronites<BR><BR>Summary:<BR><BR>There are more Sunnis who are opposed to the opposition than who are<BR>supportive (47.1 % supportive versus 52.9 % opposed).<BR>97 % of Shi`ites are opposed to the Lebanese opposition, more than 90% of<BR>the Druze are for it, as are 80% of the Christians.<BR><BR>Sunnis overwhelmingly (87.7 % ) reject disarming Hizbollah, 94.2 % of<BR>Shi`ites are opposed to disarming Hizbullah.<BR>And 96.4 % of Lebanese Shi`ites consider the US "unfriendly"<BR>toward Lebanon, followed by 80.6 % of Sunnis, 48.2 % of !
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Orthodox,<BR>47.3 % of Greek Catholics, 41 % of Maronites, and 35 % of Druzes.<BR><BR>But there are also points of consensus:<BR><BR>Q:Do you favor including Hizbollah in a national unity government?<BR><BR>yes: 94% of Armenians, 90% Druze, 88% Maronites, 87% Sunnis, 78% Shia,<BR>10.8% Orthodox<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Lebanon-Articles mailing list<BR>Lebanon-Articles@mit.edu<BR>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-articles<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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