08BEIRUT571 Date24/04/2008 04:58 OriginEmbassy Beirut ClassificationSECRET//NOFORN Header

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  • 24 avril 2008, une «figure chiite indépendante» vient offrir ses services en tant qu’alibi chiite anti-#Hezbollah aux Américains. Trop trop trop mignon.
    http://al-akhbar.com/ar/node/216470

    "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. (Note:
    Tufayli remains on the USG Terrorist Watch List. End note.)
    Assad introduced a board member of his anti-Hizballah
    political party, Amcit Abdallah Bitar, a prominent
    businessman from Shia-dominated Nabatieh in southern Lebanon."

    #cablegate #Liban