Geagea chez l’ambassadeur, 30 juin 2006 (deux semaines avant le début de la guerre).
JA’JA SEES "SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" WITH HIZBALLAH ; MISSED OPPORTUNITIES WITH HARIRI | الأخبار
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Une partie de l’entretien porte sur la promesse, selon Geagea, faite par Hassan Nasrallah au gouvernement libanais qu’il ne se passerait rien à la frontière avec Israël.
Détail à retenir (puisque c’est exactement le contraire qui est habituellement soutenu) :
Ja’Ja even admitted that it was March 14 who excluded Aoun when he returned to Lebanon, not the other way around.
Le passage le plus important concerne les craintes exprimées par Geagea (il cite également Pierre Gemayel et Nayla Moawad) face à la montée en puissance des Forces de sécurité intérieures sous l’impulsion de Hariri. Il y voit une prise de pouvoir illégitime de la part des sunnites face aux chrétiens.
Ja’Ja denied that March 14 Christians are drifting away from Hariri. He believed March 14 could stay together until President Lahoud’s term ends in November 2007. However, he saw the issue of Internal Security Forces (ISF) appointments as a serious one representing Christian concerns that Sunnis were taking more than their fair share of government jobs. “It just adds to the Christian losses of the last 15 years” and drives Aoun crazy, asserted Ja’Ja.
8. (C/NF) Ja’Ja was alarmed that Hariri wanted to appoint his own man, Lt. Col. Wissam al-Hassan, to head the ISF intelligence branch. Ja’Ja is worried that Hariri intends to expand the size and mission of the traditionally Sunni ISF intelligence branch to make it into a peer competitor with the traditionally Christian Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) G-2 and the traditionally Shia Surete General. Hariri wants a Cabinet decree to upgrade the ISF intelligence branch from to a section, which is bigger than a branch. Ja’Ja raised his concerns with Hariri, who replied that the ISF intelligence always had a branch. Ja’Ja replied that Hariri wants to upgrade to a section, which constitutes a legal change. Hairi did not seem to register the distinction, which Ja’Ja interpreted as Hariri’s lack of a grasp of details.
9. (C/NF) Hariri’s appointment of someone so close to him to head the ISF intelligence branch, as well as his proposal to expand it to a section, is causing serious discord and anxiety in the ISF and LAF, according to Ja’Ja. He was concerned that the LAF will feel threatened and draw closer to President Lahoud. Christian LAF officers are alarmed because they fear Hariri is trying to create his own (Sunni-led) G-2. The Ambassador pointed out that ISF commander Maj. Gen. Rifi tends to make a good impression on visitors as professional and capable, while LAF G-2 commander George Khoury comes across as unprofessional and a complainer. Ja’Ja sighed in agreement. But, he continued, we are stuck with the LAF officers we have because the president is the patron of the LAF. Ja’Ja added that it seems LAF commander Lt. Gen. Michel Sulayman still maintains his Syrian ties.
10. (C/NF) Ja’Ja added that he has talked with Maronite ministers Pierre Gemayel and Nayla Mouawad, and they agree that Hariri is very stubborn. They are paying a high political price with their Christian constituents because of Hariri. This is exacerbated by the Siniora-Hariri rift. Hariri can be managed, clarified Ja’Ja, but Prime Minister Siniora acts as if he is head of state. “He is a one-man show,” asserted Ja’Ja. Siniora is not consulting anyone else on civil service appointments, including the foreign ministry. Siniora does not want to share power, according to Ja’Ja. He will listen to others, but once he has taken a decision, he is very stubborn.
Wissam Hassan est un homme clé cité dans l’attentat Hariri, l’enquête sur l’attentat, l’infiltration des réseaux de communication libanais, etc.
