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Assafir’s Top Headline: Confusion At The Future Movement

August 13, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

Assafir, August 13, 2010

The newspaper cites mixed reactions to Sayyed Nasrallah’s presentation. It speculates about a ‘rational’ wing that wants to open up to Hezbollah and a hawkish cabal that want to push Mr. Hariri to the abyss.

The FM should have unified their message from the beginning. I told you that this was going to happen. Mr. Hariri will be making his position known during iftar on Saturday, and hopefully he’ll stay clear of the FM’s usual strategic ambiguity.