Comments on: Hizbullah Announces Candidate Lists http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/ A Lebanese Political Blog | News and commentary from the Levant Wed, 30 May 2012 14:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Syria Comment » Archives » US Will Work with Lebanon Opposition - Experts Say http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1773 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:19:27 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1773 [...] A March 8th win is really going to be all about the Free Patriotic Movement (Aoun’s Christian bloc). No matter how Fox News spins it, the reality is that the onus has been placed entirely upon Michel Aoun’s Change & Reform bloc to pony up the seats to push the opposition over the top. And while there may be a congressional effort to introduce something like a Lebanon Accountability Act, I just can’t see a politically expedient reason to do it if the Syrians are adding value to Obama’s Mideast efforts. [...]

]]> By: Will the U.S. Punish Lebanon For Electing The Opposition? « Qifa Nabki http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1762 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:46:26 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1762 [...] agree more. As discussed recently, a March 8th win is really going to be all about the Free Patriotic Movement. No matter how Fox News spins it, [...]

]]> By: The Magic Number « Qifa Nabki http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1666 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:12:49 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1666 [...] to the built-in confessional quotas of the Lebanese political system, and the fact that Hizbullah has pointedly refrained from seeking more parliament seats than it won in 2005, a March 8th majority would — by [...]

]]> By: Welcome | Project on Middle East Democracy http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1330 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:23:58 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1330 [...] the April 7 deadline for election lists to be submitted approaching, Hizbollah has announced theirs. The announcement was accompanied with a fresh pledge from Hassan Nasrallah that Hizbullah [...]

]]> By: Qifa Nabki http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1317 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:40:52 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1317 Nidal,

That’s exactly why I picked it! It approximates things pretty well, at least among the opposition. The loyalist side is not as accurate.

]]> By: Nidal http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1311 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:42:40 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1311 QN,

From the coloured camembert chart, one can say that Joumblatt (red) and Aoun (orange) will get the greatest number of seats, followed by Hariri (blue), Berri (green) and Hezbollah (yellow). :-)

]]> By: Qifa Nabki http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1297 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:36:40 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1297 Shukran F… I was mixing it up with the 05 bloc (Resistance & Development).

]]> By: F http://qifanabki.com/2009/04/01/hizbullah-candidates-2009/#comment-1295 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:09:43 +0000 http://qifanabki.com/?p=759#comment-1295 Q
Amal is not in the Wafa’ bloc

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