Barring some catastrophic series of events in Lebanon (in that country, one never knows), in a few hours, the commander-in-chief of the Lebanese armed forces, Gen. Michel Sleiman - also spelled, "Suleiman" - will become president of Lebanon. There's so much here regarding his ascendancy from the highest post in the Lebanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) to the Presidential Palace that it would take a book to detail. And I won't go into his military career, because there are multiple English-language versions of his bio presently being published worldwide. [more... ]
Monday, May 26, 2008
Beyond the Dropzone By W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
Pro-Syrian, Hezbollah-friendly General to become Lebanese President
Barring some catastrophic series of events in Lebanon (in that country, one never knows), in a few hours, the commander-in-chief of the Lebanese armed forces, Gen. Michel Sleiman - also spelled, "Suleiman" - will become president of Lebanon. There's so much here regarding his ascendancy from the highest post in the Lebanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) to the Presidential Palace that it would take a book to detail. And I won't go into his military career, because there are multiple English-language versions of his bio presently being published worldwide. [more... ]
Barring some catastrophic series of events in Lebanon (in that country, one never knows), in a few hours, the commander-in-chief of the Lebanese armed forces, Gen. Michel Sleiman - also spelled, "Suleiman" - will become president of Lebanon. There's so much here regarding his ascendancy from the highest post in the Lebanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) to the Presidential Palace that it would take a book to detail. And I won't go into his military career, because there are multiple English-language versions of his bio presently being published worldwide. [more... ]
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