WikiLeaks Makes
'Complete Mockery' of 'American Colossus'
"This
is a one-time occurrence and for goodness sake, Lebanon is extricating itself
rather honorably from this gigantic unpacking of dirty laundry - even if
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri had to deny in Paris having urged
Washington to take severe action against Tehran."
WikiLeaks strikes again: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei meets Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Tehran, just after news appeared that Hariri had suggested to the U.S. that Iraq was the wrong war, but that Iran was the right one.
Plunged
into crisis by a series of press revelations that led the Party of God [Hezbullah] to
launch a ferocious campaign against the Special
Tribunal for Lebanon, our country is no longer alone in suffering this type
of media indiscretion.
[Editor's
Note: The U.S. diplomatic cables disclosed by WikiLeaks revealed, among other
things, that two years ago Lebanese
Prime Minister Saad Hariri suggested that the United States attacks Iran,
and that Saudi Arabia sought to
create an Arab force to 'destroy' Iran-friendly Hezbullah in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the U.N. tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri
is reportedly ready to implicate members of Hezbullah in the killing.]
The
WikiLeaks affair has made a complete mockery of the American colossus, the top
secret documents of which were stolen en masse from its archives, only to clog
up the Web. So today, accessible to everyone, are the misjudgments that led to more
than one U.S.-enabled diplomatic-military escapade. A number of State Department officials
are embarrassed at having made uncharitable comments about foreign leaders -
some regarding state secrets that aren't limited to the Libyan president's unhealthy
obsession with his buxom Ukrainian nurse. Several heads of state have been
greatly embarrassed by the disclosure of their recommendations or requests, not
always of a peaceful nature, which were made to the sole superpower. There is
the case, for example, of Saudi King Abdullah pressing Washington to "sever
the head of the serpent," and deal a decisive blow to Iran before it equips
itself with nuclear arms.
This
is a one-time occurrence and for goodness sake, Lebanon is extricating itself
rather honorably from this gigantic unpacking of dirty laundry - even if Lebanese
Prime Minister Saad Hariri had to deny in Paris yesterday of having urged
Washington to take severe action against Tehran. And out of the U.S.
laundry basket, Hariri's predecessor, Fuad Siniora, the
opposition's bête noire,
emerges in fact as an ardent patriot, fiercely defending the country's
sovereignty and strongly opposing any definitive assimilation of Palestinian
refugees living on its territory. He also seems perfectly aware of the false
promises of stabilization that Damascus is so fond of making, advising his
American counterparts to refrain from making any premature concessions that would
very likely be free of charge.
To
return to the leaks that more directly and seriously affect Lebanon, anyone who
watched the most recent documentary by Canadian Public Broadcasting [click
here to watch] about the Hariri investigation, couldn't help but be moved
by the recollection, mentioned in the introduction and finale of the broadcast,
of Captain Wissam Eid. Sifting through hundreds of thousands of telephone
communications made at the time of the attack of February 14, 2005, it was this
young police officer, extraordinarily gifted in cybernetics, who outwitted
foreign specialists that were called to the rescue by investigators, and
succeeded in locating and grouping, in successive stages, the suspicious calls that
led to the execution of the attack.
Captain
Wissam Eid: A witness to the murder of former Lebanese Prime
Minister
Rafik Hariri, he almost single-handedly put together the details
of
the crime. He was then assassinated. Watch the CBC documentary by
Eid
was well aware that his discovery would cost him his life. Most poignantly, he
had prepared himself for this terrible prospect without ever abandoning his investigation.
In regard to allegations that the Lebanese telecom records he uncovered are
worthless because, for the purpose of manipulating them, Israel would likely have
succeeded in infecting them long ago, we've already said in this column that such
accusations are incredible affronts to the intelligence of the people. In
addition, it's shameful that last week, the Telecom minister offered his personal
but unconvincing support for the veracity of these records. That this same prattle
was theatrically repeated on Sunday by Hezbullah Chief Hassan Nasrallah seems
like an additional insult to the memory and martyrdom of Captain Eid, and obviously
does nothing to strengthen the moral tenor of such extravagant pleas.
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Another
source of dissatisfaction for Nasrallah would be the subtle denial by his own
sponsors and protectors [in Tehran] regarding Prime Minister Saad Hariri's current
foreign tour, which Nasrallah has characterized as a pure waste of time [video
above]. A fruitful and even historic visit, Iranian leaders contradicted
Nasrallah, even if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei saw fit to urge the prime minister
to try and move closer to the Hezbullah leader. In truth, it would have been
more appreciated if Khamenei would have publicly encouraged the Hezbullah militia
to take even a tiny step toward legality, the state and the primacy of its institutions.