Jumblatt says Iran can supply nation's weapons

LATimes, here

" ...That's OK, says Walid Jumblatt. If the United States fails to provide Lebanon with such weapons, it could turn to the Islamic Republic, which already is believed to supply weapons to Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite political organization and militia.

"Until now all the weapons delivered to the Lebanese army were American weapons or weapons from the Arab world," Jumblatt said. "We need anti-tank weapons and anti-aircraft weapons... I think we can find such weapons in Iran or in Russia or in China."

Just a little while ago, Jumblatt was the darling of American conservatives, feted during visits to Washington during the Bush years, when he was a staunch member of Lebanon's U.S.-backed March 14 alliance of political parties..."