Wikileaks: Murr: "These are Sleiman's three C's; caution, coward, collusion..."

C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIRUT 000681

SUBJECT: LEBANON: MINDEF MURR MEETING ON 11 MAY 2008

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3. (C) Murr set the stage for our early Sunday morning by telling us about his newest neighbors. Evidently, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun has received 200 new body guards to protect his residence in Rabieh which is not far from Murr's home. These fighters had infiltrated into Rabieh on dirt tracks that were not guarded. Now, according to Murr, his nine year old daughter asks him, "who are those dirty men with beards outside?" (Comment. If Murr were really 

in distress about this new development, it is unlikely that 

he would still have his two children in the house while his 

ex-wife was out of the country. End Comment.)....

5. (C) Murr, clearly upset with the LAF's lack of performance, told Charge that Sleiman was a "coward." Charge recalled USDP Edelman's question to Sleiman about a lack of LAF action leading to questions of either caution or collusion on the part of the LAF. Murr agreed saying , "these are Sleiman's three C's; caution, coward, collusion."...