"Made in Syria"

'Bite the hand ....!'

"... Also in Akkar is Future Movement coordinator Hussein al-Masri, formerly a very active member of the Baath’s student wing. As for former Future MP, Mustafa Hachem, it is said that he sat in General Mufleh’s office the longest and drank his coffee the most. Until a few weeks ago, Mufleh himself was commending Hachem’s “political line,” praising his writing skills, and recommending his investigative expertise to journalists.

But Syria’s main “creation” in Akkar is none other than MP Khaled al-Daher. All that he knows, he learned from the Syrian intelligence that ruled Lebanon. After the annulment of the elections results contested by MP Mikhael al-Daher against Faouzi Hobeich and Jamal Ismail, by-elections for two seats were held in North Lebanon in 1997.

Out of the blue, Khaled al-Daher’s name filled the ballot boxes, gaining 90 percent of the Alawi vote. The Christians seemed to be enamored by him. Some forget, but some don’t, that al-Daher used to “serve coffee” in Mufleh’s office.

From Akkar to Zgharta. Following the Syrian leadership’s blessing of the “election” of President Rene Moawad, and his martyrdom, their intelligence services appointed his widow Nayla Moawad as MP in 1991.

Her relationship with former Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam and General Mohammad Nassif got her a first-place position in the 1992 elections in the north, only to be surpassed by MP Boutros Harb in 1996.

During the reign of the Syrian intelligence, Harb had received more votes than Frangieh, Syria’s top man in Lebanon, as March 14 likes to call him. This happened even in Zgharta, Frangieh’s stronghold. Moawad also received more votes than Frangieh in all Alawi ballot boxes.

Well into the 2000s, Nayla Moawad never hesitated to invite Syrian generals to the commemorations of President Moawad’s assassination. Frangieh can recall more than 20 cases where Moawad gave information about him to the Syrian authorities, while she cannot remember even one case where he did the same to her...." (Continue, Here)