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Saturday, August 04, 2007
Jihad Khazen does not know. Here, columnist in Prince Khalid Bin Sultan's newspaper, Al-Hayat, Jihad Al-Khazen, comes out in support of Amin Gemayyel. He explains that Gemayyel avoided violence in his political career (and he finds him one of the best politicians in Lebanon). So while Amin Gemayyel has been personally bragging in the last few weeks about his role in the massacre of the Palestinians in Tal Az-Za`tar refugee camp in 1976, Mr. Khazen is bestowing an honor on Gemayyel that he is not claiming for himself. Also, it seems Mr. Khazen did not follow Lebanese politics between 1982 and 1988 when Gemayyel was president. Let me summarize Gemayyel's term in office for Mr. Khazen: It was very violent. Very.