Arabs Back General As Lebanese President

Well at least the title of this Washington Post article gets it right even if the first paragraph gets it wrong.

Syria joined other Arab nations Saturday in endorsing the head of Lebanon's army as that country's next president, putting pressure on the Lebanese opposition to drop demands that have blocked a compromise over the post.

The way this is written leads one to presume Syria led the charge for allowing the election of Gen. Michel Suleiman for president.

During a meeting in Cairo, Arab foreign ministers agreed unanimously to back Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman for president and called on Lebanon's rival parties to resolve their political differences. Syria's decision to back the statement suggested that the Lebanese opposition - led by the Syrian-backed Hezbollah - maybe ready to drop its demand that it receive Cabinet veto power before allowing Suleiman to be elected.

Syria, through Hezbollah, has been preventing Suleiman's selection as president until this point by pressuring March 14 members to give Hezbollah 1/3 of the ministersial seats in parliament, allowing them to veto any legislation not acceptable to them, even though this is more than their representative sample.

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