Talk:Saad Hariri

These Edits Contradict with WP:Living Policies

The Edits I removed were :

• working for increased American intervention and isolation of the Lebanese resistance movement as part of the 14 March coalition. Unlike his father before him, he favors negotiations to disarm Hezbollah and opposes Syria's influence in Lebanon, although his father cooperated very closely with the Syrians during their 29-year presence.

Explanation: these Edits are not references they clearly state that Saad Hariri is working as an American Agent, and the other statement about his father is pretty much ambiguous.

• Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon and took up his father's political path rallying behind him former sectarian militias, the Progressive Socialist Party and the Lebanese Forces.

Explanation:Not referenced contains POV language such as Sectarian Militias while he is simply one of the leaders of the March 14 Alliance that contains many other political leaders and parties.

• Hariri has been suspected of funding the Fatah al-Islam group to counter the Shi'a Muslim Hezbollah, immediately prior to its assault on the Lebanese Army. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said on CNN that Fatah al-Islam was being funded by Saudi Arabia through Bandar bin Sultan, as a result of an agreement among Dick Cheney, Elliott Abrams and Bandar "whereby the Saudis would covertly fund the Sunni Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon as a counterweight to the Shia Hezbollah". He also stated that the Lebanese government, led by the Sunni Future Movement, was providing support for the group.

Explanation: Accusing Saad Hariri of supporting the terrorist group Fatah Al-Islamis aimed to defame. Since no investigation had ever proved any connection between Saad Hariri and Fatah Al-Islam but on the contrary the leaders and members of this group had been smuggled from Syria

"Lebanese security officials said Fatah Islam split last year from the Syria-based Fatah Uprising, itself a 1980s splinter of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah. But they say the alleged split from Fatah Uprising was only a cover and that they are part of the Syrian intelligence security. Unconfirmed Lebanese security reports also have alleged that members of Fatah Islam were sent by Damascus to destabilize Lebanon following Syria's forced withdrawal from Lebanon in April 2005.Fatah Islam: Obscure group emerges as Lebanon's newest security threat The Associated Press

for more citations The mysterious Fatah al-Islam connection with Syria By Scott Macleod

The Lebanese government has linked Fatah al-Islam to the Syrian intelligence services. Syrian officials and Fatah al-Islam deny the connection.

The Beirut government says four Syrian members of Fatah al-Islam were arrested and confessed to the twin bus bombings in February that killed three people in a Christian area near the capital.Profile: Fatah al-Islam

Actually only Seymour Hersh did such claims and he is known as relying on anonymous sources and as his campaign was related to his attitude towards the current American administration and it allies specially the Suadis so such citations is pretty much week considering the controversial theories found concerning the subject.

• Saad Hariri is mainly criticised for having inherited his position in politics through no merit of his own, and thereby benefiting from Lebanon's heavy system of patronage. In addition, he has been severely criticised for having transformed the Future Movement, largely considered to have been an exception in the Lebanese political spectrum for its refusal to take up arms, into an armed militia.

Explanation: Such claims are weakly sourced "Gulfnews" and its simply part of the propaganda against the March 14 Alliance claiming that he formed a militia is part of the March 8 Alliance propaganda while Hizbollah fighters during 2008 conflict in Lebanon controlled west Beirut which is Saah Hariri strong hold with virtually no resistance from the Future movement because simply they didnt have a militia and that can be seen from the amount of casualties that occurred in Beirut. anyway such dangerous accusations are not suitable for a wikipedia article. Hiram111 (talk) 22:02, 6 July 2008 (UTC)