Will Congress Meet With Lebanese Parliamentarians Allied With Hezbollah?

By Andrew Cochran

Information from Lebanon indicates that members of the Lebanese Parliament are coming to Washington this week to meet with Congressmen, and among the visitors will Ghassan Moukheiber and Ibrahim Kenaan, both supporters of Michel Aoun. But over a year ago, Aoun signed a peace treaty with Hezbollah, which in effect makaes Aoun a "material supporter" of the Sh'ite terrorist group. As I reported last year, "The MoA refers to Israel as 'enemy territory' from which Lebanese should return (paragraph 6); it calls for renewed relations with Syria and the Palestinians without expressing any concern for their terrorist activities in the region (paragraphs 7 & 8), and doesn't limit Hezbollah from possessing and using its arms in any way (paragraph 9). Nasrallah seemed to support Aoun's bid for president, 'We see in Aoun a serious and competent candidate who enjoys wide popularity.'" That would be Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's Secretary General. See the full text of that "Memorandum of Understanding".

I don't know who chose the participants for the trip, but I fear that the U.S. Congress has been unwittingly set up to meet with Hezbollah's allies who seek continued dominance over Lebanon and Israel's destruction. It will be seen as a propaganda victory for Hez and Aoun, even if the Congressmen don't realize whom they are welcoming to the shrine of democracy. Some meeting....

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