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Anybody know what happened to Walid Jumblatt?

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Could have sworn he served me in the supermarket down Lye last week.

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  1. alive and well and living in Lebanon, and NY, and Chicago...the list is endless


  2. The BBC describes Jumblatt as "being seen by many as the country's political weathervane." He has a successful record of changing allegiances to ensure that the sectarian interests of the Druze emerge on the winning side of the political issues and conflicts shaping Lebanon, from the turmoil of the 1975-1990 civil war to Lebanon's reconstruction. Like several other sectarian leaders, he was a supporter of the Syrian military presence (described as an occupation by anti-Syrian elements) in Lebanon after the civil war, but since the death of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in 2000, he has campaigned for the end of Syrian domination of Lebanon. This has pitted him against President Emile Lahoud; who he considers a Syrian puppet, and the Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah; for whom he had this to say: "Their fighters have done a good job defying and defeating the Israeli army, OK, But the question we ask is where their allegiance goes: to a Lebanese strong central authority or somewhere else?" (Chicago Tibune interview Aug.11, 2006). It has also been argued that his previous support for Syrian intervention was compelled.

    dunno what happened to him though??????????????

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