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Hezbollah leaders refuse to meet with Carter in Lebanon
By DPA
Tags: hezbollah, israel news 

Officials from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have refused to meet with former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who is in Lebanon, Carter's spokesman Rick Jafculca said Wednesday.

Carter requested the meeting with the Iran-backed movement - which is recognized as a terrorist group by the United States - as part of a two-day visit to Lebanon to assess whether his Atlanta-based Carter Center will monitor parliamentary elections, which are scheduled to take place by May 2009

Jafculca confirmed a meeting had been requested with Hezbollah, but added that the group "were not able to meet" Carter.
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"I am going to meet with as many of the political parties as possible," Carter had said on Tuesday. "I understand that several leaders of Hezbollah said they were not going to meet with any president or former president of the United States, so I don't know yet."

Carter's Lebanon visit, which started on Tuesday, will be followed by a trip to neighboring Syria.

Carter's talks in Syria include a meeting with President Bashar Assad, whose ties with the U.S. remain strained despite warming relations with other Western countries like France and Britain.

Carter is also scheduled to meet with Palestinian Hamas officials in Damascus.

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      1.   Carter 12:07  |  Paul 10/12/08
      2.   why should the meet with him 12:18  |  leb from the south 10/12/08
      3.   Carter sunni 12:30  |  Harry 10/12/08
      4.   I refuse to meet him too!! Carter, GO HOME! 12:37  |  Proud Zionist 10/12/08
      5.   PEANUT 12:44  |  Zoe 10/12/08
      6.   Disgrace 13:05  |  Ofer 10/12/08
      7.   Hezbollah have standards 13:25  |  Peter Williams 10/12/08
      8.   Possible Outcome for the Idiot Carter 13:32  |  David LG 10/12/08
      9.   The stupid and coward should go home 13:36  |  maurice 10/12/08
      10.   Ofer - 6 13:44  |  ChanahS 10/12/08
      11.   Awww he wuvs you! 13:52  |  x-ray 10/12/08
      12.   Hizbollah just made Israel very happy 13:54  |  Conroy 10/12/08
      13.   CARTER PWNED BY TERRORISTS 13:55  |  JD 10/12/08
      14.   #7 please 14:00  |  leb from the south 10/12/08
      15.   I don`t blame them for not meeting him 14:03  |  ottomatik 10/12/08
      16.   Ofer`s claims 14:03  |  Jackie 10/12/08
      17.   EVEN HEZBOLLAH IS CONFUSED BY CARTER INTENTION 14:17  |  indrajaya 10/12/08
      18.   A collaborator with Islamists who murdered thousands of Americans 14:20  |  Hanokh 10/12/08
      19.   LEB from the south.You to started a war withIsrael 14:43  |  PETER SM 10/12/08
      20.   If the puppets won`t meet Carter,what chance the Mullahs 14:48  |  PETER SM 10/12/08
      21.   Carter works for Israel 14:53  |  Siad 10/12/08
      22.   to leb from the south 15:06  |  real vision 10/12/08
      23.   #19 what do you want me to read 15:28  |  leb from the south 10/12/08
      24.   SIAD why should anyone think other than this? 15:35  |  PETER SM 10/12/08
      25.   Khomeni also humiliated Carter When will he ever learn? 15:41  |  Shalom Freedman 10/12/08
      26.   leb from the south14 15:45  |  ChanahS 10/12/08
      27.   Siad - Carter works for Israel? 15:47  |  ChanahS 10/12/08
      28.   arab from the south 23 15:49  |  ChanahS 10/12/08
      29.   #22 you are kidding right 15:49  |  leb from the south 10/12/08
      30.   The bad gestures of arab world 15:52  |  Mezhad 10/12/08
      31.   #25 let the saudis buy u then 15:53  |  leb from the south 10/12/08
      32.   The awkward situation of Hisbollah 16:03  |  Mark Lincoln 10/12/08
      33.   #14 leb from south 16:29  |  Lynn 10/12/08
      34.   Mark Lincoln....maybe Hezbollah doesn`t want 16:34  |  Lynn 10/12/08
      35.   Shame for Hez - Carter was there to supply them arms 16:40  |  SystemF 10/12/08
      36.   #30 Mezhad....Iran has ONE ally 16:41  |  Lynn 10/12/08
      37.   # 34, LYNN 17:05  |  indrajaya 10/12/08
      38.   #36 lyn 17:11  |  Mezhad 10/12/08
      39.   Religious wars have been going on forever 17:40  |  Anonymous 10/12/08
      40.   indrajaya, I find it disturbing though 17:45  |  Magnus K. 10/12/08
      41.   Is Carter aware of the number of Americans murdered by the 18:00  |  Rob, former soldier 10/12/08
      42.   leb from the south 31 18:19  |  ChanahS 10/12/08
      43.   Carter 19:20  |  American 10/12/08
      44.   Carter in Lebanon 20:26  |  Howard 10/12/08
      45.   Terrorist Don`t Like Carter Either 20:41  |  Baruch Gold 10/12/08
      46.   Because of this fool of a "leader?", the world is now faced with 21:02  |  Pssd off American. 10/12/08
      47.   Hezbollah is a terrorist group, political party and a mafia 22:06  |  Anonymous 10/12/08
      48.   Ex U.S. President for Sale 22:53  |  Hebro 10/12/08
      49.   #31 - Iranian Jews 23:31  |  Softwalker 10/12/08
      50.   I`ll Bet... 23:44  |  Yosemite 10/12/08
      51.   23 leb from south -what you should read 00:14  |  EZ 11/12/08
      52.   Jews are still the target of genocide 00:45  |  Anonymous 11/12/08
      53.   # 48, YOSEMITE 01:16  |  indrajaya 11/12/08
      54.   People who hate Carter 01:23  |  Colin Wright 11/12/08
      55.   Indrayaya #17 01:26  |  Barry 11/12/08
      56.   Lynn, there are many more nations allied with Iran 01:30  |  Mark Lincoln 11/12/08
      57.   re: Why should they meet with him 01:58  |  Daniel Gold 11/12/08
      58.   if the terrorists stop dealing with carter 01:58  |  Arie 11/12/08
      59.   Carter 02:05  |  RW 11/12/08
      60.   Lynn, Hisbollah`s positions 02:26  |  Mark Lincoln 11/12/08
      61.   to : Magnus re Indrayaya 06:34  |  Barry 11/12/08
      62.   for leb from south 14:51  |  dani.a 11/12/08
      63.   Jimmeh Carter and the Hezz 00:45  |  Bruce Walker 12/12/08
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