Oops! No One Knows Who Invited Ahmadinejad To Visit Lebanon, 20 Years After His First Trip

Daled Amos
14 October '10

Gee, don't you hate when that happens?

Judith Miller writes that no one is rushing to take credit for having invited Ahmadinejad to visit Lebanon:

No one in Lebanon seems to know who invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Beirut for a two-day “official visit” -- his first since assuming office in Teheran five years ago. No Lebanese official has claimed credit for a trip that Israel and the U.S. have condemned as “provocative.” But it’s shaping up as a potential powder keg and a huge political embarrassment for Lebanon whose reverberations are being felt in many capitals, not just in the Middle East.

But then again, maybe Ahmadinejad isn't there by invitation--maybe he is just following up on the last time he visited Lebanon, 20 years ago.

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