Two Top Pro-Syria Security Chiefs Resign
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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati promised that parliamentary elections would be held by May 29, two days ahead of deadline, and two top pro-Syria security chiefs stepped down.
The resignations by Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, considered the most powerful security chief in Lebanon, and Maj. Gen. Ali Hajj, the top police commander, came before a United Nations team investigating the Feb. 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was expected to come to Lebanon.
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