block within the lebanese government had no idea what was going on. speculation has been going around since the announcement of that resignation. hariri announced his resignation while he was out of lebanon. he made that announcement from saudi arabia which fueled some of the speculation around his announceme announcement. basically that saudi arabia had forced him to resign and that he was possibly under house arrest. these, of course, allegations denied ve denied by riyadh and saying they was forced and under house arrest are baseless. yesterday, the leader of the iranian backed hezbollah came out and reiterated and said the same things about the