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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
‘UN probe can question any official in Syria’
2005-11-04
BEIRUT - The UN commission investigating the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri can question any Syrian official, Syria’s deputy foreign minister said in an interview published on Thursday.

Syria has given the UN probe the green light to interrogate “all people who have been or who will be cited in the (German head prosecutor) Detlev Mehlis report”, Walid Muallem told the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat.
Excepting certain people, of course. Can't offend the national dignity.
The UN probe found “converging evidence” of high-level Syrian and Lebanese involvement in the February bomb blast, and was bolstered by a Security Council resolution passed on Monday that called for full Syrian cooperation.

“Resolution 1636 is a fait accompli and we will work with the resolution as such, whatever our opinion of this resolution,” Muallem said. The resolution, adopted unanimously by a 15-0 vote, orders Syria to detain suspects and says the UN commission can “determine the location and modalities for interview of Syrian officials and individuals it deems relevant to the inquiry.”
We have some detention facilities in Poland and Romania that would be convenient ...
Muallem did not mention where Syrian officials may be questioned, but said “Syria will work with the internal commission of inquiry because Syria believes itself innocent.

“As President Bashar Al Assad said, any Syrian who is proven to be involved must be tried.”
We'll remember you said that ...
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