Pressure on Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to resign has been rapidly mounting after UN investigators questioned him concerning the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Lahoud was interviewed as a witness by two UN investigators at the presidential palace late on Friday, a statement from his office said. Lahoud has been under the spotlight since last August when Lebanese authorities arrested three former security chiefs and the current head of the republican guards Mustapha Hamdan. Pressure on the president to step down intensified following last month's UN report, which stated that Lahoud received phone calls from a suspect shortly before the massive bombing that killed al-Hariri. "The president told (investigators) the true and accurate information concerning what has been reported about phone calls to the presidential palace before and after the deplorable crime," said the presidential office in a statement.
| Keep an eye on this. I think that when Emile finally goes, it's going to be a sign that Baby Assad isn't far behind. |