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| Syria urges probe of former Hariri investigator |
| 2009-09-18 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Syria has asked the United Nations to launch an inquiry into what it says was an attempt by a former U.N. investigator to implicate Damascus in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. A letter from Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, made available to reporters on Thursday, also said Damascus reserved the right to take legal action of its own against the prosecutor, Detlev Mehlis, and his assistant, Gerhard Lehmann. Mehlis was appointed to head a U.N. inquiry, requested by Lebanon, into the February 2005 death of Hariri and 22 others in a Beirut car bombing. Mehlis, a German, left the job in early 2006, and the post has since changed hands twice. In an October 2005 report, Mehlis said there was "converging evidence pointing at both Lebanese and Syrian involvement in this terrorist act," which could not have been carried out without the knowledge of Lebanese and Syrian intelligence. Syria denied responsibility, but the killing caused a worldwide outcry that forced an end to Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon. Moualem said interviews given by one of four Lebanese officers held for nearly four years by Lebanese authorities over the killing before being released without charge in April showed Mehlis' anti-Syrian bias. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "Syria has asked the United Nations to launch an inquiry into what it says was an attempt by a former U.N. investigator" Ya well, good luck with that. |
| Posted by: BibiNetanyahu 2009-09-18 10:19 |
| #1 HAREETZ > TOP IDF OFFICER: IRAN HAS TAKEN OVER HEZBOLLAH + HERZOG SEEKS AUTHORITY TO ALLOW ISRAEL TO BE PROTECTED INTERNATIONALLY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-09-18 01:38 |