Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
has him bumped off, too.
spoke about his resignation, Iran, Hezbollah and rumors he was detained in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
Regarding the claims stated by Lebanese President
Michel Aoun...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
, Saad Hariri said: "Many stories have been told but if I were tossed into the calaboose, I would not be here in Beirut today. Before that, I was able to go to Gay Paree, Egypt, Cyprus. I was free."
When asked about his resignation and the role he would wish to take on, Hariri said: "I wanted the world to understand that Leb can no longer tolerate the interferences of a party like Hezbollah in the affairs of the Gulf countries, where 300,000 Lebanese live. We must not pay for the actions of Hezbollah."
Hariri added: "In Leb, Hezbollah has a political role. Leb's interest is to ensure that its weapons are not used elsewhere. I will not accept that a Lebanese political party participates in maneuvers that serve the interests of Iran."
He commented on threats he received: "I have many enemies, turbans and the Syrian regime. The latter pronounced a death sentence against me. They accuse me of interference in their country. Frankly, do you imagine us Lebanese interfering in Syria?"