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| UN Hariri tribunal to accuse Hezbollah: Nasrallah |
| 2010-07-23 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday Lebanon's prime minister had informed him that a UN tribunal probing the 2005 murder of ex-Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri will accuse undisciplined members of his group. "I was personally informed by Prime Minister (Saad) Hariri that the tribunal will accuse some undisciplined members" of Hezbollah, Nasrallah said in a press conference via video link. In a speech earlier this month, Nasrallah accused Israel of interfering in the probe and slammed the tribunal's impending indictment as "fabricated." Media reports last year said that evidence implicated Hezbollah in the assassination of former premier Hariri in a massive seaside bombing on February 14, 2005. Nasrallah said the tribunal was part of a "conspiracy" against his group, Lebanon and the region, claiming that After Israeli and the United States failed to employ break up his group by force they are using other tactics to achieve that goal. He added that Hezbollah would not hand in any of its members, disciplined or undisciplined, who may be accused by the tribunal. He accused international investigators of not being serious in their probe because they knew, he said, their probe was just procedural. Nasrallah in March confirmed UN investigators had interrogated members of his Syrian- and Iranian-backed party but said at the time that Hezbollah was not in the tribunal's line of fire. The Hariri murder has been widely blamed on Syria, a main backer of Hezbollah, although Damascus has roundly and consistently denied involvement. A UN commission of inquiry had said it had evidence to implicate Syrian and Lebanese intelligence services prior to the tribunal's formation, but there are currently no suspects in custody. |
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