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| Kerry urges Lebanese to accept Hariri court |
| 2010-11-09 |
| [Emirates 24/7] Leb cannot change the course of a tribunal investigating the killing of statesman Rafik Al Hariri, a leading US senator said on Monday in comments acknowledging sectarian tensions over expected indictments. Shia, Iranian-backed Hezbullies is trying to block the tribunal, attempting to curb its financing and calling on Lebanese to halt cooperation with it after it emerged that members of the group may be indicted for the 2005 attack. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday the court was moving to indict between two and six members of Hezbullies by the end of the year. Sunni, Western-backed Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri supports the UN-backed court investigating his father's death, and cooperation with the tribunal is enshrined in the policy statement of the government, of which Hezbullies is a member. Diplomats and politicians have previously said indictments may surface by early next year. As they approach, sectarian tensions have risen and political disputes between the Hariri and Hezbullies camps have escalated. "Prime Minister Hariri doesn't have the power to change the tribunal," said John I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Leb doesn't have the power to change the tribunal because it was created by the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society at the request of this country," Kerry said after meeting Hariri and before heading on to Damascus. Hezbullies, which considers the court a tool of US and Israeli policy, has called on Hariri to repudiate the tribunal, whose investigation first pointed the finger at Syria. |
| Posted by:Fred |