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| Hizbullah's Saheli Says CBC Report Aimed at Fuelling Sectarian Tensions |
| 2010-11-28 |
| [An Nahar] Hizbullah MP Nawwar Saheli on Saturday slammed a Canadian media report that the Shiite group would be implicated in the murder of Leb's ex-premier Rafik Hariri, saying it aimed to fuel sectarian tensions. "It is an American film whose purpose is to introduce religious strife to Leb," Saheli said in a statement distributed by Hizbullah. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired a documentary on Monday citing unidentified sources saying that U.N. Sherlocks had evidence that "points overwhelmingly" to the involvement of members of the gang. The prosecutor of a U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Leb into the 2005 liquidation of Hariri, Daniel Bellemare, has criticized the CBC report and said it could endanger lives. "The most serious impact of the CBC reports is that their broadcast may put people's lives in jeopardy," Bellemare said in a statement on Tuesday. Hariri's son, Leb's current Prime Minister Saad Hariri, has also dismissed the CBC report. Saheli said the tribunal based in The Hague is an "international farce directed by the Americans." Hizbullah has said it would not accept the indictment of its members in connection with the liquidation and warned of repercussions, raising fears in Leb of sectarian conflict. The group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was expected to speak on the subject on Sunday. No date has been set for the international tribunal to issue any indictments but it is widely believed in Leb's political circles that the court will do so by the end of the year. |
| Posted by:Fred |