Hariri's son wants killers to face international court

Reuters via boston.com ^ | October 22, 2005 | By Nadim Ladki

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - The son of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's Rafik al-Hariri called on Saturday for an international court to punish his killers as pressure mounted on Syria after a damning U.N. probe into the murder.

The United States is working to arrange a quick high-level U.N. Security Council meeting to consider a response to the investigation that implicated senior Syrian officials in the February 14 assassination.

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Let Lebanon and Syria deal with it themselves. Keep the corrupt, meddlesome UN out of the business of criminal investigations, trials and punishments!

[gondramB]

"BEIRUT (Reuters) - The son of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's Rafik al-Hariri called on Saturday for an international court to punish his killers as pressure mounted on Syria after a damning U.N. probe into the murder."


I understnad the motivation.

And I understand what the President said.

But what happens when the next person they want to charge is a U.S. official and we are on record as supporting this U.N. process?

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"Let Lebanon and Syria deal with it themselves."

I would say let Lebanon handle it themselves, and keep the international dirtbags on the sidelines.

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The other court I would trust in this case is the UAF.

[indianrightwinger]

With some oversight of US on the process to make sure that Syria is not rolling Lebanon over.

[AmishDude]

The son of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's Rafik al-Hariri called on Saturday for an international court to punish his killers

So, he wants his father's killers to go free?

[Rapscallion]

"Let Lebanon and Syria deal with it themselves."

Let me help you understand so you may make a better recommendation.

The Syrians occupied Lebanon and imposed order through Syrian secret service agents inside Lebanon. The people of Lebanon elected a president who was not a pawn of Syria. Syria and Syrian intelligence along with Syrain secret agents in Lebanon assassinated the president and 24 other innocent citizens using a car bomb in an act of terrorism.

The signifcance of this is that the head of Syria was party to the assination of the president of a neighbor country. Syria not only assinated him but used terroist tactics to do so. Syria is already known as a terrorist state. This time they are caught red-handed. The leaders of Syria must be held to account.

I hope this helps.