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November 25, 2005
Syria: Government to "Cooperate" on Hariri Probe
It seems Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad (aka the chinless one) is feeling the heat. He is attempting to move the Hariri issue from the headlines so he can get back to his usual campaign of disinformation in the Western World, and his usual level of political oppression at home: Syria agrees to UN interviews
Syria today agreed to allow United Nations investigators to question five officials over the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister killed by a car bomb in February.A progress report by Detlev Mehlis, the German prosecutor in charge of the investigation, implicated Syrian officials in Mr Hariri's murder on February 14 and accused the Syrian government of obstructing inquiries.
Syria's deputy foreign minister, Walid Moallem, today told a press conference that Damascus agreed to cooperate with the inquiry if it received "guarantees concerning the rights of the individuals" to be questioned and "reassurances" that its sovereignty would be respected.
A security council resolution passed at the end of October required Syria to cooperate "unconditionally" with the UN investigation and take into custody anybody suspected of involvement.
For our previous coverage of this story, see links below:
Syria: Ghazi Kanaan's 'Suicide' Looks Rather Assisted
Lebanon: UN Report Points Finger at Syria in Hariri Assassination
Lebanon: UN Withheld Information on Hariri's Assassination Probe
Posted by Ruy Diaz at November 25, 2005 5:31 PM
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