The Conspiracy is the U.S.'s and Israel's
Yes, records as evidence used by the United Nations special tribunal looking into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, link top Hezbollah operatives to that murder and the slaughter of 21 other people in Beirut in 2005. The investigation, which has a more-or-less forgone conclusion, took fully six years to wrap up.Christian and Sunni Beirut could have informed the tribunal how things were and what their informed suspicions led them to. Shia-led Hezbollah denied then and continues to deny now. Claiming that implicating Hezbollah is an international conspiracy, one led by the United States and its ally, Israel. And Hezbollah has no intention whatever of acknowledging the findings.
Other than, of course, to deny them. There is no proof-positive.
Mr. Hariri's son, Saad al-Hariri, who, following in his father's footsteps, most latterly headed the government of Lebanon, was forced to exile himself to survive an assassination attempt himself. And leave the field to Hezbollah. And from exile has called upon Hassan Nasrallah to take a "historic stance" in response to the indictment.
Saad al-Hariri is not naive; he is, after all, Lebanese, and accustomed to the sectarian bitterness and division that wracked his country in a brutal civil war that almost destroyed Lebanon. But he recommends to Hezbollah that they bite the bullet and fully co-operate with the tribunal; extradite the suspects to face trail on charges of conspiracy to murder.
But Hassan Nasrallah is resolute; no Hezbollah members will face trial for any act they did not commit. The accusations are based on fabricated and completely circumstantial evidence. Never will the four named in the planned and successful assassination be given up to face international justice: "Even in 300 years".
Hezbollah would prefer to avoid civil war. Hezbollah would prefer to make use of all the weaponry it has zealously stored toward the day when it clashes with the State of Israel again.
Soon is not too soon for Hezbollah.
Labels: Israel, Middle East, United Nations, United States
posted by Pieface @ Friday, August 19, 2011
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