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UN Probe Points To Syrian Role In Hariri Murder


By- Mark Turner at the United Nations and Roula Khalaf in London
Published: October 20 2005



The chief UN investigator looking into the killing of Lebanon's former Prime Minister on Thursday said he believed the decision to commit the murder could not have been taken without the approval of top-ranking Syrian security officials.


The dramatic finding sets the stage for confrontation between Damascus and the International Community, the long-awaited report by Detlev Mehlis, the German Prosecutor leading the 10-Week investigation into the February assassination of Rafiq Hariri, said there was "Converging Evidence" pointing at "both Lebanese and Syrian involvement" and called for a deeper probe of the Syrian role.


The report, delivered to Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General, in New York on Thursday, sharply criticised Syria's co-operation with the UN team and said a full picture of the crime could not be established unless Syria fully co-operated, including allowing interviews to be held outside Syria and without the presence of Syrian officials.


Mr. Mehlis avoided giving away all the evidence pointing to Syria and did not name specific officials as suspects. But he said: "there is probable cause to believe that the decision to assassinate former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri could not have been taken without the approval of top-ranked Syrian security officials and could not have been further organized without the collusion of their counterparts in the Lebanese security services."
While political motives may have been predominant in the decision to kill Hariri, the report said that "Fraud, Corruption, and Money-Laundering" may have been the motives for individuals to participate in the operation.

To read the complete article and a summary of the UN report, please click on the link below:

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8684c6be-41bb-11da-a45d-00000e2511c8.html