This morning Now Lebanon published an article in which the former investigator into the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, Detlev Mehlis, explained some of the facts surrounding the investigation. Most importantly, he dismissed criticism coming form the March 8/Hezbollah camp that the investigation has been politicized.
The pro-Syrian “opposition” has been celebrating the release recently of the four heads of security that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hariri Case’
Detlev Mehlis clarifies the issues
Posted in Politics, tagged Aoun, Detlev Mehlis, Hariri, Hariri Case, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Never forgive!
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri Case, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I along with many Lebanese will never ever forgive the Syrian regime for what they did on February 14, 2005. Never ever! It was the act of ultimate brutality, killing people in cold blood for their cynical survival; killing the dream of a nation. The world will soon put those responsible on trial.
No matter who [...]
National dilemma
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri Case, Hezbollah, Israel, Palestine on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Lebanese are living a national dilemma today, at least as far as I can tell. The dilemma is the split we feel between wanting to support resistance to Israeli interests on the one hand, and wanting to live an “ordinary” life on the other.
Hezbollah’s program supports resistance; in fact, it puts what seems all [...]
The 1960 electoral law
Posted in Politics, tagged Electoral Law, Hariri Case, Israel, Syria, United States on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Berri’s announcement that they will ask for the approval of the 1960 electoral law as a condition for electing Suleiman for president is another possible sign that the timing of Hariri’s murder just when that same law was about to be agreed on in early 2005 was crucial. Whoever got rid of him wanted to [...]
Israel strikes again!
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri Case, Hezbollah, Israel on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The latest tragic murder of Francois el-Hajj appears to confirm my theory that it is actually Israel who has been systematically knocking off our leaders, not Syria. Apparently, el-Hajj was sympathetic to the opposition’s position politically and he was next in line to head the army. Behind the scenes there may have been an effort [...]
Where is Serge Brammertz?
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Politics, tagged Hariri Case on October 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Back when the investigators were hotly pursuing evidence of Syrian complicity in the killing of Rafic Hariri, not one day was wasted plastering the media with their presence and activities. Now it seems there is not much left to pin on Syria so Serge Brammertz has gone quiet. Where is he? Why is he not [...]
Lebanese assassinations are part of a larger plan
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri Case, Israel, Syria, United States on September 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When Hariri Sr. was killed in 2005 people argued that Syria did it and that they did it despite the heat they were expecting to receive from the international community. In the view of most analysts it was an act done with a specific gain in mind for which the Syrian authorities (or regime) were [...]
Is someone blocking compromise?
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri Case, Israel, United States on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Most people nowadays are more or less convinced that Syria was behind the killing of Hariri and all the other Lebanese figures in the last two years. The theory behind this is that Syria is simply liquidating all those people who have been opposed to its presence in Lebanon or at least those who have [...]
