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Hariri sues over father's assassination

Future parliamentary bloc leader MP Saad Hariri filed a legal suit Monday against suspects in the killing of his father, former Premier Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005, in a bomb blast in Beirut. The case was filed by lawyer Mohammad Mattar, who is representing Hariri, at Examining Magistrate Saqr Saqr's office.

The claim accused four suspects, including arrested generals Jamil al-Sayyed of General Security, Ali al-Hajj from the Internal Security Forces, Mustafa Hamdan of the Presidential Guards and Raymond Azar of military intelligence, of premeditating Hariri's assassination and designing the explosives.

The claim also said accomplices, executors and any other participant in the crime must be legally punished, The Lebanese Daily Star writes.

 

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Daniel Graeber

Daniel Graeber is a writer for United Press International covering Iraq, Afghanistan and the broader Levant. He has published works on international and constitutional law pertaining to US terrorism cases and on child soldiers. His first major work, entitled The United States and Israel: The Implications of Alignment, is featured in the text, Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy. He holds a MA in Diplomacy and International Conflict Management from Norwich University, where his focus was international relations theory, international law, and the role of non-state actors.

Areas of Focus:International law; Middle East; Government and Politics; non-state actors

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