“Detlev Mehlis, former head of the U.N. commission investigating ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination, said that he has a “very clear picture” of the murder, stressing he has evidence of Lebanese and Syrian involvement in the bombing attack.”
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“An administrative committee has been formed to “ward off” any pressure on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), the tribunal’s Registrar Robin Vincent said Tuesday in The Hague, expecting the trial to last for “at least five years.” (emphasis mine)
John Bolton told Asharq al-Awsat, “We know what they (Syria and Iran) were trying to do in Lebanon. The tribunal is an effort to prevent that from happening because if people understood that Syria was behind Hariri’s assassination, this would definitely hamper efforts for their return to Lebanon.”
