Hariri has been target of an assassination plot, report

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Former PM Saad Hariri is reportedly still in Paris and does not plan to return to Lebanon anytime soon according to local reports .

Hezbollah and its allies deliberately brought down Hariri’s government in January in anticipation of the indictment in the 2005 assassination of his his father former PM Rafik Hariri and ever since he reportedly has been the target of an assassination plot according to Al Mustaqbal newspaper

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and high-ranking U.S. and U.N. officials have reportedly warned Hariri about the plot, Al Mustaqbal reported and added that the former PM “is following the situation in Lebanon minute by minute and is meeting with all the (March 14) parties in the French capital to coordinate strategies of the opposition ”

There were rumors that Hariri was going to show up during last parliament session for debating the policy statement of the new cabinet of PM Nagib Mikati and apparently stayed away for security reasons.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued the indictments in the assassination of Lebanon’s former PM Rafik Hariri on June 30. An STL delegation met with Lebanon’s state prosecutor Said Mirza and handed him a copy of the Lebanon portion of the indictment and the arrest warrants. Two of the suspects Mustafa Badreddine and Salim Ayyash are reportedly senior members of the Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah while the other two Hassan Aneissy, also known as Hassan Issa, and Assad Sabra played a supporting role in the execution of the assassination

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah denounced on several occasions the court as a conspiracy by the U.S. and Israel and said last year that the group “will cut off the hand” of anyone who tries to arrest its party members linked to the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others.

Lebanon has 30 days to find and arrest the suspects but Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said on July 2 that the party would not cooperate with the tribunal.

“No Lebanese government will be able to carry out any arrests whether in 30 days, 30 years or even 300 years.”

“We reject the Special Tribunal for Lebanon along with each and every void accusation it issues, which to us is the equivalent of an attack against Hezbollah,” Nasrallah added in his hour-long speech.

Nasrallah admitted all the four suspects are Hezbollah members:

“The suspects named in the indictment are brothers who have an honorable history in resisting Israeli occupation.” He said

The whereabouts of the four remain unknown but some reports indicated that the two prime suspects in the assassination already fled to Iran.

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27 responses to “Hariri has been target of an assassination plot, report”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Too many ‘plots’ by the brain-dead still going on this world.

    People who think the only ‘concrete’ thing they can do in their lives is pull a trigger should be rounded up and stuck on a remote island with all the weapons.

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      Reminds me of another place a long time ago — ‘Lord of the Flies’,  COULD be ‘Nasrallah of the Flies’!  I’d hate to be on that island.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        We’d never do that to a lovely lady 😉 or anyone with imagination.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Too many ‘plots’ by the brain-dead still going on this world.

    People who think the only ‘concrete’ thing they can do in their lives is pull a trigger should be rounded up and stuck on a remote island with all the weapons.

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      Reminds me of another place a long time ago — ‘Lord of the Flies’,  COULD be ‘Nasrallah of the Flies’!  I’d hate to be on that island.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        We’d never do that to a lovely lady 😉 or anyone with imagination.

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Too many ‘plots’ by the brain-dead still going on this world.

    People who think the only ‘concrete’ thing they can do in their lives is pull a trigger should be rounded up and stuck on a remote island with all the weapons.

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Reminds me of another place a long time ago — ‘Lord of the Flies’,  COULD be ‘Nasrallah of the Flies’!  I’d hate to be on that island.

      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        We’d never do that to a lovely lady 😉 or anyone with imagination.

  4. Fadi81 Avatar

    I have an idea, enough is enough…why dont the good guys start assasinating these terrorist dogs and persian agents squatting on our land…..we can also say its a Zionist plot, but it would actually be somewht realistic unlike these radical islamists who will blame Israel if someone farts…

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Errr, Fadi … I thought to be ‘politically correct’ in the ‘modern world’ the ‘good guys’ were trying to get out of Afganistan, Iraq, Lybia, Sudan, etc,etc,etc. They left Lebanon .. don’t want Syria …   😉
      Ok,ok – it’s not about those particular good guys … but really, you’d end up with civil war again doing that if they didn’t believe it was Zionists but was the last guy to disagree with them … wouldn’t you?

      1. Fadi81 Avatar

        Ya fair enough…those you speak of are “the other good guys” lol….It seems to me if Arabs knew how to treat each other with respect and treat their people with respect you wouldn’t need foreign powers interfering. As bad as everyone says the US is, I disagree…sure previous administrations have made their mistakes but the people of America have spoken and elected change! I know the US has supported Mubarak for years, but when the people took to the street the US made the right choice and stood by the people not the regime. That to me speaks loudly about how far the US has come….In all honesty I never want to see another war in Lebanon, but it seems the only way to disarm the fanatics is by MIGHT! We all know that radical lunatic Hassoon will never go down without a fight, so where does that leave us???? The fight will happen, I just pray innocent lifes will be spared…

      2. Fadi81 Avatar

        Ya fair enough…those you speak of are “the other good guys” lol….It seems to me if Arabs knew how to treat each other with respect and treat their people with respect you wouldn’t need foreign powers interfering. As bad as everyone says the US is, I disagree…sure previous administrations have made their mistakes but the people of America have spoken and elected change! I know the US has supported Mubarak for years, but when the people took to the street the US made the right choice and stood by the people not the regime. That to me speaks loudly about how far the US has come….In all honesty I never want to see another war in Lebanon, but it seems the only way to disarm the fanatics is by MIGHT! We all know that radical lunatic Hassoon will never go down without a fight, so where does that leave us???? The fight will happen, I just pray innocent lifes will be spared…

    2. greetings friend, i understand your frustration but i want to encourage you to  hope things will somehow resolve as this journey makes full circle and all is exposed. i  have never met any of fellow members on this site but i sence and take great pride that they are seasoned reasonable people who by experiece and many scars have restrained themselves from regressing instead of progresing.it.. is by no accident that non on the other side got assasinated as it would not take much technolagy or money to return the favors. again hats off to the ones showing restraint and and hope in dialogue.

    3. greetings friend, i understand your frustration but i want to encourage you to  hope things will somehow resolve as this journey makes full circle and all is exposed. i  have never met any of fellow members on this site but i sence and take great pride that they are seasoned reasonable people who by experiece and many scars have restrained themselves from regressing instead of progresing.it.. is by no accident that non on the other side got assasinated as it would not take much technolagy or money to return the favors. again hats off to the ones showing restraint and and hope in dialogue.

  5.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    I have an idea, enough is enough…why dont the good guys start assasinating these terrorist dogs and persian agents squatting on our land…..we can also say its a Zionist plot, but it would actually be somewht realistic unlike these radical islamists who will blame Israel if someone farts…

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Errr, Fadi … I thought to be ‘politically correct’ in the ‘modern world’ the ‘good guys’ were trying to get out of Afganistan, Iraq, Lybia, Sudan, etc,etc,etc. They left Lebanon .. don’t want Syria …   😉
      Ok,ok – it’s not about those particular good guys … but really, you’d end up with civil war again doing that if they didn’t believe it was Zionists but was the last guy to disagree with them … wouldn’t you?

      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        Ya fair enough…those you speak of are “the other good guys” lol….It seems to me if Arabs knew how to treat each other with respect and treat their people with respect you wouldn’t need foreign powers interfering. As bad as everyone says the US is, I disagree…sure previous administrations have made their mistakes but the people of America have spoken and elected change! I know the US has supported Mubarak for years, but when the people took to the street the US made the right choice and stood by the people not the regime. That to me speaks loudly about how far the US has come….In all honesty I never want to see another war in Lebanon, but it seems the only way to disarm the fanatics is by MIGHT! We all know that radical lunatic Hassoon will never go down without a fight, so where does that leave us???? The fight will happen, I just pray innocent lifes will be spared…

  6. Amine123 Avatar
    Amine123

    Is HA liberating Palestine or killing our democracy? Traitors and murderers, the time has come for the Lebanese people to stand to these Persian dogs

    1. Your leader is in Paris and the rest of you are cowards  . Lebanon belongs to the Strong and Free . It’s time for you cowards to get your one way tickets and go join the coward in Paris .

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        When you can only use fighting words, you will spend your life fighting.

  7.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Is HA liberating Palestine or killing our democracy? Traitors and murderers, the time has come for the Lebanese people to stand to these Persian dogs

    1. Your leader is in Paris and the rest of you are cowards  . Lebanon belongs to the Strong and Free . It’s time for you cowards to get your one way tickets and go join the coward in Paris .

      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        When you can only use fighting words, you will spend your life fighting.

  8. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    Those who plan these assassination plots and those who assassinate ,whoever they may be ,are mistaken if they continue to believe the can still commit these crimes without being brought to justice!!How far can they go?They will not get too far !They will not remain masters forever no matter how strong they might be!!

  9. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    Those who plan these assassination plots and those who assassinate ,whoever they may be ,are mistaken if they continue to believe the can still commit these crimes without being brought to justice!!How far can they go?They will not get too far !They will not remain masters forever no matter how strong they might be!!

  10.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Those who plan these assassination plots and those who assassinate ,whoever they may be ,are mistaken if they continue to believe the can still commit these crimes without being brought to justice!!How far can they go?They will not get too far !They will not remain masters forever no matter how strong they might be!!

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