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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Blah blah blah
"As'ad AbuKhalil, a professor of political science at California State University, says that Lebanese opinions of the tribunal are largely split along sectarian and political lines. "Within March 14, they have a message that 'we know for sure that the Syrians are behind the al-Hariri killing but on the other hand, let's find out what the tribunal will say', which proves to me that there is something political about this whole matter," AbuKhalil said. "If you go to Shia areas, even after the al-Hariri assassination, many people there make the point: why are we only bothered, to the tune of millions of Lebanese taxpayers' dollars, to find the culprits of the al-Hariri killing when there have been thousands of Lebanese killed by Israel and they have nowhere near as much attention paid to them?"" I also said blah blah blah but that didn't make it into the story. (thanks Mick)