Don't you like Nicholas Blanford: he blames for the Hariri assassination whatever he is ordered to blame by the Hariri family. Apparently, Bashshar Al-Asad ordered the assassination (along with Hizbullah) and insisted on chatting via text messages and Facebook with the killers. ". Additionally, it was revealed last week that in October the prosecution added a phone number belonging to Mr. Assad into a court document, raising speculation that the Syrian president could have been in direct contact with one of the conspirators." (thanks Basim)