Friday, July 01, 2011

Hariri court: The other assassinations

There are other reasons why the Hariri court should be discredited.  Yes, most--but not all--of the victims of the series of assassination belonged to the same political group (March 14).  But not all: former communist leader, George Hawi, had very good relations with Syrian intelligence and was mediating between the two rival camps before he was assassinated.  But what is glaringly political is that there were victims of assassinations in Lebanon who belonged to Hizbullah and to Islamic Jihad and even to a Druze ally of Hizbullah.  The Hariri tribunal did not even bother to investigate as a token gesture.  What really discredited the court is that all the details of the investigation by the court (and even its conclusions) were leaked to the media months and years ago.  Nasrallah was smart in discrediting the court months ago, and said that the process is not secret and that they know which way it was heading.  It was noteworthy that `Abdul-Majid Ghamlush's name was not mentioned.  The name of Badr Ad-Din points to an Israeli hand in the case: if he was in charge of "foreign operations", why would he be put in charge of Hariri assassination.  So the court believes that this mega operation was the work of 4 people, one of whom seems to have US citizenship?   This court is a continuation of the Israeli-US war on Hizbullah which failed to bear fruits in 2006.  Nothing will happen: I mean, what could happen?  Lebanese security forces will venture into the southern suburbs and search for the accused?  That would be a show that cries out of large amounts of popcorn.   If the UN bothers to investigate the murders of hundreds of children by Israeli terrorists in 2006 (with full US support), maybe then it will lead us to take the UN with a bit more seriousness.  Go play in the garden now.