6 December 2013 — Voltaire Network
All the conflicts rocking the Middle East today crystallize around the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Peace hinges on it, and so does war. For some, the STL should bring about the dissolution of the Hezbollah, quell the Resistance and establish a Pax Americana. Others consider that the STL is flouting the law and subverting the truth to ensure the takeover of a new colonial order in the region.
26 October 2005
The UN ‘report’ on the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese PM, bears all the hallmarks of yet another set-up, no doubt ‘inspired’ by US pressure as part of the build-up to yet another Middle Eastern ‘adventure’.
Even less remarkable is the uncritical, indeed blind acceptance by the Western media of the Report’s conclusions concerning those allegedly behind the assassination.
9 June 2005 — Naharnet
A U.N. mission investigating ex-Premier Hariri’s assassination in Beirut may conclude that his motorcade was devastated Feb. 14 by a massive underground bomb rather than an above the ground terrorist bombing operation, Hariri’s Al Mustaqbal newspaper said on Tuesday.
15 February 2005 — Global Research
Text of commentary by Mehdi Shakiba’i:
“Israel the prime suspect in Hariri’s assassination”, published by the Iranian newspaper E’temad web site (original Persian, translation BBC)
14 February 2005 — Al Jazeera
The slain ex-prime minister was an important Sunni politician
Analysts were reluctant to point fingers after the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri in Beirut, saying there were many parties who had an interest in killing him and stirring tensions in Lebanon.
14 February, 2005 — Kurt Nimmo
Isn’t it odd that a Palestinian, Ahmed Tayseer Abu Adas, would claim responsibility for killing former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri? Not if certain governments want to make it look like Palestinians—and millions of Arabs in general—are crazed Muslim fanatics. “Early investigations had shown [Adas] was a member of an Islamic school of thought known as Wahhabism—an austere form of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia,” reports Reuters. “Western governments and moderate Muslim clerics have said this brand of faith, which rules all aspects of life, was fomenting extremism.” Reuters simply could not help itself. It was compelled to throw in that tidbit about Muslim fanaticism. Continue reading
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