A report by the United Nations says Syria assassinated Hariri:
High-ranking Syrian and Lebanese officials were involved in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, with suspicion cast even on President Emile Lahoud, a U.N. investigation said on Thursday.
The inquiry led by veteran German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis into the February 14 killing of Hariri established “that many leads point directly toward Syrian security officials as being involved with the assassination,” said the investigative report submitted to the U.N. Security Council.
It was therefore now incumbent on Syria “to clarify a considerable part of the unresolved questions” facing investigators, the report said.
Harsh language. I bet the Syrian dictatorship is shaking in its boots happily ignoring the report because it knows how toothless the U.N. is to actually do anything about it.
Prediction: Next week’s U.N. report will find a way to pin Hariri’s death on Israel.