Saturday, October 22, 2005

Accountability For Syria

"the Security Council has a rare opportunity to enforce consequences for a state-sponsored act of political murder."

"The Syrian sponsors of Mr. Hariri's murder must be identified and brought to justice; if that includes Mr. Assad and his relatives, so be it."

""there is probable cause to believe" that the decision to assassinate Rafik Hariri could not have been taken without the approval of "top-ranked" Syrian security officials."

"The publication of the report on the deaths of Hariri and 22 other people in a car bombing in Beirut on Feb. 14 unleashed a reaction seldom seen in the Middle East. To many people here, its publication marked a turning point in Middle East politics.....The most immediate fallout was growing pressure in Lebanon for the resignation of the country's pro-Syrian president, Emile Lahoud."

February, 2005: "Iran has vowed to back Syria against "challenges and threats" as both countries face strong US pressure."

--LynZee

Update:
UN office doctored report on Hariri
Is there someone in high office at the U.N. who can't handle the truth?