Report: The Hague Has Convincing Evidence of Syrian Regime, Iranian Links to Hariri Assassination
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has “convincing” evidence that Iran and the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad are involved in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, reported The New Yorker magazine.
It said that Hizbullah likely “pulled the trigger” in the assassination, but could not have done so without Syria and Iran's blessing and logistic support.
The perpetrators behind the assassination had in their possession a telephone that they used to make at least 12 calls to Iran before and after the crime, added the magazine.
The STL investigators sought to determine who the perpetrators were contacting in Iran and they requested the aid of western intelligence agencies.
Meanwhile, the magazine quoted a senior CIA official as saying that Iranian agents were heard talking minutes before the assassination.
The Iranians were orchestrating the assassination over the phone, added the former CIA official.
Head of the elite Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani had to be involved in Hariri's assassination if the Islamic republic was truly linked to the crime, noted the official.
Four Hizbullah members have been named suspects by the STL in the Beirut truck bombing that killed Hariri on February 14 , 2005.
The party denies the charges and has refused to hand over the suspects.
over 10 years
This is true because the Iranian terrorist group in Lebanon never does anything without their master Iran's revolutionary guards blessing and no one could do anything in Lebanon back then without Syrian approval
over 10 years
Thank you M11er, I was going to say the same thing, well put.
over 10 years
@ft : you dont need a transparent court when there is evidence. and there is no court more transparent that the hague. this is as transparent as it gets.
send your buddies in for questionning instead of finding irrelevant excuses.
over 10 years
Well, I've been saying this for years. Hezbollah is merely a minor division of the Iranian Republican Guards force. Obviously, Hezbollah could not carry out the assassination of a former Prime Minister without the orders coming directly from Iran.
Apparently Iran is also in charge of Syria now, and they are running the war there.
Throughout history, there have been evolutions from "kingdoms" to "dictatorships" to "democracy". Generally, people hate their dictators much more than they hate their kings. Eventually the GCC countries will change, however the dictator first will fall in Syria and then in Iran as well.
over 10 years
Can i ask a simple question and please reply honestly, who do u think have ordered/planed the assassination? Really aswer frankly just to see what u guys think? Not asking for proof or any analysis, only who do u really think is behind the assassination?....
over 10 years
that's right, no one knows who killed Hariri, except God & those involved ie the Party of God.. thank you roar for your candor it's all clear now
over 10 years
Imagine- if you isolate the incident and make your decision on a single factor of "who benefited" then you can pretty much blame anyone. However, let's be realistic here! take a step back and look at all the assassinations that have occurred. who has benefited? who was caught red handed before and after? who has done this 20 times or so and benefited from it? just because there was repercussions on this occasions does not free them of any involvement. If I had to bet my life on it, I would without any hesitation say Syria in collaboration with Iran and logistical help from HA.
over 10 years
roar- oh master who knows everything and is above all. please sir, i beg your forgiveness for being so foolish as to have an opinion based on some sort of logic that contradicts yours. so silly of me. what in the world was I thinking? I have no right to speak because I am not impartial. I should be very thankful for all the murders and assassinations Syria caused upon us and therefor which renders my opinion useless.on the contrary , I should be stupid enough to ignore everything including all evidence and look idiotic with all kinds ridiculous conspiracy theories and spend my entire day trying to exonerate them. Please forgive me sir. I don't know what I was thinking.
over 10 years
what's wrong with having the intellect of an 8 year old. At least at the point I haven't developed enough to D.B. If the shoe fits, wear it!
over 10 years
If your opinion mattered I would thank you for the compliment. as condescending as it may be.
over 10 years
Hey bore, you need to understand the difference between "copying" and "ridiculing". If someone else posts as "the_roar", then they are copying you. If someone posts with only a portion of your name, it means they are probably ridiculing or mimicking you, not copying you.
For example, the name Roaring Flamethrower is not a copy of your name. Clearly, RFT is ridiculing you and fifi, he is not copying you. Please try to understand the difference with your 3rd grade logic.
over 10 years
aoun said it was syria... ;)
"I know Syria lost the most & had to leave Lebanon...so for me when they were accused it didn't add up..."
before syria already killed presidents and many mny politicians and got away with it! this time they thought it would be the same.... that's all!
over 10 years
aoun said it was syria... ;)
"I know Syria lost the most & had to leave Lebanon...so for me when they were accused it didn't add up..."
before syria already killed presidents and many mny politicians and got away with it! this time they thought it would be the same.... that's all!
over 10 years
i think israel did it, in collaboration with saudi. that was the best way of starting the shia/sunna strife that is unfolding today.
it radicalized sunnis and give them a reason to hate shias. saudi's extremist influence had grown manyfold since, and israel is happoy to see us hating, maybe soon killing, each other.
over 10 years
lol...
over 10 years
the-roar, that is the least compelling argument I have ever read. You really never heard of gambling and losing. The correlation between selling and buying shares is an awful argument. Syria has been behind many assassinations that has gone unpunished, Bashir being one. This time, they thought this assassination will go away unnoticed, like many others, accept, Harriri is strongly linked to Saudi Monarchy and you killed the wrong guy, hence, they world cared this time and continues to follow through. It may have taken forever, it may never result in anything more than convictions, it may create strife in the Arab world and by now, many really don't care any more, but at the end of the day, be wiser than to question the judgement that will come from the tribunal, believe it or not, the justice system there may be unfair but credible for sure. Off course you may chose to ignore the indisputable evidence when presented and solely place the blame on Israel, that will not change the truth.
over 10 years
Momo thinks Saudi Arabia killed Rafik Hariri (in cooperation with Israel).
Brilliant theory!!!! You are a genius Momo.
over 10 years
Roar. Syria committed many assassinations without repercussions. They could have thought this is another one that nobody would care about.
Harirri was advocating for Syria to leave Lebanon the last few years and Syria had nothing to lose since he would have gotten the majority in legally requesting them to leave. (Jumblat had already called for the same thing).
Syria and HA "intel" had everything on lock down. And this act could NOT have happened without their blessing and compliance (if anyone other than them committed this crime). To accuse Saudi who has no history of assassinations like the Syrians do is just silly.
over 10 years
Then. Why don't you take into account the assassination of Eid? The intel this guy collected from phone records that had implicated HA is confirmed fact and being used by the STL now. Why would saudi. That wants it to appear that HA did it kill the guy that is delivering that?
Next we had nassy coming up on tv and showing us footage of the Israeli drone of nahr il kalb in the 90s trying to convince us they were monitoring Hariri. A lame attempt at best.
over 10 years
how strong mossad must be then to manipulate dozens of countries that participated in the investigation...
ya3ni 3anjadd shi ahbal men heik ma 7ada shef
over 10 years
Guys come on, just for once, no details, no speculations, no analysis, no why it happened, not to know if it is a good thing or a bad thing it did happened but just who do u really think is behind the assasination?...
Not to make points, not to see who is wrong or right, nor why... Just to see who u really think is behides the assasination...
So?
over 10 years
aoun said it was syria... was he a paid M14 saudi zionist agent to have said so? LOL!
over 10 years
Neither Syria, nor HA, nor the 4 generals were EVER found innocent. Get your facts straight.
If you can't comprehend that Iran, HA, and Syria are working together, then you are not following the war in Syria.
over 10 years
@roar Asking who benefited from the crime and who lost the most to deduce that Israel benefited the most and Syria the least so therefore Israel must have committed it is like saying that if you go and kill someone and you go to jail because of evidence incriminating you then you can't possibly be the perpetrator because you lost the most! What kind of logic is that?
over 10 years
Also the convincing evidence also shown that North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela are linked to the assassination. Actually, without these, Emile Lahoud, Imad Marma, Wiam Wahab, Suleiman Franjieh and the Qandil Brothers could not have been able to execute it alone. More convincing evidence shall be LEAKED as time goes by and the farce gets bigger and bigger and bigger.
over 10 years
When you commit a crime, you don't think about who will benefit if you get caught. No one could have anticipated the Cedar Revolution of March 14, or the forced withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
That's why they cooked up the Abu Adass story, to blame it on a Sunni fundamentalist takfiri.
Such a stupid argument that that Syria or Hezbo couldn't have killed Hariri because they didn't "benefit" from it.
First of all, of course they benefited. Rafik had promoted 1559, to demand Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. Rafik also did not support the extension of Lahoud's term. Rafik told others before his death that Bashar threatened him after saying he wouldn't support Lahoud. Bashar followed thru on his threat.
All the assassinations after Rafik benefited Syria, as they were all anti-Assad, so by your logic, Assad must have done it (in cooperation with the hizzies and Iran).
over 10 years
Death to bachar, death to nasrallah and their work-woufs.
We demand justice NOW!
over 10 years
the way You stigmatize Islam is appalling. You're not Lebanese. You sound like a racist Jew.
over 10 years
Secondly, your argument is like saying OJ didn't kill his wife's boyfriend because he didn't benefit from it. Or any criminal that got sent to jail didn't commit the crime because they didn't benefit from it.
It's the most idiotic, asinine, childish excuse to say Syria and Hezbo didn't kill Hariri because they didn't "benefit" from the crime.
Do you think Rafik Hariri would have allowed May 7 to happen?
Do you think he would have permitted Veto Power to the opposition?
Do you think M8 camp would have overthrown the legitimate government if Rafik was still alive?
Do you think Mikati would have formed an M8 government without Future Movement if Rafik was alive today?
Do you think the deserter ex-general would have any part in government if Rafik was not killed?
Tell me again who benefited from Rafik's murder?
Who sent Samaha?
Who ordered the Tripoli bombings?
over 10 years
He could'nt protect himself and u talk of him like Superman
over 10 years
The roar more so than any of us knows full well that Harriri was knocked off by HA. He can bang his head all day but the evidence is irrefutable and he knows it. The excuses and petty conspiracy theories he fabricates are the hallmark of the SSNP, Tahya Soria Roar
over 10 years
FPMers here are fast to forget that aoun said syria was behind it... but that was before his marriage with hezbis... if he didn't marry hezbis FPMers would still say syria is behind...
just to show how brainwashed these people are....
over 10 years
Everyone figured that hizb iran and syria had a hand in it, so I guess it isn't a stretch to have iran in on the action.
and before i forget, standard zionist conspiracy theories by the farsi fanatics will always be used, but never been proven.
over 10 years
say farsi fanatic and conspiracy theory,
and boom goes the dynamite.
over 10 years
@Lebanon_First: Your mother killed him.
over 10 years
Two things that me in the comments posted here are either:
1. We have so many stupid people in Lebanon that will follow the orders of their commanders and militia leaders blindly without a shred of independent intellect.
2. So much money is being spent on propaganda and information wars hoping out of the millions of people they reach that it will stick to few of them, or at least keep their supporters oblivious to the truth.
I ask every person on this form to talk to their conscious, consider all the events that happened in Lebanon for the past decade. I ask them to find out in their hearts what kind of Lebanon do they want and how their actions are impacting it.
over 10 years
i think Assad iran HA did it, they thought there will be no problem like everytime but nop .. they got the wrong guy this time with tons of money and saudi / international influence,. walid jumblat and harriri were warned to be killed by assad before the accident everyone knew around them this fact thats why when it happened peoples immediately reacted and gone crazy which is surprised the Syrians iranian and HA ,. AND THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF LEB LIKE INSECTS
over 10 years
because they knew whats coming,. anyway i dont want those stupid criminals muslims to win in syria also i dont want Assad to win they're both worse then each others,. but i beleive that israel has nothing to do with harriri killing and its so stupid to say so,not because they wont do it its because they didnt want someone like a harriri to die this is someone they can sign peace with .. Syria and allies did a stupid move and now they have to pay for it .. thanks to their stupid strategy again they kicked harriri son out of gov so now we have the fanatic salafi muslim ruling see?????? again stupid move
over 10 years
Surprise surprise ! Everyone knows about it it seems , except those who are implicated in Hariri's killing and the rest of the serial murders !
over 10 years
Hahaha those idiots who think that an investigation is linear, and that despite deception, obstruction, bluffs, the investigators should have still gone straight to the conclusion (so they can be easily accused of being politicised and fall into the criminals manipulation) Those who laugh today are the same who laughed when der spiegel came out with its revelations about the hizb involvment in Hariri's murder. Only in Iran, and Syria, are such cases resolved expeditiously, within a day or two, and the suspects hanged before the ink on his prosecution file has dried !Hahaha. Such standards should have applied here too! Those who think the STL is dead should remember how long it took to throw Milosevic behind bars like a rat! Hahaha !Think about it HA !
over 10 years
The 4 Saints were ferociously, relentlessly calling the Iranian 'consultants' the hour Hariri was assassinated. Some of these ' consultants' as they were admittedly labeled by the iranians authorities, were also reported entering Lebanon very close to the day when Wafic El Hassan was blown up !
over 10 years
Why were there Israeli drones hovering around the site of Hariris assassination before it happened?
over 10 years
israel
over 10 years
u r so clueless, the #1 intelligence agency isn't american, russian, or israeli. it's the ISI. The Pakistani!
over 10 years
Like any criminal, they thought they will get away with it...and they still might unfortunately.
The New Yorker article is about the commander of the Quds force and his influence throughout Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. It is fascinating http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/09/30/130930fa_fact_filkins?currentPage=all
over 10 years
if this report were from sana or alakhbar, you would take it as gospel, but any other source, you will try to disprove it tooth and nail by insisting and questioning. Judging by the number of posts you have on this topic, you and a few m8ers are guilty of this.
over 10 years
The "resistance" axis killed Hariri.
You can shout, lie, propagate false information and doubt. They did it.
The propaganda masters of this axis were at it again with the recent chemical attack that killed1,400 Syrians. Lie and lie again until it becomes a truth...pure Goebbels.
Why worthless? Because they may actually find out who ddid it!