Hizbullah Sues Bahaa Hariri over Port Blast Accusation
Hizbullah is suing the estranged brother of the country's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri after he accused the group of being responsible for the massive explosion at Beirut's port earlier this year, a TV station reported Wednesday.
Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV gave no further details about the case filed against Bahaa Hariri, the son of late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and estranged brother of Saad Hariri.
The move came a week after Hizbullah said it was suing former lawmaker Fares Soaid and the website of the Lebanese Forces party for accusing Hizbullah of being responsible for the Aug. 4 blast that killed more than 200 people and wounded thousands.
Hizbullah legislator Ibrahim al-Moussawi, who filed the case against Soaid and the website, told reporters last week that he also plans to press charges against Bahaa Hariri, a harsh Hizbullah critic who lives in exile.
The massive blast in August was caused by nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrates, a fertilizer improperly stored at a port warehouse for six years.
Since the blast, some of Hizbullah's opponents and others have accused Hizbullah of storing explosive chemicals at the port. After Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war ended, Hizbullah was the only group allowed to keep its weapons as it was fighting Israeli forces that occupied parts of southern Lebanon.
However, Hizbullah has dismissed the accusation and no evidence has emerged to link the group to the explosive chemicals.
An investigation has yet to provide an explanation for what happened -- or hold any senior official responsible. Families of the victims have asked for an international probe, in a country where violent attacks and assassinations are rarely brought to justice.
Lebanon's port authority, security agencies and political leadership were all aware of the stored explosive chemicals at the port, documents have shown. The port is one of the country's facilities where rampant corruption has been reported.
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They killed his father and now they sue him:)
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Usually they murder their opponents... he must be outside of the country... Kizb is the cancer of Lebanon
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They know that the judges now are on their side....
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Actually hizbollah has progressed in culture and instead of assisinating is using the legal system...wow are we not all shocked.
Hizbollah, this criminal organization created funded and indoctrinated by Iranian radicals; assasinated Lebanon's best including Hariri and Tueni; destroyed Lebanon's democracy and independence; isolated Lebanon from its Arab and Western surrounding; occupied Lebanon with Iranian arms making Lebanon an attack dog for Iran's nuclear ambitions; bankrupted Lebanon; transformed lebanon into a retarded country we don't recognize; .... (list very long) should be sued by every patriotic Lebanese so all its leaders rot in prison and Lebanon and the Shia community are finally liberated.