Naharnet - Hariri Assassins Enjoyed Syrian Protection, April 19, 2007
Reports on Friday revealed that the international investigation committee trying to pin ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassins came with three major conclusions.The daily An Nahar, citing European diplomatic sources in Paris, stated the conclusions as:
1- The criminal network that assassinated Hariri was able to carry out its task because it enjoyed not only protection, but political and security immunity, at the highest levels during the Syrian hegemony over Lebanon.
2- Masterminds of this terrorist crime and the perpetrators did not expect Hariri's murder to provoke such an unprecedented Arab and international concern.
3- Information, evidence and testimonies obtained by the investigation committee confirm that the political motives behind Hariri's murder resulted from the fact that Hariri was seeking to create a massive independent movement grouping representatives of the various sects with the aim of working together for the liberation of Lebanon from Syrian tutelage and consolidate the country's sovereignty and independence through legitimate, peaceful means and under the umbrella of Arab and international protection, and viewed Hariri's killing as a purely political act.
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