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Syrian, Lebanese generals behind Hariri murder
KUWAIT CITY - A Syrian who testified before a UN inquiry into the killing of five-time Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri insisted in comments published Monday that Syrian commanders and their Lebanese allies were to blame. Those who assassinated martyr Rafiq Hariri are in detention and the rest are in Syria, Mohammed Zuhair Al Siddiq told the Kuwaiti daily Al Rai Al Aam, alluding to four former Lebanese security chiefs in custody in Lebanon. I take full responsibility for this testimony. I conveyed this to the (UN) commission of inquiry with complete credibility and honesty, he told the daily.A former intelligence officer with Syrian forces in Lebanon, Siddiq has lived in France since he fled his home country when he spoke out to the UN probe. He rejected comments attributed to him by Lebanese daily Addiyar Sunday in which he was purported to have said he had been forced into giving false testimony to the inquiry. Two reports by the UN commission have implicated senior Syrian officials in Hariris murder in a massive bomb blast on the Beirut seafront early last year and criticised the Syrian government for failing to cooperate more with its investigation. A key powerbroker in Lebanon for some three decades before it pulled out troops and intelligence agents a year ago, Syria has strongly denied any involvement in Hariris murder and accused the United Nations of bias. Posted by: Steve 2006-04-24 |
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