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Hariri Denies Escaping Assassination Attempt in Riyadh
[An Nahar] Former prime minister Saad HaririSecond son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. on Friday denied what he said was a "rumor" of a failed attempt Curses! Foiled again! on his life in the Saudi capital Riyadh. "No, no. I'm dead." "You might have heard the rumor about my so-called liquidation in Riyadh. My presence here, now, is a natural denial of this lie," Hariri said in English on the social networking website Twitter. "This is a political fabrication. Part of what they think is psychological warfare against us. Well, it doesn't and will never work," he added. Posted by: Fred 2012-01-07 |
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