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| Lebanon International Tribunal will be setup in February 2008 |
| 2007-12-20 |
| The United Nations Security Council and Netherlands are expected to sign this Friday the agreement that establishes Holland as the headquarters for the international Tribunal . The Security council has also already secured the financing for the initial phase of the tribunal and is expected to be able to pick the judges soon . U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad told the Lebanese daily Al Hayat that he expects the International tribunal to be set up by February 2008. Khalizad was told by U.N. top legal adviser Nicolas Michel that the funds required to initially setup the tribunal have already been secured to enable the court to be setup in February. The Purpose of the International Tribunal is to try the killers of LebanonÂ’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and other Lebanese leaders that were assassinated since. Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005 and several other anti-Syrian were assassinated since. The last assassinated leader is army General Francoise Hajj. According to Serge Brammertz , UN Chief investigator the investigation revealed that the crimes were connected. Syria was blamed for the assassinations but it denied any involvement. |
| Posted by:Fred |