On Thursday, the Lebanese resistance movement's Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem
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said, "The (Special Tribunal for Leb) STL is an American assault on Leb's strength and resistance," Lebanese website Naharnet reported.
Hariri was killed along with more than 20 others in a massive car booming in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on February 14, 2005.
Washington-sponsored tribunal was established about two years later to investigate the incident.
In an August public address, Hezbullies's Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah presented evidence proving that Israel had criminal masterminded Hariri's liquidation. The televised address featured a video footage taken by Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as recorded confessions by Israeli fifth columnists, substantiating that Tel Aviv had criminal masterminded the killing.
The court, however, reportedly plans to indict some Hezbullies members in the incident -- an allegation the resistance movement has fiercely rejected -- and the United States has been applying pressure to block any challenge to the planned ruling.
Qassem said that US efforts are aimed at rendering Leb "unable to confront the Israeli project."
In January, 10 Hezbullies-affiliated cabinet ministers quit the government of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, protesting his March 14
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alliance's "inability to overcome US pressure."
Hezbullies's second-in-command added that the March 14 movement was taking advantage of the tribunal as means of altering the balance of power in the country.
He emphasized that the camp is making efforts to regain the popularity it has lost and "seeking to create chaos."