Second 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 assassination. 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.
slammed on Wednesday Hizbullah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
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's latest speech, saying that he has completely "written off the Lebanese state" and substituted it with the party.
He said in a statement: "The most dangerous remark by Nasrallah was not his position on the Syrian revolt or his undying defense of
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
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, but his suicidal link of the fate of Leb to that of Syria."
"We do not want to argue with Nasrallah's positions because most of them are disconnected from reality and any sense of responsibility as he has maintained his denial of the existence of the Syrian popular revolution," he continued.
"Nasrallah has taken the final decision to stand with the ranks of the oppressors and announced his readiness to defend to the death Asssad's regime" at Iran's bidding, he said.
"The fate of the regime lies in the hands of the Syrian people who have taken the firm decision to topple it," Hariri stressed.
"Nasrallah announced that the Lebanese state does not exist and the Syrian regime's continued existence is more important that the existence of Leb," he added.
"Nasrallah has erased Leb off the political map," he declared.
"Hizbullah alone makes decisions for the Lebanese people and it alone orders that Leb be dragged into regional and civil wars," Hariri noted.
"Hizbullah alone has the right to issue fatwas to combat Syrians on their own soil and it alone has the right to direct insult after insult against the Lebanese state and army by repeatedly highlighting its inability to protect the Lebanese people," said the former premier.
"Nasrallah announced the formation of an army to defend Leb's Shiites in the region and the entire world in a manner that makes it seem that the sect belongs to the party and is an entity independent from the state," he continued.
"Based on this mentality, the party has given itself the right to expand its operations from southern Leb to include Syria's al-Qusyar region and Sayyeda Zainab shrine under the excuse of defending holy sites," he remarked.
"Nasrallah announced that the Lebanese state is Hizbullah's hostage and the Lebanese people, starting with the president, primer minister, and speaker, have to base their actions based on this reality," he noted.
"The state is Hizbullah's hostage along with all other groups and Lebanese sects," he lamented.
"Hizbullah is leading Leb, starting with the Shiite sect, towards destruction and strife and we warn the Lebanese against falling victim to them," he cautioned.