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2005-02-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Shock and anger in Lebanon over Hariri killing

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-02-15 12:18:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 French President Jacques Chirac, who was a close and personal friend of Hariri for many years, was unlikely to keep quiet.

that'll scare em.

This Hariri guy is interesting. a "close friend of the Saudi royal family", "a close and personal friend" of Chirac. I guess when you are a billionaire, you have lots of "close and personal friends" in high places.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-15 4:42:07 AM|| 2005-02-15 4:42:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 and Hariri, who is Sunni btw, was also a friend (although not drinking buddy close) of Assad senior.

Hariri was known to have made disparaging comments about Hizbollah, the Moslem brotherhood and Palestinians.

Posted by mhw 2005-02-15 8:05:44 AM|| 2005-02-15 8:05:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Telegraph has an Hariri obituary online.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-02-15 8:21:52 AM|| 2005-02-15 8:21:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the Dentist ought to be worried that the son now has 4 billion and a grudge.

Posted by mojo 2005-02-15 11:37:57 AM|| 2005-02-15 11:37:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Assad Jr. may not be the Syrian who gave the hit order. He is not his father and doesn't have the full loyalty of his lackeys and flunkies.

There are other Syrians who have independent power.

Posted by mhw 2005-02-15 12:46:02 PM|| 2005-02-15 12:46:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Regarding comment #5, recent knowledge based posts from this area go heavily against my 'some other Syrian may have done it' hypothesis. Thus my hypothesis is probably wrong.

Posted by mhw 2005-02-15 5:03:17 PM|| 2005-02-15 5:03:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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