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| U.S. doubles its funds for U.N. Hariri tribunal |
| 2008-02-15 |
| The United States plans to double its funding of a U.N. tribunal on the killing three years ago of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. Subject to congressional notification, Washington would raise its pledge to $14 million from $7 million to help fund the U.N. tribunal's one-year budget, Rice said in a statement issued to mark the anniversary of Hariri's murder on February 14, 2005. "Lebanon, on this day of remembrance for former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri and all those killed, injured or persecuted in the service of the Lebanese nation, the United States shares your sorrow, but also your hope," Rice said. "Our commitment to you and your chosen government is unshakable. We and the international community will not rest until your calls for peace, justice and freedom have been answered," she added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 The problem is that this Hariri murder is not a crime, per se, but more like an act of war on the part of Syria. When the trail leads back to Syria, wacha gonna do? Are you going to have a decade-long tribunal and put political pressure on Syria? It seems that we are dealing with acts of war, so a well placed device near the perps just might get the message across appropriately. It is like court cases for terrorists. You are dealing more with acts of war than with criminal activities. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-02-15 15:04 |
| #6 Danielle, from what little I've gathered the folks doing the investigation have done due diligence and gathered quite a bit of evidence, time-lines, people: good and bad actors, confessions, the flow of $$$, so the whole crime can be laid out like a good book.[non-fiction] |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-15 12:34 |
| #5 A real waste of $ now that Mugniyeh has already faced an eye for an eye, car bomb for a car bomb justice... |
| Posted by: Danielle 2008-02-15 11:42 |
| #4 Why don't you type it one more time? Maybe you'll get it right on the third try. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-02-15 11:26 |
| #3 OMG, what bullshit. they aren't going too smoke out anyhting.2or 3 year later and they are still hand wringing not too upset syria . They know who killed him so IS THE us AS USUAL GONNA END UP PAYING FOR THIS? |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-02-15 10:04 |
| #2 OMG, what bullshit. they aren't going too smoke out anyhting.2or 3 year later and they are still hand wringing not too upset syria . They know who killed him so IS THE us AS USUAL GONNA END UP PAYING FOR THIS? |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-02-15 10:04 |
| #1 I hope it smokes out the whole enchilada! /metaphor needs work...eh! |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-15 04:42 |