Thanks for the ping. From Lebanon:
Mehlis' report says top Syrian security officials approved Hariri's murder
By Mayssam Zaaroura, Majdoline Hatoum and Leila Hatoum
Daily Star staff
Friday, October 21, 2005
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=19493
"Saad said: 'I discussed with my father, the late Rafik Hariri, the extension of President Lahoud's term. He told me that President Bashar Assad threatened him telling him: 'This is what I want. If you think that President Chirac and you are going to run Lebanon, you are mistaken. It is not going to happen. President Lahoud is me. Whatever I tell him, he follows suit. This extension is to happen or else I will break Lebanon over your head and Walid Jumblat's. (…) So, you either do as you are told or we will get you and your family wherever you are.'"
Nine lives I guess...