U.N. commission investigating Hariri assassination wants to question Syria president Assad

Associated Press | January 2, 2006

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A U.N. spokesperson says the U.N. commission investigating the assassination of a Lebanese politician wants to question Syria's president.

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U.N. Seeks Interview With Syrian President

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The U.N. commission investigating the assassination of a prominent Lebanese politician has asked to interview Syria's president and foreign minister.

A spokesman for the panel said Monday that the investigators also want to interview former Syrian Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam "as soon as possible."

Khaddam alleged in a TV interview broadcast Friday that Assad had threatened former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri several months before he was assassinated in a Feb. 14 truck bombing.

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Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Vice-President Abdul-Halim Khaddam, observing on Monday, June 6, 2005 a minute of silence for the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and Arab martyrs at the opening session of the 10th Regional Conference of the Baath party. Khaddam said on Friday Dec. 30, 2005 in a television interview the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was threatened by Syria months before he was assassinated. Khaddam made the claim as he declared a formal break with President Bashar Assad in a television interview from Paris, criticizing the regime and citing corruption and its failure to reform. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

[ncountylee]

The UN should investigate who stole Bashar Assad's chin.

[NormsRevenge]

He has a neck made for hanging, don'tcha think? ;-)

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Without a chin, the noose will slip off.

[ncountylee]

Yeah, now that you mention it. Stretch Assad could be a nickname and result.

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Ok, so we'll smother him in honey and toss him on a giant anthill

[Joe Boucher]

Bashir was a dentist by trade. GOD knows the guy acts like a lawyer.