UN: Iran Ordered Rafik Hariri Execution

Newsmax ^ | December 1, 2010 | By Ken Timmerman

[Fennie]

A U.N. investigative body is expected to ignite tensions in the coming weeks when it releases its report on the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Sources familiar with the investigation tell Newsmax that the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon will accuse Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei of giving the order to murder Hariri, and will lay out evidence showing that the murder was committed by Iran's Quds force and their allies, Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The order to murder Hariri was transmitted to Imad Mugniyeh, Hezbollah's military leader, by Quds force chief Qassem Suleymani, sources familiar with the investigation told Newsmax.

Mugniyeh and his brother-in-law, Mustapha Badr al-Dine, put together the hit team that carried out the attack. "The Iranians considered Hariri to be an agent of Saudi Arabia, and felt that killing him would pave the way for a Hezbollah take-over of Lebanon," the sources said.

[MichaelP]

Note to Israel: Don't wait too long!

Mike

[Hotlanta Mike]

Powderkeg! Time for leaders in Syria and Iran to take a dirt nap.

[Diogenesis]

"King Abdullah expected to talk about militarily confronting Iran,
and he couldn’t believe it when Obama kept reciting bromides
about the earth-shattering importance of the Israeli/Arab conflict
and his enthusiasm for solving it. ... the President later emphasized
his abiding support for Saudi Arabia’s “Israel Has To Commit Suicide” plan
but the King kind of thought he was dealing with a serious person
who could separate spectacle from policy.
Instead he got the equivalent of an International Relations graduate student
enamored with pseudo-sophisticated “insights”
he’d gleaned from Arab media outlets."

[Spitzensparkin1]

Note to journalists investigating Quds/Hezbo murders: The religion of pieces will ...set you up the bomb.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Fennie.

Sources familiar with the investigation tell Newsmax that the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon will accuse Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei of giving the order to murder Hariri... was transmitted to Imad Mugniyeh, Hezbollah's military leader, by Quds force chief Qassem Suleymani... Mugniyeh and his brother-in-law, Mustapha Badr al-Dine, put together the hit team that carried out the attack. "The Iranians considered Hariri to be an agent of Saudi Arabia, and felt that killing him would pave the way for a Hezbollah take-over of Lebanon," the sources said.

[SJackson]

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