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...burning question is whether top Syrian officials will be called before the tribunal. Syria, which politically controlled Lebanon at the time of Hariri???s death, remains the chief suspect in the murder. An initial report by a UN commission, which began investigating Hariri???s death in 2005, implicated several senior Syrian and Lebanese officials. Subsequent reports, however, have been scant on detail, and it remains unknown what evidence the commission has amassed. Daniel Bellemare, the head of the UN commission for the past year, is expected to continue the investigation when he takes up the role on March...
...Syria denies any involvement in Hariri???s death and says it supports an independent investigation. ?Nobody wants to drown the investigation," said Sami Moubayed, a Syrian political analyst. "On the contrary, in the best of all possible worlds, the Syrians want the probe to carry out, be neutral, and prove, at the end of the day, that Syria was innocent...
...Last week, a Lebanese judge freed on bail three suspects who were arrested in 2005. However, four generals who headed state security organs at the time of Hariri???s murder are to be extradited to the Hague within the next month at Bellemare?s request. The four generals, including the once powerful head of General Security, have been in custody for the past three-and-a-half years...
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