U.S. Senator Asserts Syria Assassinated Hariri
A senior U.S. senator has squarely accused Syria of engineering ex-Premier Hariri's assassination, saying he has seen enough evidence during a recent trip to Beirut and Damascus to pin the crime on the Assad regime.
"I have seen enough of the evidence on Hariri to know that they were behind it," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, after a meeting with U.N. chief Kofi Annan at his New York office on Monday. The charge was trumpeted by the Beirut media Tuesday.
"I don't think there is a single person in Lebanon and probably no one in Syria who doesn't believe they (Syrians) were behind it," Leahy told reporters. "There is no question -- no question in my mind -- that they were behind the assassination," he said, disputing Syria's persistent denial of any involvement.
Leahy said he agreed with the Bush administration on pursuing the assassination in Beirut last week of An Nahar's anti-Syria journalist Samir Kassir, but that he had seen no evidence on Syria's involvement.(Naharnet-VOA)
"I have seen enough of the evidence on Hariri to know that they were behind it," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, after a meeting with U.N. chief Kofi Annan at his New York office on Monday. The charge was trumpeted by the Beirut media Tuesday.
"I don't think there is a single person in Lebanon and probably no one in Syria who doesn't believe they (Syrians) were behind it," Leahy told reporters. "There is no question -- no question in my mind -- that they were behind the assassination," he said, disputing Syria's persistent denial of any involvement.
Leahy said he agreed with the Bush administration on pursuing the assassination in Beirut last week of An Nahar's anti-Syria journalist Samir Kassir, but that he had seen no evidence on Syria's involvement.(Naharnet-VOA)
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