Jumblat Contends Murr Possesses Vital Evidence on Hariri's Assassination
Walid Jumblat said Tuesday the assassination attempt of caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr was probably engineered to stop him from giving vital testimony about ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination.
"Murr was close to Hariri before the Feb. 14 assassination and they had held several unannounced meetings abroad," said Jumblat. "This is the only explanation that comes to my mind."
Gen. Aoun, whose residence in Rabieh is close to Murr's villa, said Tuesday's attempted murder was additional evidence of the crucial period of transition Lebanon is passing through since the April termination of Syria's tutelage.
President Lahoud raced from the Baabda Palace to Serhal hospital to see his son-in-law before he was admitted to an operation theater for a surgery on one of his hands. Murr's father, Michel Murr, sat in an apparent shock on the door to the surgery room.
Others who rushed to the hospital included Premier Designate Fouad Seniora, Saad Hariri, caretaker Premier Mikati, U.S. ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, Gebran Tueni and Marwan Hamadeh, who miraculously escaped a remote-controlled car bomb assassination attempt Oct. 1.
Army troops were deployed en masse around the Serhal hospital as well as the nearby scene of Murr's abortive murder ambush and all approaches to the district, including Aoun's residence.
"Murr was close to Hariri before the Feb. 14 assassination and they had held several unannounced meetings abroad," said Jumblat. "This is the only explanation that comes to my mind."
Gen. Aoun, whose residence in Rabieh is close to Murr's villa, said Tuesday's attempted murder was additional evidence of the crucial period of transition Lebanon is passing through since the April termination of Syria's tutelage.
President Lahoud raced from the Baabda Palace to Serhal hospital to see his son-in-law before he was admitted to an operation theater for a surgery on one of his hands. Murr's father, Michel Murr, sat in an apparent shock on the door to the surgery room.
Others who rushed to the hospital included Premier Designate Fouad Seniora, Saad Hariri, caretaker Premier Mikati, U.S. ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, Gebran Tueni and Marwan Hamadeh, who miraculously escaped a remote-controlled car bomb assassination attempt Oct. 1.
Army troops were deployed en masse around the Serhal hospital as well as the nearby scene of Murr's abortive murder ambush and all approaches to the district, including Aoun's residence.
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