Barak: Syria Involved, Indictment Shaking Lebanon
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After two years of directing the so-called international investigation in ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's Feb. 2005 assassination, "Israeli" officials have once again uncovered the tribunal's new direction.
In the first "Israeli" official statement on the indictment that was issued by the international tribunal, "Israeli" War Minister Ehud Barak claimed that "Syria might be involved in the crime."
"The issue is shaking up Lebanon. It is unclear whether the deeper currents behind the investigation will lead across the border, into Syria, into the government circles there," he said during a meeting at the Knesset on Monday.
"Given Hizbullah's power in Lebanon," Barak claimed that "the party may take advantage of the turmoil in Syria to gain a foothold in the Damascus government."
"It really shows us who we're dealing with, who are the neighbors that we live amongst," he said.
After two years of directing the so-called international investigation in ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's Feb. 2005 assassination, "Israeli" officials have once again uncovered the tribunal's new direction.
In the first "Israeli" official statement on the indictment that was issued by the international tribunal, "Israeli" War Minister Ehud Barak claimed that "Syria might be involved in the crime."
"The issue is shaking up Lebanon. It is unclear whether the deeper currents behind the investigation will lead across the border, into Syria, into the government circles there," he said during a meeting at the Knesset on Monday.
"Given Hizbullah's power in Lebanon," Barak claimed that "the party may take advantage of the turmoil in Syria to gain a foothold in the Damascus government."
"It really shows us who we're dealing with, who are the neighbors that we live amongst," he said.
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