UN HarirI tribunal vindicates Hezbollah
Murtaza Jaffer
Press TV, London
15 years after the assassination of former Lebanese President Rafic Hariri, the United Nations tribunal into the bombing has found Salim Jamil Ayyash guilty on five counts while three other members of the group were acquitted.
This comes as Ayyash is thought to have worked independently. While the verdict is a long time coming, the lack of evidence undermines the credibility of the tribunal and will mean anything but closure for the people of Lebanon.
The long awaited UN tribunal into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, has found Hezbollah operative Salim Jamil Ayyash guilty on 5 counts including the homicide of Rafic Hariri, however no evidence was found linking the assassination to the Leadership of the Lebanese Resistance Movement itself or the Syrian Government while three other Hezbollah members were acquitted, the resistance movement has maintained the innocence of all its members.
Both Hezbollah and the Syrian Government were held as prime suspects in the aftermath of the explosion. An earlier UN investigation attempted to link Syria's military intelligence chief Assef Shawkat, the brother in law of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, however Prosecutors later focused their case on the four senior Hezbollah operatives who they accused of acting independently of the group’s leadership.
Hezbollah have repeatedly denied any involvement and have maintained the innocence of all their members. On Friday Sayed Hassan Nasrallah said he was not concerned with the trial and that he would stand by any members of the group convicted.
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