Hale Visits Hariri's Grave as U.S. Reaffirms Support for STL
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U.S. Ambassador David Hale recently visited ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's grave in downtown Beirut on his 9th assassination anniversary as the mission reaffirmed its support for the efforts exerted by the international tribunal.
Hale toured the Mohammed al-Amin mosque and the memorial “to reflect on this period in Lebanon's hist” and to pay respect to deceased victims, the embassy said on twitter on Friday.
It reaffirmed its support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's “efforts to hold accountable those responsible for destabilizing acts of violence in Lebanon.”
“As we follow the proceedings of the STL, we condemn the use of violence as a political tool,” the embassy tweeted.
The in absentia trial in Hariri's Feb. 14, 2005 assassination started mid-January.
In 2011, the STL indicted four Hizbullah members, Mustafa Badreddine, Salim Ayyash, Hussein Oneissi, and Assad Sabra.
A fifth Hizbullah suspect, Hassan Merhi, was indicted in 2013.
The STL Trial Chamber decided on Monday to join the case against Merhi with the case against the four other suspects.
14 February 2014, 13:29
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Mr. Hale reminded reporters of what happened to Osama bin Laden while in US custody. "You'd better quote me accurately," he said with a perfectly straight face. Then his bodyguards placed him in a large black bag and carried him to a waiting aircraft.
14 February 2014, 14:56
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Let no one get me wrong, I am absolutely sympathetic and in full solidarity with the Hariri family and their partisans over the death of Rafic Hariri, his entourage and the innocent unsuspecting victims that died along that cowardly blast. may justice be done soon. But, I still hold a lot of reservation as to the place of the burial site in martyrs Square, I still feel even right to this day, that it is a wrong place to bury any politician, even Rafic Hariri. That place is Downtown Beirut, it is a place for tourism and the most chic place of Beirut one may say, and certainly not a burial place for anyone. The fact that the Hariri family has used that place for such a thing means that it loses a lot of sympathy if not raise many ethical questions. Rafic Hariri (RIP) and all the other victims resting there should be resting in their natal places, not DT Beirut.
14 February 2014, 16:19
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My brother phoenix1 Rafik Hariri and the other innocent are buried in the perfect place this man did more for lebanon than all leaders past and present tell me who of the current leaders is prepared to fight for the freedom of the lebanese , no one! He tried to free us from the tyranny of the cursed syrian regime along with their agents hizbollah ,but paid the ultimate price , if they bury him elsewhere it would be out of sight out of mind . We should be constantly reminded of the great crime that was committed until justice is served .
14 February 2014, 17:11
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I'm sure when justice is delivered it the burial site will become a famous landmark to signify that freedom above all else is the right of humanity and no dictators or regimes can deny us from it at the moment we are not free but god willing it soon will be.
14 February 2014, 17:13
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Hariri is dead because he was murdered fighting for your freedom
