Barak Hints of Syria’s Involvement in Hariri Murder
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has hinted of Syria’s involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 2005 assassination, in the first Israeli official statement on the indictment that was issued by the international tribunal in the murder case last week.
"The issue is shaking up Lebanon," Barak said Monday about the arrest warrants issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon against four Hizbullah members.
"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 an Independence Faction meeting at the Knesset on Monday.
"It really shows us who we're dealing with, who are the neighbors that we live amongst," he said.
Given Hizbullah's power in Lebanon, the Israeli defense minister suggested that the Shiite party may take advantage of the turmoil in Syria to gain a foothold in the Damascus government.
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