UN Wants to Question Assad in Hariri Inquiry
Brian Whitaker
The Guardian
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The UN commission investigating the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri has asked to interview Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, the commission said yesterday.
The disclosure, which increases the likelihood of a showdown between the security council and Damascus, came after Syria's former vice-president, Abdul Halim Khaddam, said in a television interview that Mr Assad had threatened Hariri a few months before his murder.
Jan 03, 2005
Brian Whitaker
The Guardian
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The UN commission investigating the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri has asked to interview Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, the commission said yesterday.
The disclosure, which increases the likelihood of a showdown between the security council and Damascus, came after Syria's former vice-president, Abdul Halim Khaddam, said in a television interview that Mr Assad had threatened Hariri a few months before his murder.
Jan 03, 2005
