Lebanon’s Trial of the Century Ends Hizballah’s Charade, but Leaves Its Knife at the Country’s Throat
For Rafik Hariri, only a small step toward justice.
August 21, 2020
Lebanon’s Trial of the Century Ends Hizballah’s Charade, but Leaves Its Knife at the Country’s Throat
For Rafik Hariri, only a small step toward justice.
This week, a UN-backed tribunal at The Hague rendered a verdict on the 2005 assassination of the Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. The massive bomb that killed him also took the life of twenty bystanders. Although only one suspect was convicted, the real perpetrator, writes Oz Katerji, is Hizballah, which wanted to prevent Hariri from freeing his country from Syrian domination:
August 21, 2020
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