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Saad Hariri Vows to Confront Attempts to Release the Four Generals

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Saturday, 19 April 2008

Future Movement leader Saad Hariri on Friday vowed to confront escalating calls by pro-Syrian factions for the release of four generals held in connecting with his father's assassination. Hariri fired back at the Hizbullah-led campaign in a statement on the third anniversary of MP Bassil Fuleihan's death from wounds he suffered in the Feb. 14, 2005 bomb attack that claimed Hariri's life. He described the attack as "the most obnoxious terrorist crime that tried to eliminate Lebanon, its independence and sovereignty." "This painful memory also is an occasion to remember all the martyrs who fell while defending our nation, starting with the martyrs of freedom and independence, the martyrs of the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces, and the innocent citizens who were the victims of blind terrorism, which is still trying to harm Lebanon, its Arabism and democracy," the statement added. The statement stressed: "We would not rest until the coward criminals are brought to justice to get the punishment they deserve in the International Tribunal which is now ready to receive them." It urged "all political forces that are executing the orders of the criminal regime in defending the four generals to go back to their conscience, and stop organizing this flagrant interference in the international investigation for the sake of the memory of the long list of martyrs." It noted: "The gang of the four generals is at least responsible of reducing the security protection for Rafik Hariri before his assassination, tampering with the crime scene, and participating in creating the lie of Ahmad Abu Adas. "That's why we urge some political leaders who should have a minimum of national and ethical responsibility, and who are defending this gang, not to participate in this flagrant attempt to acquit the killers." "The Lebanese, Arab and Islamic public opinions regard this attempt a blatant adoption of the assassination crime itself," the statement told the Hizbullah-led opposition that has been demanding release of the four generals. "Those who prevent the Internal Security Forces and the Lebanese Army from protecting the citizens every day, kidnap their personnel, attack them, and hide wanted people, don't have the right to talk about the investigation in the crime of assassinating a remarkable man like Martyr Prime Minister Rafik Hariri," the statement said in obvious reference to Hizbullah. "They surely are not the suitable reference to determine the fate of the detainees in an international investigation, where the highest executive reference of the United Nations stated that their detention is in the hands of the international prosecution," the Hariri statement said. "Any call to free the gang of the four generals is …a despicable attempt to exert pressure on the investigation and terrorize the judges and those responsible about the international investigation which we trust its honesty and ability to bring the criminals to the justice of the international tribunal regardless of their position," it noted. "The Rafik Hariri supporters would not stand idly by as attempts are being made to assassinate him once again. Justice would eventually prevail," the statement pledged.

 

 

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