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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (249989)	11/29/2007 12:39:53 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 281500

Sounds like Slick Willy.............agree..........

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (249989)	11/29/2007 12:42:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 281500

Ya Gotta Love The UN. UN inquiry makes progress Hariri case By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 50 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. inquiry has made progress in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, closely examining the possibility that two or more teams may have carried out the attack, the chief investigator said Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT While not identifying anyone, Belgian prosecutor Serge Brammertz said in his final report to the Security Council that progress by the U.N. International Independent Investigation Commission has led to the identification of new "persons of interest" and other new leads. "The commission has also deepened and broadened its understanding of the possible involvement of a number of persons of interest, including persons who have recently been identified by the commission, who may have been involved in some aspects of the preparation and commission of the crime or who may have known that a plan to carry out the crime was being prepared," Brammertz said. Brammertz said the commission also confirmed its hypothesis that "operational links may exist" between the perpetrators of 18 other targeted assassinations and bombings in Lebanon, adding that confirming these links and establishing new links will also be a priority in the near future. The most recent assassination, of Parliament member Antoine Ghanem on Sept. 19 — just three days after he returned to Beirut from a prolonged trip overseas — showed that the perpetrators were able to conclude their surveillance and arrange a car bomb on short notice, he said. This and evidence from the Hariri probe and some other attacks confirms "that the perpetrators or groups of perpetrators had and still have advanced and extensive operational capacities available in Beirut," Brammertz said. The report was issued just after the Security Council unanimously approved Brammertz' nomination to head the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands, starting Jan. 1. The U.N. chief has appointed former Canadian prosecutor Daniel Bellemare to head the Hariri probe. Investigators have previously confirmed that a single blast from a Mitsubishi Canter van packed with 3,960 pounds of high explosives was detonated "most likely" by a male suicide bomber in central Beirut on Feb. 14, 2005, killing Hariri and 22 others. The first U.N. chief investigator, Germany's Detlev Mehlis, said the plot's complexity suggested that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence services had a role, but Brammertz has not echoed his view. Four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals have been under arrest for almost two years for alleged involvement in the murder. Syria denied involvement in Hariri's assassination but was forced to withdraw its troops from Lebanon, ending a 29-year presence. Brammertz reiterated in Wednesday's report that Syria's cooperation with investigators "remains generally satisfactory." The commission is preparing to hand over the results of its investigation to the prosecutor of the new U.N.-backed tribunal that will prosecute suspects in the Hariri assassination, he said. rintable V