The Mehlis Report
Finally, 9 month after the assassination of P.M. Rafic Hariri (on 14th of February 2005) and numerous political and social events in Lebanon, the truth was finally revealed today by Judge Detlev Mehlis.
Mehlis, heading the U.N. investigation team in this matter, delivered today the report about the assassination to Secretary General Cofi Anan.. A 60 page report that covers everything (not only what you should know) about the situation, the assassination, the investigation during several month in Lebanon and most important the conclusions reached.
The report implicates high officials of the Lebanese and Syrian government in the assassination. Emile Lahoud, current president of Lebanon, is said to have received a phone call minutes before the blast occurred killing P.M. Hariri and twenty others.
Also appears on the list of accused Gen. Rustom Ghazali, head of the Syrian military intelligence service in Lebanon and Brig. Gen. Jamil al-Sayyed, head of a Lebanese security force (who was arrested by the investigation team earlier) and Gen. Mustapha Hamdan, head of the presidential guard. Relatives of Syrian President Bachar Al Assad are also believed to be part of the assassination plot, an issue that was planned “between Beirut and Damascus” as mentioned by a senior security official. Gen. Ghazi Kanaan, who “officially” committed suicide last week, was not mentioned in the report.
Read the official version of the Mehlis Report
Photos by Reuters
“Emile Lahoud received a phone call minutes before the explosion.” So…as witnesses said in the report, Lahoud doesn’t do anything unless Asaad tells him to do it. asaad said, “lahoud is me in lebanon.” hence, we can rightly conclude that asaad gave the order to assassinate hariri.