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    Lebanese PM says Lebanon will fund Hariri tribunal

    BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister said Wednesday his country will pay its share of funds for a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a Lebanese statesman, averting a political crisis in the deeply divided country at a critical time in the Middle East.

    Najib Mikati said the transfer of Lebanon's $36 million share in the required funding for the Netherlands-based court was made Wednesday.

    "It is a decision that reflects Lebanon's commitment to its international obligations and the principles of justice," he told reporters.

    The U.N. investigation into the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the degree to which the Lebanese authorities should cooperate with it, has become one of the most divisive issues in Lebanese politics in recent years.

    Hariri was killed by a suicide truck bomb on Feb. 14, 2005, in one of the most dramatic political assassinations in the Middle East. A billionaire businessman, he was at the time Lebanon's most prominent politician.

    The court has indicted four members of the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group which, along with its allies, holds a majority in Cabinet. Hezbollah strongly denies the accusations and refuses to fund the court.

    It was not immediately clear how Mikati secured the funding, and he did not address the issue at his news conference. Earlier, he had threatened to step down if the Cabinet refused to fund the tribunal at a session scheduled for Wednesday.

    The Cabinet session was postponed — suggesting politicians had reached an agreement in which funding for the court would be secured through sources other than the Cabinet.

    Mikati portrayed the funding as a bold and necessary step to protect Lebanon from outside pressures. Western countries have hinted at possible sanctions if Lebanon fails to cooperate.

    He said the decision was also based on his strong belief in the principles of justice.

    "It is for these reasons that I transferred this morning Lebanon's share for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon," Mikati said.

     

    6 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  London, United Kingdom  •  5 mths ago
      Good on you Mikati, you kept your word, and Huzbulllah can go to hell, if they don't like it let them resign from the Govt , of course they won't do it especially that Assad has lost his clout , they could find themselves out in the cold.
      • A Yahoo! User 5 mths ago
        Nuts Flipped
        When I finish with your mother
    • Temujin  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  5 mths ago
      rise up Lebanese, and kill Hezbollah. Hurry!
      • Temujin 5 mths ago
        we're gonna send a drone for you, basji.
        خوردن گه و می میرند
    • Take that  •  Chicago, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Is Lebanon choosing peace and prosperity over jihad? That is expressly forbidden under shariah law. Hezbollah is about to attack Israel to see if they can get a reaction. If Ehud Barak is smart (which he is) he'll just turn up the heat on Beirut to keep their "population" under control. They can't do that without another civil war, of course, but this time the whole world's going to help Lebanon beat it's cancer.
    • Temujin  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  5 mths ago
      southern Lebanon will be the battlefield of the Counter-Jihad.
      • A Yahoo! User 5 mths ago
        Nuts Flipped
        you syrian Alawi baath party mongrel get out of thi page and go back into your Masetr Assad azs
      • Temujin 5 mths ago
        Bar bar bar barbar bar bar
    • Temujin  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Syria will fall.......the Iranian people will grow restless at the sight of their "allies" gaining their "freedom".........Hezbollah will attack Israel. southern Lebanon will burn.
      • Temujin 5 mths ago
        you will move into a latrine.......lol.
    • Steve  •  Beirut, Lebanon  •  5 mths ago
      Mikati has shown that he truly deserved to be appointed as a prime minister. Unlike other people, had had the courage to do what is right and fund the tribunal rather than being afraid of the people who are against it!
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