Sierra BTHP
19-10-2005, 00:49
From the Associated Press comes another story of the laughable ineffectiveness of the United Nations:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he is determined to keep an upcoming report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri from fanning tensions between Syria and Lebanon.
The Lebanese opposition has accused Syria of playing a role in Hariri's Feb. 14 death in a car bombing, allegations Damascus repeatedly has denied. Annan said he expected to receive a report on the investigation into the slaying on Friday.
"I know there has been lots of political commentary and lots of discussions about it but from where I sit, I'm determined to make it as technical as possible and not allow a politicization of the process," Annan said.
The investigators, led by German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, have named four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals as suspects and questioned seven Syrian officials, one of whom--Interior Minister Ghazi Kenaan--committed suicide last week.
Annan told reporters there had been no "serious discussion" of widening the probe to investigate Kenaan's suicide.
Nope, nothing to see here, just move along. Don't get us wrong, though; we like the U.N.'s ineffectiveness.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he is determined to keep an upcoming report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri from fanning tensions between Syria and Lebanon.
The Lebanese opposition has accused Syria of playing a role in Hariri's Feb. 14 death in a car bombing, allegations Damascus repeatedly has denied. Annan said he expected to receive a report on the investigation into the slaying on Friday.
"I know there has been lots of political commentary and lots of discussions about it but from where I sit, I'm determined to make it as technical as possible and not allow a politicization of the process," Annan said.
The investigators, led by German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, have named four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals as suspects and questioned seven Syrian officials, one of whom--Interior Minister Ghazi Kenaan--committed suicide last week.
Annan told reporters there had been no "serious discussion" of widening the probe to investigate Kenaan's suicide.
Nope, nothing to see here, just move along. Don't get us wrong, though; we like the U.N.'s ineffectiveness.