LancasterCounty
31-05-2007, 12:33
Beirut Braces for Unrest After Vote To Pursue Assassins of Former Premier
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053000227.html?hpid=topnews
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 -- A sharply divided U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to create an international criminal tribunal to prosecute the masterminds of the February 2005 suicide bombing that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri and 22 others.
The vote will lead to the creation of the first U.N.-backed criminal tribunal in the Middle East, raising expectations that Hariri's killers will be held accountable. But that has stoked fears among Lebanese authorities and some council members that supporters of Syria -- which has been linked to the assassination -- will plunge Lebanon's fledgling democracy into a bloody new round of internal strife.
Fearing unrest, authorities imposed a partial curfew in Beirut, leaving the streets deserted. Lebanese placed lighted candles on boulevards and balconies to celebrate the outcome and sent congratulatory text messages countrywide.
I would like to Congratulate the UNSC on this resolution and hopes that this person's murderer is brought to justice.
What are your thoughts on this?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053000227.html?hpid=topnews
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 -- A sharply divided U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to create an international criminal tribunal to prosecute the masterminds of the February 2005 suicide bombing that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri and 22 others.
The vote will lead to the creation of the first U.N.-backed criminal tribunal in the Middle East, raising expectations that Hariri's killers will be held accountable. But that has stoked fears among Lebanese authorities and some council members that supporters of Syria -- which has been linked to the assassination -- will plunge Lebanon's fledgling democracy into a bloody new round of internal strife.
Fearing unrest, authorities imposed a partial curfew in Beirut, leaving the streets deserted. Lebanese placed lighted candles on boulevards and balconies to celebrate the outcome and sent congratulatory text messages countrywide.
I would like to Congratulate the UNSC on this resolution and hopes that this person's murderer is brought to justice.
What are your thoughts on this?