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Decision near on site for Lebanon Hariri tribunal: US
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 19 - 07 - 2007


The United Nations is nearing a decision on where
to hold a tribunal over Lebanon's political murders, including the
assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, United
States and UN officials said Thursday, according to dpa.
US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said "good progress" has been made
by the commission investigating the deaths, headed by Serge
Brammertz, who has identified a "number of persons" who may have been
involved in planning and carrying out the murder of Hariri.
"There is work going on to establish the tribunal and we believe
that's very important," Khalilzad said, though he would not divulge
which country had been selected or accepted to host the controversial
court.
The tribunal - set up to try those implicated in the Hariri murder
and 22 other political assassinations since 2005 - has sparked a
damaging dispute in Lebanon between the country's pro- and anti-
Syrian factions. Hariri was killed in February 2005 in a car bomb
attack in Beirut.
Brammertz, who briefed the UN Security Council in a closed-door
session Thursday on his work, said he cannot confirm that a location
for the court had been chosen. But he said he has prepared a
confidential report on his investigation to be given to the tribunal
as soon as it begins functioning.
Brammertz last week provided the council a report detailing work
carried out in recent months. He said his investigators will continue
their work in coming months, and that more than 200 interviews have
been planned on the Hariri murder and another 100 interviews on the
killing of 17 politicians and journalists known for their anti-Syrian
views.
Brammertz said his team had prepared a 2,400-page comprehensive
report on the investigation, calling it a "significant step" in the
efforts to find those responsible for the murder of Hariri.


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