UN probe looks at more suspects in Hariri killing 

December 2, 2008
The International Herald Tribune
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https://mail.hudsonny.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/news/UN-UN-Lebanon-Hariri.php%23 \o Click to view map \t _blank UNITED NATIONS: A U.N. special commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri reported Tuesday that it has uncovered fresh evidence that could lead to more suspects.
Hariri's killing touched off widespread protests in Lebanon, which together with intensified international pressure forced Syria to withdraw its troops after a nearly 30-year presence.
The commission reports that it has acquired new information that may allow it to link additional individuals to the network that carried out the assassination, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote the Security Council.
A commission report submitted by Ban to the 15-nation council did not specify what the evidence was, but asked that its mandate be extended through February so it can continue the investigation.
The independent team of investigators headed by Canadian prosecutor Daniel Bellemare has been helping Lebanese authorities investigate 20 other bombings and assassinations in Lebanon since October 2004, and there are links between those cases and the Hariri case, Ban said.
Hariri, a wealthy businessman who opposed Syria's influence in Lebanese affairs, died in a suicide truck bombing that also killed 22 other people on Beirut's coast.
No one has been charged, although four pro-Syria Lebanese generals have been under arrest for three years for alleged involvement in the murders.
The first U.N. chief investigator, Germany's Detlev Mehlis, has said the plot's complexity suggested that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence services had a role. Syria has denied involvement.
Bellemare's team said in its latest report that Syria has provided generally satisfactory cooperation.