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Israel wasn't implicated. Names omitted, Obama suggested others, notably Hezbollah, perhaps Iran or Syria, not Mossad for one of its signature operations, besides kidnappings, shootings, poisonings, and other ways of committing murder, including strong evidence it assassinated Yasser Arafat. In November 2004, he died in a Paris hospital after succumbing to an undiagnosed illness, believed caused by a slow-acting, hard to detect poison.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a US tool, urged Lebanon to form a new government as soon as possible. Explaining his support for the tribunal, he told an Abu Dhabi news conference that it's "important not to pre-judge the outcome of the investigation, and no one should politicize (its) work...."
In fact, Washington and Israel politicized it from the start to point fingers away from where they belong.
On January 18, Reuters headlined, "Tensions high in Beirut after Hariri indictment," saying:
"Lebanese security forces deployed in central Beirut on Tuesday and several schools closed in response to tentions surrounding a draft indictment over the 2005 (Hariri) killing...."
Hezbollah no doubt will be named. Its leaders deny involvement, accusing the tribunal of being an "Israeli tool." Al-Manar television said America was behind the released draft to sabotage efforts to resolve Lebanon's crisis after Hezbollah pulled out of the government, causing it to dissolve. It accused Washington of "pushing the indictment ahead to light the fuse to blow up the bridges for a solution," adding that "Americans control the indictment in form and content."
Joint US/Israeli Interests
For geopolitical reasons, Washington and Israel provoke tensions, strife, and violence, at times erupting in war, including in 2006 against Lebanon, 2008-09 Cast Lead against Gaza, and whatever may be planned ahead, perhaps against Hezbollah and/or Hamas.
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