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"Pffft" Went the UN Tribunal in Lebanon

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Najeeb Miqati, Politics, World News, Middle East, Un Tribunal, Stl, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Rafiq Hariri, Daniel Bellemare, World News
Sharmine Narwani

On Thursday, the UN's Special Tribunal for Lebanon delivered its first round of indictments against four suspects. Nobody could have predicted quite how non-momentous an event this would be.

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Justice, or a Death Blow For Lebanon?

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Turkey, Jeffrey Feltman, Stl, US Foreign Policy, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Lebanon, UN Security Council, Hezbollah, Rafiq Hariri, State Department, World News, Hilary Clinton, Jamil Sayyed, Iran, Saad Hariri, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Assassination, Israel, Kenneth Starr, 2006 Lebanon War, Qatar, World News
Sharmine Narwani

To weigh one man's death against the lives of four million Lebanese and countless other millions who could be caught up in a regional conflagration is sheer madness.

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Is Hezbollah Really Bullying the Special Tribunal?

Patrick Galey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle East, Hizbullah, Hariri, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Un, Beirut, World News. Syria, Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Stl, Hassan Nasrallah, World News
Patrick Galey

The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon will indict Hezbollah members in the trial established to find the murderers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The ramifications of this would be huge.

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