Tribunal funding, arrests test Lebanon government
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BEIRUT — After winning a confidence vote at home, Lebanon’s Hezbollah-dominated government is headed for another test over the country’s financial duties toward the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
But experts say there is little the government will — or can — do in assisting the UN-backed STL, which has ordered the arrest of four Hezbollah operatives indicted in the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafiq Hariri.
“Everybody knows that there is little the Lebanese government can do to truly assist the tribunal,” said Beirut-based commentator Hilal Khashan.
“Prime Minister Najib Mikati can get away with not raising the is.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110718com3.html
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