Lebanon's ex-PM slams widespread illegal weapons

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-2-15 15:51:24

Lebanese former Prime Minister and head of the Almustaqbal opposition party, Saad Hariri, said Thursday that "the problem of weapons in Lebanon ... is the mother of all problems in Lebanon."

Hariri said in a televised speech marking the eighth anniversary of his father, former-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination.

Referring to Hezbollah's controversial arsenal of weapons, Hariri said that "today, every Lebanese is able to see that... the problem lies in fatal weapons widespread across Lebanon, because there is a mini-state more powerful than the state."

Turning to the issue of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon's probe of the assassination of his father, Hariri said the tribunal is "progressing and the criminals will receive the punishment eventually."

Four Hezbollah members have been named as suspects by the Special Tribunal in the Beirut truck bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others on February 14, 2005.

However, the party has denied the charges and refused to hand over the suspects.



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