Reuters: Tooth a key clue in UN probe into Hariri killing

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http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=13647835

Tooth a key clue in UN probe into Hariri killing

Fri Sep 29, 2006 02:41 PM ET
By Irwin Arieff

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The inquiry into the killing of a former Lebanese prime minister has asked several countries to help identify the presumed suicide bomber from a tooth and other pieces of DNA, the chief investigator told the U.N. Security Council on Friday.

The U.N. inquiry has identified 28 pieces of human remains including a tooth recovered from the bombing site as belonging to a man thought to be in his early 20s and not of Lebanese origin, said Serge Brammertz.
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1. How in the hell would you know who the tooth belongs to?

These countries don't have DNA databases. They don't have centralized dental records, and the average person may never have been to the dentist, certainly not the desperately poor from which many of such men are pulled.

This is a fucking set up. Any bets on who the US will pin this on? Anyone?

Pretty fucking obvious.

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2. the tooth had "distinguishing mark ... rarely seen among people from Leban

What kind of "distinguishing mark" are they talking about?

Brammertz called the tooth "extremely important." In a report released this week, he said it showed a "distinguishing mark ... rarely seen among people from Lebanon."

"Further forensic tests are taking place to possibly establish the regional origin of the person. His DNA is being compared with existing DNA databases in several countries," Brammertz said on Friday. He declined to name the countries.

Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar Jaafari warned the council against jumping to conclusions about the identity of the killers before all the evidence is in, and accused unnamed council members of seeking to exploit the case for political reasons. Washington has made no secret of its belief that investigators will implicate Damascus.

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3. Am I the only one who read it at a glance as "Harakiri killing?" -nt