Lebanon PM threatens to resign over Hariri probe

[bemildred]

Najib Mikati, who came to power with support of Hezbollah, says his government must pay its share of funding for UN-backed court probing killing of former PM Rafik Hariri.

The Lebanese prime minister has threatened to resign unless his government agrees to pay Lebanon's share of funding for a UN-backed court investigating the killing of statesman Rafik Hariri.

Prime Minister Najib Mikati came to power in January with the support of the militant group Hezbollah and its political allies, who oppose the Hariri tribunal and want Lebanon to cut all links with the Netherlands-based court.

The court has indicted four Hezbollah members over the 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 21 other people on the Beirut seafront. Hezbollah, a Shi'ite Muslim movement, has denied any role in the killing.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/lebanon-pm-threatens-to-resign-over-hariri-probe-1.397692

[King_David]

1. Imagine what could potentially be revealed nt

[vminfla]

2. I remember when the "Harari was killed by the Jews" meme was going around

Guess they could not get that one to stick.