Tenth Hariri assassination investigation report [UNIIIC]

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Tenth Hariri assassination investigation report [UNIIIC]

March 28, 2008 06:26:00 pm

Tenth report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005), 1636 (2005), 1644 (2005), 1686 (2006), and 1748 (2007), March 28, 2006 [latest report of the probe headed by D.A. Bellemare looking into the February 14, 2005 bombing in Beirut that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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