Thursday, October 27, 2005

Syria - Old whine, new bottle

The UN 'report' on the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese PM, bears all the hallmarks of yet another set-up, no doubt ‘inspired’ by US pressure as part of the build-up to yet another Middle Eastern 'adventure'.

Even less remarkable is the uncritical, indeed blind acceptance by the Western media of the Report’s conclusions concerning those allegedly behind the assassination.

But before we dissect the abysmal failure of the Western media to accurately report the findings of the UN Report, let’s take a look at its conclusions.

First of all, the Report offers no concrete evidence that any of the people or institutions it claims were involved in Hariri's assassination were indeed the culprits.