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Syrian Lawmakers Accuse Former Vice President of Treason
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Abdel-Halim Khaddam implicated President al-Assad's government in
assassination of former Lebanese PM Hariri





Abdel Halim Khaddam (File photo)Syrian lawmakers have accused former
Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam of treason for implicating
President Bashar al-Assad's government in the assassination of former
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

During a session of parliament Saturday legislators accused Mr.
Khaddam of attacking the dignity of the country and humiliating
millions of Syrians.

In an interview broadcast Friday by the al-Arabiyah television
network, Mr. Khaddam said Syria's president told Mr. Hariri he would
destroy anyone who tried to hinder Syria's decisions.

He said the threat came just months before Mr. Hariri was assassinated
in February.

A United Nations probe of the assassination found evidence that Syrian
agents were involved in the killing. Damascus has denied the charge.

Mr. Khaddam told al-Arabiya that no Syrian security service could have
made the decision to kill Mr. Hariri without approval from higher
authorities.

Some information for this report provided AP and Reuters.


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