Hariri investigation

The commander of Lebanon's presidential guard is one of the five men arrested by Lebanese police on Tuesday in connection with the February assassination of former premier Rafiq al-Hariri. The arrest of the presidential guard's Mustafa Hamdan, follows the detentions of three former top pro-Syria security officials, and a former member of parliament.

Jamil al-Sayyed, former chief of the General Security Directorate, Ali Hajj, ex-head of police, and Raymond Azar, ex-head of military intelligence, were arrested in dawn raids at their homes. MP Nassir Qandil was also arrested.

Before taking over his post as chief of police, Al-Hajj was for 10 years the commander of a group of bodyguards assigned to protect Hariri.

The suspects are all closely linked to Lebanon's pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud…

Let’s see Assad wriggle out of this one.

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