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Wed 08 Aug 2010Videos indicate Israel played a role in killing of Hariri, Hizbullah claims
HIZBULLAH SECRETARY general Hassan Nasrallah has accused Israel of being behind the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri and has backed up his charges with circumstantial evidence.
In a three-hour televised press conference on Monday night, Sayyed Nasrallah presented a video clip of an alleged Israeli collaborator who said he had told Mr Hariri’s security detail that Hizbullah planned to kill him. The man, who reportedly admitted to trying to blackmail Mr Hariri, is alleged to have fled to Israel.
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