here is a link to the court decision rather than the AP story.
**here is a link to the court decision rather than the AP story.**
https://www.stl-tsl.org/crs/assets/Uploads/20200818-F3840-PUBLIC-Summary-of-Judgment-FILED-EN-FINAL.pdf
Based on that 'almost entirely circumstantial' evidence the tribunal found that only one of the accused, Salim Jamil Ayyash, is guilty of the charges. That person, an alleged Hizbullah member, has vanished years ago.
The reading of the 150 pages summary of the 2.600 pages long judgment is still ongoing. Independent reporter Bel Trew is live tweeting the proceedings.
The outcome is a big nothing burger that will leave the many enemies of Hizbullah unsatisfied. But it also saves Lebanon from more strife.
Nine years ago we predicted that this was likely to be the result of the case. Here is the original piece published on June 30 2011:
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/08/the-end-of-the-hariri-trial.html#more
Based on that 'almost entirely circumstantial' evidence the tribunal found that only one of the accused, Salim Jamil Ayyash, is guilty of the charges. That person, an alleged Hizbullah member, has vanished years ago.
The reading of the 150 pages summary of the 2.600 pages long judgment is still ongoing. Independent reporter Bel Trew is live tweeting the proceedings.
The outcome is a big nothing burger that will leave the many enemies of Hizbullah unsatisfied. But it also saves Lebanon from more strife.
Nine years ago we predicted that this was likely to be the result of the case. Here is the original piece published on June 30 2011:
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/08/the-end-of-the-hariri-trial.html#more
(post is archived)