Lebanon's Hariri assassinated to make way for US airbase
According to high-level Lebanese intelligence sources - Christian and Muslim - former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was reportedly assassinated in a bombing authorized by the Bush administration and Ariel Sharon's Likud government in Israel.
Hariri, a pan-Arabist and Lebanese nationalist, was known to adamantly oppose the construction of a major US air base in the north of Lebanon.
The United States wants Syrian troops completely out of Lebanon before construction of the base is initiated. Hariri's meetings with Hezbollah shortly before his death also angered Washington and Jerusalem, according to the Lebanese intelligence sources.
The Lebanese air base is reportedly to be used as a transit and logistics hub for US forces in Iraq ... In addition, the Lebanese base will be used to protect US oil pipelines in the region ... as well as to destabilize the Assad government in Syria.
A number of intelligence sources have reported that assassinations of foreign leaders are ultimately authorized by two key White House officials, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Deputy National Security Adviser Elliot Abrams. In addition, Abrams is the key liaison between the White House and Sharon's office for such covert operations, including political assassinations.
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