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  Updated: December 11, 2005

Lebanon's Higher Shiia Council calls for moderate political system

By: Karim Tellawi

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanon's Higher Shiia Council Vice-President Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan has called for a Lebanese court to try the assassins of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

"Why don't we form a Lebanese court?" he asked. "Lebanon has highly qualified judges who are known for their integrity and serious work."

"If we don't trust our judges, then why should we trust the Justice Ministry?" he asked.

He urged politicians "to be moderate and honest and stay clear from everything that harms the national interest."

He also rejected "defiance, fanaticism and selfishness," and slammed officials who are demanding the truth behind the recently uncovered mass graves in Anjar and Yarze, saying let "he who is without sin cast the first stone." 


 
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