ABOUT ASSAD INTERROGATION

Syria said yesterday that it would not let a UN team question President Bashar Assad about the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon.

But the information minister, Mahdi Dakhl-Allah, said Damascus had not ruled out a meeting between Assad and investigators. ''There is a difference between a questioning and an audience. The president receives visitors from Syria and outside Syria," he said.

The state department said on Thursday that it was "a matter of serious concern" for the United States that Syria was not co-operating with a United Nations investigation into the death of a former Lebanese leader.
Spokesperson Adam Ereli referred specifically to the apparent refusal of Syrian President Bashar Assad to be interviewed by UN investigators about the February 14 killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Ereli said: "Syria is not co-operating, and that's a big problem."

Syria's Information Minister Mahdi Dakhlallah said his country would reject any meeting between President Bashar al-Assad and investigators, reports the BBC.
Senior Syrian and Lebanese officials have been implicated in Hariri's killing last February, but Syria has denied any involvement.
Dakhlallah said the world body should respect Syria's sovereignty, saying the whole issue is "meant to embarrass Syria or make it look as if it is not co-operating."

SYRIA'S woes seem to be mounting by the day. Since his devastating Al Arabiya interview last week that implicated President Assad in the Rafik Hariri assassination, former Syrian vice-president Khaddam has been on an offensive. Earlier this week, he called for a 'revolt' in Syria to bring down the regime and introduce democracy and reforms.
Now in an interview with UK's Sky TV, Khaddam has insisted that it is his personal belief that Assad ordered Hariri's killing. Khaddam's accusations against the Syrian leadership are being taken seriously in the region because the former vice-president, now in exile in Paris, had been an important part of the Baathist establishment for nearly three decades. He was picked up by Bashar's father, Hafiz Al Assad, and was a close confidant of the late leader. This is why the former vice-president cannot be accused of talking irresponsibly to settle old scores. It's not easy to dismiss him as someone who is exploiting the public opinion building up against the Syrian regime. His integrity is beyond doubt.

This is a political game, the Mehli's report is empty, no evidences against syrians, no proves, just speculations, words like "should be" "would be" "probably" "maybe" are very often used. They know very well, they don't have anything and they are trying to create it.

Don`t you think they are openning too many fronts??? Irak, Korea, Syria, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela.... and Europe on the Moon......