BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah tried to present evidence he said proved Israel was behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
"I promised I would convene a press conference to open up new horizons and help in accusing Israel of the assassination of Rafik al-Hariri, and that is what I am doing", Arab and Israeli media quoted Nasrallah saying in a televised speech from his Beirut hideout.
His speech Monday night was extensively quoted on SANA, the Syrian national news agency Web site.
Nasrallah said Syrian President Bashar Assad had informed him of plans to withdraw Syrian troops from Lebanon prior to Hariri's assassination. Despite this, he said, Israel planned to kill Hariri because they wanted the Syrian Army out of Lebanon. UPI
