Hezbollah leader rejects Hariri tribunal indictments

Hezbollah leader rejects Hariri tribunal indictments
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Summary Nasrallah dismissed the accusations as unfounded and a failed attempt to sow strife.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that authorities would never arrest members of the Shia militant group indicted by a UN-backed tribunal seeking the killers of statesman Rafik al-Hariri.In his first comments since the indictments were handed to the state prosecutor, Nasrallah dismissed the accusations as unfounded and a failed attempt to sow strife and bring down Lebanons new Hezbollah-backed government.The tribunal has not named the suspects but Lebanese officials said they included Mustafa Badreddine, a senior member of the movement and brother-in-law of slain Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyeh, and three other members of the group.