Makari: Method of Using Ordinary People in Attacks is Hizbullah's Trademark

Deputy Speaker Farid Makari on Wednesday described "the assault on the team of international investigators in Dahiyeh today as dangerous", noting that "it falls within the context of the all-out war being waged by March 8 forces on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon".

In a statement he issued, Makari described this assault as "dangerous, abominable, and causes a major embarrassment for Lebanon, in addition to putting it in a confrontation with the international community, since it directly targets the international legitimacy as well as those investigators representing it and performing a task according to its decisions."

He added that "the method of using ordinary people at times to attack UNIFIL and throw stones at its patrols or at other times to attack the international investigators has become a well known method and it is Hizbullah's registered trademark".

Makari pointed out that "it is a new chapter in the all-out war being waged by March 8 on the STL, to be added to the continuous attempts to obstruct its work".

He concluded by saying: "Once again they indict themselves, for those confident that they have nothing to do in the assassination of former PM (Rafik) Hariri, would not send a group of women to attack the investigators to prevent them from performing their work. Instead they would be very transparent if they have nothing to hide."