Ahmed Jibril: We didn’t do it
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Palestinian group: No link to Hariri killing
Ahmed Jibril’s Popular Front: We were surprised with report; we are aligned with Syria because it supports the Palestinian people
Pro-Syrian Palestinian leader rejected on Friday accusations in a U.N. report that his group played a role in the killing of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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“We completely reject the implication of any of our factions in this case,” said Ahmed Jibril, head of the Damascus-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC).
“We say we were surprised with the ... report, which tried to implicate some of our factions by saying they gave some support to Lebanese security leaders,” he told al-Arabiya television.
Chief U.N. investigator Detlev Mehlis presented his findings on the Feb. 14 killing on Thursday.
His report said people from Jibril’s group in Lebanon coordinated with Lebanese and Syrian security officials in their preparations for the truck bombing that killed Hariri and 20 others in Beirut.
“The Front is allied with Syria because Syria supports the Palestinian people and their cause,” he said. “We are ready today to present to the investigative committee and Lebanese judiciary whoever it calls.”
