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HARIRI ASSASSINS SAID TO COME FROM IRAQ


LONDON [MENL] -- The assassins of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri were said to have been trained in and sent from Iraq.

Lebanese investigators said the assassins were recruited by Sunni groups in Iraq linked to Syria, which has provided fighters and financing for the insurgency against the U.S.-led coalition. They said the assassins were trained in Iraq and entered Syria and later Lebanon with equipment required for the suicide bombing in Beirut on Feb. 14.

Rachid Mezher, the investigating judge of the Hariri killing, said the suicide bomber was a Palestinian trained in Iraq and recruited by Ansar Al Islam. Ansar has been linked to Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi, and the suspected bomber was identified as Ahmed Abu Adas.

"We know that Adas had Saudi Arabian nationality and used his passport to travel to Iraq and Syria," Mezher said. "The man converted to strict Muslim beliefs two years ago and returned to Lebanon only recently."

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