Showing posts with label FBI AND LEBANON BOMBING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FBI AND LEBANON BOMBING. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS QUESTION REGARDING FBI ROLE IN LEBANON BOMBING INVESTIGATION


Map Of Lebanon.  Credit:  CIA World Fact
FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Lebanon - October 19 Bombings
Taken Question
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
October 23, 2012 

QUESTION: How did the request for investigation assistance come through? Did the U.S. offer and Lebanon accept or vice versa? Did the FBI participate in the Hariri investigation?

ANSWER: The FBI will provide technical assistance to the investigation into the attack that killed Brigadier General Al-Hassan and 7 others. The decision to dispatch the FBI team was taken following discussions between the Government of Lebanon and the U.S. Government. The FBI provided technical assistance to the investigation into the 2005 attack that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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