Hariri Video

March 28, 2005 --

Video Appears To Show Hariri Convoy Before Blast

An Arabic-language satellite channel broadcast a videotape Sunday that it said showed images recorded seconds before the explosion that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February. (CNN)

Lebanese Government Accepts International Probe Into Hariri Killing
Lebanese authorities agreed to an international panel to determine who killed former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, acceding to a demand from the anti-Syrian opposition following harsh UN criticism. (AFP)

Car Bomb Explodes in East Beirut
A car bomb in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut triggered a huge fire late last night. The attack, the third in two weeks, injured at least five people, security sources said. (Arab News)

Jazeera TV Says Threatened Over Beirut Blast Report
Popular Arabic television Al Jazeera said Sunday it had received a bomb threat against its Beirut office over its coverage of a Beirut blast, which included interviews with leading anti-Syrian politicians. (Reuters)

Panel Ignored Evidence on Detainee

U.S. military intelligence, German authorities found no ties to terrorists. (Washington Post)

U.S. is Examining a Plan to Bolster the Rights of Detainees
The Defense Department is considering substantial changes to the military tribunals that the Bush administration established to prosecute foreign terror suspects at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, military and administration officials say. (NY Times)

New Details on F.B.I. Aid for Saudis After 9/11
The episode has been retold so many times in the last three and a half years that it has become the stuff of political legend: in the frenzied days after Sept. 11, 2001, when some flights were still grounded, dozens of well-connected Saudis, including relatives of Osama bin Laden, managed to leave the United States on specially chartered flights. (NY Times)

Storage of Nuclear Spent Fuel Criticized
Science academy study points to risk of attack. (Washington Post)

Look Who's Not Talking — Still
A new report says U.S. intelligence agencies haven't learned to share information, despite lessons of 9/11. (Newsweek)

FBI Hands Secret Disc To Released Prisoner
The FBI admits an Arab translator convicted of taking a classified disc was handed the disc with his personal property when he was released from prison. (UPI)

TSA Misled Public, Report Says
Agency's Role in Obtaining Passengers' Private Data Cited. (Washington Post)

Qatar Finds House Used to Prepare Last Week's Theater Bombing

Qatari authorities have found the house used to prepare a suicide car bombing that killed a Briton at a theater, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. (Reuters)

Egyptian Court Convicts 2 in Mubarak Plot

Egyptian court convicts two men of plotting to assassinate President Mubarak, spying for Iran. (AP)

Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Sent to French Prison

A French court yesterday ordered the imprisonment of a Frenchman who was released by U.S. authorities at Guantanamo Bay this month, his lawyer said. (Reuters)

Al Qaeda Claims Murder of Iraqi Official
Al Qaeda video purports to show murder of Iraqi official; debate rages about religion in gov't. (AP)