Rafik Hariri a Lebanese Politian and twice served as Lebanon prime minister, was assassinated on February 14, 2005 in a car bomb explosion in Beirut. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (an organism created by the UN) began proceedings on the attack in March 2009 (near The Hague). The court's mandate was to try those considered responsible for the bombing, a politically delicate issue because it is widely believed that both Hezbollah, the militant Shiite group that controls south Lebanon, and Syria were involved. In September 2011 the court provided accusations to prosecutors naming four men, two of them members of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah, which is allied with Syria, is today the most powerful political and military force in Lebanon. The leader of the Shiite group will not tolerate any accusation for Hezbollah by the court; that’s why Hezbollah and its allies were the responsible for a major crisis over the United Nations-backed tribunal due to the fact that the Shiite movement & allies forced the fall of the Lebanese government.
The re-opened case of Hariri is giving now a new perspective of how Hezbollah is getting even more popularity; however it makes me wondering if the fact that they toppled the government of Hariri’s son after he resisted calls to renounce the tribunal affects… or, why the UN-backed tribunal was not supposed able to find enough evidences to charge the “possible Hezbollah suspects”… what is happening with the indictments the UN already made against the responsible members of the attack? Too many questions and too questionable answers; however the UN asks all the states to support the judicial process and once again wishing Lebanese government cooperate with this Special Tribunal.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2197052&Language=en
Here we see again a clear example on how the international system have to face radical islamism, an issue that international community has not been prepare for. such cases as Hamas or Hezbollah are radical groups that dont represent states or nations, and therefore cannot be contemplated as a subject of international public law. This situation hinders the way of international institutions to control and even punish the actions of such groups or even reinforce the power of the states governments affected by groups like Hezbollah. however. these states are too restrained or too influenced by this type of radicalism. How can the International regime deal with an issue that is legally invisible and almost impossible to handle by individual states? seems like this challenges the conception of international law and state sovereignty.
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