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Rafic Hariri - http://www.rhariri.com/
Official site for the former Prime Minister features his biography, speeches and statements, government policy and cabinet decisions, awards, and the UN probe into his assassination. |
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Wikipedia - Rafik Hariri - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafik_Hariri
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article includes his personal and political biography, including his assassination investigated by the UN. |
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UN - Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission - http://www.un.org/News/dh/docs/mehlisreport/
Official copy of the Mehlis Report on the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the result of the first stage of the Commission's investigation. |
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Online NewsHour: Lebanon's Rafiq Hariri - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june02/lebanon_4-16.html
Transcript, audio and video of Margaret Warner's interview with Rafiq Hariri the day before his meeting with President Bush, three years before his assassination. |
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Encyclopaedia of the Orient - Rafiq Hariri - http://lexicorient.com/e.o/hariri_r.htm
Profile of the Lebanese political and business leader, in a timeline format. |
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PBS - Online NewsHour: Assassination - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june05/hariri_2-15.html
Full transcript, video and audio of the program about former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, killed in a car bombing. Jim Lehrer with Theodore Kattouf, former US ambassador to Syria, and Murhaf Jouejati, from the Middle East Institute and George Washington University. |
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MEIB - Dossier: Rafiq Hariri - http://www.meib.org/articles/0107_ld1.htm
Profile of the then-Prime Minister of Lebanon by Gary C. Gambill and Ziad K. Abdelnour, from the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. Includes bibliography. |
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Al-Bab.com - The Mehlis Report - http://www.al-bab.com/arab/docs/lebanon/mehlis05.htm
Full text in HTML format of the official Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1595 (2005), by Detlev Mehlis, Commissioner, UNIIIC, Beirut, 19 October 2005. |
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Ya Libnan - Full Coverage: Hariri Murder and U.N. Report - http://yalibnan.com/site/haririmurderfullcoverage.php
Ongoing collection of news and analysis about the assassination and subsequent investigations by the United Nations Commission. |
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Telegraph Obituaries: Rafik al-Hariri - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1483521/Rafik-al-Hariri.html
Review of the Lebanese Prime Minister's life and career focuses on his economic reforms and his planned comeback in the May 2005 elections. |
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Times Online - Obituaries: Rafik Hariri - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1485702,00.html
Reviews the former Prime Minister of Lebanon's rise from the impoverished son of a greengrocer in a provincial town to become one of the world’s richest men and a friend of kings and presidents, inspiring many. |
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BBC News - Obituary: Rafik Hariri - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4264359.stm
Remembrance of the political and business careers of "Mr. Lebanon" includes a video review of his life, additional news stories, analysis, and background. |
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Forbes.com - World's Richest People: Rafik Al-Hariri & Family 2004 - http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?uniqueId=SKVY
Brief summary of the sources of Rafik's net worth of $4.3 billion. Includes links to previous years' reports. |
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Guardian Unlimited - The Editor: 'A savage blow to the country' - http://www.guardian.co.uk/editor/story/0,,1415275,00.html
Reactions of the international press to the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon. |
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Dar Al Hayat - Larger than Life - http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/02-2005/Article-20050215-17139248-c0a8-10ed-0041-9fbf60eb6cb0/story.html
Ghassan Charbel's remembrance of Rafiq Al Hariri and his many accomplishments in rebuilding Lebanon. "Some men bring out the envy in mountains." |
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Dar Al Hayat - Detlev Mehlis Report - http://english.daralhayat.com/Spec/10-2005/Article-20051021-131b3f1a-c0a8-10ed-002d-80aee1f6eeaa/story.html
Executive Summary section of the Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1595 (2005). |
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Dar Al Hayat - M.G. Jamil el Sayyed - http://english.daralhayat.com/Spec/07-2005/Article-20050704-e16004b2-c0a8-10ed-00f8-0297489a0c54/story.html
Ghassan Charbel's April 2005 nine-part series on the newspaper's investigation into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, prior to the work of the international investigating committee. |
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CNN.com - Hariri: Vision of Prosperous Lebanon - http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/14/beirut.hariri/
News report and video about the car bomb assassination of Rafik hariri, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon. |
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Embassy of Lebanon - Biography of the Prime Minister: Mr. Rafic Hariri - http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/country_lebanon/bio_pm.html
Official profile includes a list of his many awards and honors. |
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The Daily Star - The Ramifications of Hariri's Assassination - http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=12714
Prescient commentary, written at the time of his assassination, about its potential impact on the principal protagonists of the Syrian government, the Lebanese opposition and the United States government. |