Daily Archives: August 31, 2010

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Future Movement Backpedals. Denies Targeting Hezbollah's Weapons

Statement from The Future Movement:

Demands for a weapons-free Beirut are not aimed at Resistance weapons which are being discussed at the national dialogue [...] This slogan, however, is to protect the principle of Resistance from being tarnished and from sliding in the mud of internal confrontations

Blah, blah, blah…This is the result of intense pressure from Hezbollah, the Syrians and just about anyone with pro-resistance sentiments.

But they’re not fooling anyone. We all know in our hearts of hearts that the original “Weapons Free Beirut” slogan was aimed squarely at Hezbollah.

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Finally, Bellemare Speaks.

After a long silence, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecutor finally spoke with the media.

Mr. Bellemare clarified in an interview with NowLebanon some very important matters like political influence over the STL, the role of leaks, politics in Lebanon, phone tapping and how strong his case is. Read the whole thing.

Here’s one of my favorite passages where Mr. Bellemare explains the concept of “circumstantial evidence”:

You want to prove that it rained today. You prove that the pavement is wet, you prove that there was nobody who cleaned the street, etc. In itself each of these facts does not mean anything, but if you put them all together, you can conclude at the end of the day that it rained. This is what circumstantial evidence is. I am strongly of the view that circumstantial evidence is more powerful than direct evidence.