UN office doctored report on murder of Hariri"extraordinary computer gaffe" indeed... Heh... The United Nations doing what the United Nations does best. Posted by DaveH at October 23, 2005 9:56 PM
The United Nations withheld some of the most damaging allegations against Syria in its report on the murder of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister, it emerged yesterday.
The names of the brother of Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, and other members of his inner circle, were dropped from the report that was sent to the Security Council.
The confidential changes were revealed by an extraordinary computer gaffe because an electronic version distributed by UN officials on Thursday night allowed recipients to track editing changes.
The mistaken release of the unedited report added further support to the published conclusion that Syria was behind Mr Hariri’s assassination in a bomb blast on Valentine’s Day in Beirut. The murder of Mr Hariri touched off an international outcry and hastened Syria’s departure from Lebanon in April after a 29-year pervasive military presence.
Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, described the report’s findings as "deeply troubling". Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, said: "It is an unpleasant story which the international community will take very seriously indeed."
They wanna control the Internet, and they can't even control Clippy :)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2005 4:52 PM