THE MYSTERY OF MR LEBANON'S MURDER; After the assassination of Rafik Hariri, his vehicles were taken from the scene on the orders of a former aide. And now, reports Robert Fisk, many believe the missing cars may hold the key to the killing.(Foreign News) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: March 17, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Robert Fisk

NOW HERE'S a strange story from Beirut. Strange, because it is one of fear and suspicion about Rafik Hariri's murder on 14 February; stranger still because - although almost everyone in Beirut knows the story -much of it has not been published in Lebanon.

It involves a man called Ali Salah Haj and Hariri himself - and the mysterious decision to move the most vital evidence of his murder from the scene of the crime. Some say it is all a mistake, the result of inexperience or ignorance. Others believe it holds the key to how the former billionaire prime ...