The United States condemned "in the strongest possible terms" Wednesday’s attack on Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigators in Dahiyeh, according to a statement issued by US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley.
A group of women charged at STL investigators at a Beirut gynecology clinic in Dahiyeh on Wednesday morning and grabbed a briefcase from them. Afterward the STL condemned the attack and said that its investigators had arranged to interview clinic owner Dr. Iman Chararah with approval from the Lebanese authorities, the Doctors Syndicate, and agreement from the doctor herself.
"This attack is yet another attempt to create a false choice between justice and stability and to prevent the independent tribunal from carrying out its Security Council mandate," Crowley said.
He added that "efforts to discredit, hinder or influence the tribunal's work serve only to increase instability and tensions in the country and should not be tolerated."
-AFP/NOW Lebanon
A group of women charged at STL investigators at a Beirut gynecology clinic in Dahiyeh on Wednesday morning and grabbed a briefcase from them. Afterward the STL condemned the attack and said that its investigators had arranged to interview clinic owner Dr. Iman Chararah with approval from the Lebanese authorities, the Doctors Syndicate, and agreement from the doctor herself.
"This attack is yet another attempt to create a false choice between justice and stability and to prevent the independent tribunal from carrying out its Security Council mandate," Crowley said.
He added that "efforts to discredit, hinder or influence the tribunal's work serve only to increase instability and tensions in the country and should not be tolerated."
-AFP/NOW Lebanon
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