(Daily Star-Lebanon) The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon (UNIFIL) will not be safe if there is strife following the release of an indictment into the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, former Cabinet minister Wi'am Wahhab, a pro-Syrian politician allied with Hizbullah, has warned. Wahhab and other leaders in his camp have called for the abolition of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). The STL is expected to issue its indictment into Hariri's killing this month. "In the event of strife, UNIFIL troops in Lebanon will not be left in peace," Wahhab said Sunday. He added that if strife occurs, there will be no need for UNIFIL to stay in south Lebanon, accusing the UN peacekeepers of serving as spies for Israel.
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