You know your “evidence” is bogus when even the AP is laughing at Hezbollah’s attempt to blame Israel for Hariri’s death. However, they buried the lede in this article. It’s titled “UN gets Hezbollah ‘evidence’ on Israel-Hariri link,” but four paragraphs in—which some newspapers have already cut out of their world news sections—the AP drops these bombs:
Lebanon’s government is an uneasy coalition of a Western-backed bloc and Hezbollah, which in just a few years has gained so much political power it now has a virtual veto over government decisions.
Hezbollah is undoubtedly the country’s most powerful military force, with an arsenal that far outweighs that of the Western-backed national army. The group has drawn praise in the past for standing up to Israel’s powerful military, although its 2006 war with Israel and 2008 sectarian clashes with political rivals raised criticism among some Lebanese that the movement was dragging the country into violent conflicts.
When war breaks out again on Israel’s northern border, I doubt we’ll see such candid assessments of either Hezbollah or the casualties (which will, no doubt, be called civilians even if they’re Hezbollah fighters). But we’ll have something to refer to when writing the AP about their bias.