Syria Plans Disruption In Lebanon, Hariri Says

By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service

Lebanese parliament member Saad Hariri, the son and political heir of slain former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, told President Bush and other U.S. officials yesterday that he feared neighboring Syria was still determined to obstruct Lebanon's upcoming presidential election and destabilize the region.

"In the meantime, there is a killing machine that has started killing the majority and it has not stopped," Hariri said in an interview, referring to a string of assassinations of anti-Syrian Lebanese legislators. "We believe that somehow, that the Syrian regime will.....