Saad al-Hariri urges Lebanese to celebrate Feb 14 assassination anniversary

Leader of the Parliamentarian majority Saad al-Hariri urged the Lebanese people to celebrate his father s assassination anniversary which falls on February 14, describing this occasion as a national day.

In his press conference he had held in Beirut on Sunday after an absence outside Lebanon that lasted for 6 months for security reasons, Hariri called on all Lebanese to participate in the celebration to be held in al-Hurriah (freedom) square in the downtown of Beirut, stressing the need that the Lebanese to cling to national unity.

Saad Hariri had left Lebanon by the end of July 2005 under the pretext that there is a conspiracy to assassinate him. He spent most of his time between Saudi Arabia and France where he had met the leaders of the two countries in addition to the American President George Bush in Washington.