Daily Star: Saad Hariri: Syria sending militants to Lebanon

The Lebanese Daily Star reported that "Saad Hariri, son of slain Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, said Monday Syria was sending militant radicals into Lebanon, and claiming they belonged to Al-Qaeda."

The Daily Star reported "'We are not that stupid, we know that the militants infiltrating the Lebanese borders from Syria are the same militants the government of Damascus has been sending to Iraq for the past three years under the claim they belong to Al-Qaeda,' he said during an interview with the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI)."

Daily Star reported that Hariri denied wanting to overturn the regime in Syria or having anything to do with this. "Hariri, who returned Sunday to take part in the commemoration of his father's assassination Tuesday, said Lebanon did not want to instigate any problems with Syria. 'It is time for us Lebanese to rule ourselves, and we are only asking to be given the chance to do so,' he said."