Hezbollah denies links to Harb’s assassination bid

Hezbollah denied on Tuesday that it had anything to do with accusations that it was responsible for the assassination attempt against MP Butros Harb. “The party, its officials and members had nothing to do with the so-called assassination attempt against MP Harb,” said a statement issued by Hezbollah 's media relations department. The statement lashed out at the MP and some March 14 members for accusing the party without basing it on any proof. Hizbullah called on officials to halt the “obnoxious political maneuvers and the false allegations that we have grown used to during the past few years.” Harb said on Saturday that Mahmoud Hayek, the suspect in the attempt on his life, refused to appear before the investigative bodies because he is a member of Hezbollah ’s security apparatus.  The MP escaped an assassination attempt early July, when three people tried to plant a booby trap inside the elevator of the building where his office is located in Sami Solh.