Hakki --------------------------------------------- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1779000/1779316.st m A former Lebanese Christian militia leader who was accused of massacring Palestinian refugees in the early 1980s has been killed by a car bomb in Beirut. The assassination of Elie Hobeika sparked claims from Lebanon and elsewhere that his former ally, Israel, had carried out the attack to stop him giving evidence at an investigation in Belgium into the massacres.
Mr Hobeika said he feared for his life
Israel has dismissed the allegations as "rubbish". (...) A Belgian court heard final arguments from lawyers representing Mr Sharon on Wednesday and is due to issue a ruling on 6 March. (...) Thursday's attacks marks the first major bombing in religiously divided Beirut since 1994, when 11 Christians were killed at a church. (...)