A special tribunal in The Hague acquits three men over the 2005 suicide bomb attack in Beirut.
and Hezbollah may have had motives to eliminate" Mr Hariri, because Lebanon at the time was effectively controlled by Syria and Mr Hariri had publicly aligned himself against the country.
It had been alleged that Badreddine, a senior Hezbollah commander, had masterminded the attack. But the court heard there was not enough evidence to make this conclusion. The same mobile phones - which were only ever used to communicate with each other - were also proven to have repeatedly connected to cell masts close to Mr Hariri in the weeks leading up to his assassination.
However, in the case of defendant Mr Sabra, the trial chamber failed to conclude that he was the only person who used two of the phones central to the prosecution's case.The same conclusion was reached over Mr Merhi's mobile phone.
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