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US withdraws envoy from syria Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a446EsdfTyAo&refer=top_world_news http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a446EsdfTyAo&refer=top_world_news U.S. Withdraws Envoy From Syria After Hariri Killing in Lebanon Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. withdrew its ambassador from Syria to protest the car bomb attack yesterday in Beirut that killed Rafik Hariri, a former prime minister of Lebanon, the U.S. State Department said. The ambassador, Margaret Scobey, is being recalled to Washington for ``urgent consultations'' following the ``murder'' of Hariri, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. Boucher said the U.S. was acting to demonstrate ``deep concern and outrage'' over the killing of Hariri and linked the withdrawal to Syria's continued deployment of military forces in Lebanon in the face of previous promises to remove them. ``Yesterday's bombing calls into question the stated reason behind the presence'' of Syrian security forces in Lebanon, Boucher said. A previously unknown group calling itself Victory and Jihad in Bilad As-Sham said it was behind the killing of Hariri in a videotape aired yesterday by al-Jazeera television. Bilad As-Sham could be translated as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. The number of people killed in the assault rose to 15, including Hariri and seven of his bodyguards, Agence France-Presse reported today, citing an unnamed local official involved in a probe of the incident. Hariri, a billionaire businessman-turned-politician who was 61, had led five governments since 1992. He resigned as prime minister in October because of differences with Lebanon's Syrian- backed president. The U.S. and United Nations condemned the attack. Last Updated: February 15, 2005 12:52 EST

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