Hezbollah rejects international probe in killing

By Ben Hubbard
Published October 23, 2012 4:00am ET
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Hezbollah rejects international probe in killing
Workers stand near an apartment building severely damaged in a car bomb attack that killed Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in the Achrafiye district of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Calm returned to the streets of Lebanon's capital on Tuesday, a day after troops launched a major security operation to quell fighting touched off by the assassination of a top anti-Syrian intelligence chief. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) | Maya Alleruzzo

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s powerful ally Hezbollah was accused Tuesday by Lebanese political opponents of playing a role in the assassination of a top intelligence officer who used his post to fight Syrian meddling in Lebanon.

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