Hariri Recorded Assad Threats Prior to Assasination

From Yediot Aharonot:

Syria President Bashar Assad made explicit threats on the life of late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri during their last meeting, French magazine "Intelligence Online" reported Sunday.

According to the report, Hariri taped the threat using a recording device concealed inside a pen....

The report also states that Hariri managed to deliver copies of the recording before his assassination on February 14, to U.S. President George W. Bush, French President Jacques Chirac, and Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff...."You must remember I can destroy Lebanon and you yourself. If I am forced to leave Lebanon, I will leave ruin and destruction behind me," Assad reportedly said. "Your ally, Walid Jumblatt, had better realize what fate awaits him. His father's death should serve him as a lesson."

According to the report, the sophisticated pen was given to Hariri by the French Security Services after he told his close friend Chirac he felt his life was in danger.