WASHINGTON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bush issued an order on Wednesday, freezing on the assets of anyone suspected in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

    Bush said in the order that the freeze would apply to the property and interests of anyone "involved in planning, sponsoring, organizing, or perpetrating the terrorist act in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 14, 2005, that are related to Hariri's assassination."

    The order did not mention any individuals by name, but a United Nations Commision report last October implicated that there is "converging evidence" pointing to "both Lebanese and Syrian involvement in terrorist acts."

    Hariri, a prime minister for a total of 10 years between 1992 and 2004, was killed with 20 other people in a massive Beirut seafront bombing on Feb. 14, 2005.

    The killing of Hariri sparked large-scale anti-Syrian protests in Lebanon and eventually the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in late April.

    Syria denies any involvement of the assassination. Enditem