What’s Next? Mirza Says Measures to Execute Warrants Took their Legal Course
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A day after the edginess that followed the announcement of the details of the indictment in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s murder case, the Lebanese people were on Friday pondering the next move of Lebanese authorities.
On Thursday, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued a long-awaited indictment and arrest warrants for the Feb. 2005 assassination of Hariri, with Hizbullah members reportedly among those named.
Media reports said the arrest warrants were issued for four Lebanese suspects. They are Mustafa Badreddine, brother-in-law of slain Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh, Salim Ayyash, Hassan Aneissy, known as Hassan Issa, and Assad Sabra.
Lebanese authorities have 30 days to serve the indictments on suspects or execute the arrest warrants. If they fail, the tribunal can then order the indictment published. The Hague-based court can hold trials in absentia if suspects cannot be arrested.
Al-Liwaa daily said that General Prosecutor Saeed Mirza is expected on Friday to meet with the acting head of the Judicial Police, Brig. Gen. Salah Eid, and Col. Abdo Njeim, who is the head of the Central Criminal Investigation Bureau.
Mirza will most probably order them to arrest the four within the one-month period set by the protocol signed between the tribunal and the Lebanese government, the newspaper said.
The indictment included details on investigation carried out by the STL about the whereabouts of the suspects to easily seize them, a source told al-Liwaa.
But the National News Agency said the reported meeting between Mirza and Eid would not take place. It did not say if the general prosecutor would meet Njeim or not.
It quoted Mirza as saying “the legal measures to execute the arrest warrants handed over by the international tribunal delegation took their course towards implementation” since Thursday.
He did not provide further details as to what steps the judiciary would take to find the four suspects.
01 July 2011, 12:24
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Do you know the song of Doris Day , Que sera sera !! That is the answer for What is next ...
Que sera sera , what ever will be will be , the future is " not " ours to see , que sera sera ... That was the song , but in Lebanon , the future is OURS .
I am talking about the real future , not about al mustakbal of course ..!!
01 July 2011, 13:34
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le phenocien, It would be nice to read an artical and for once, not be subjected to your filth and trash at the end. You are a product of the Lebanese political system - brainwashed and blindly following your masters. Employ some of those analytical skills you learned in school and think for yourself. And please please please, change your name, it's pathetic that you brush aside all that Lebanon stands for and instead cling onto a culture and history that is so far removed from the present.
01 July 2011, 14:00
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@ Tariq ,
Where is the filth and trash in my comments please ? Read yourself ya JAMAL " camel " ...
About my name , I prefer to have a name like mine , than to have an " arabic " name like yours , that disgusts me .
01 July 2011, 14:12
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The warrants must be executed just like the filthy Mafioso Rafik was, i.e. they must be barbecued. For instructions on how to barbecue them, just ask Israel and the US, who are experts at barbecuing people, especially women and children.
01 July 2011, 15:39
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Le mecanicien! Do you remember that song from the Cranberries Zombie? in your head,, in your head,, Zombie, zombie ,zombie,,,
01 July 2011, 20:14
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fazoul explain us what was "filthy" about hariri? detail please instead of vomiting your hatred... give us facts if you have the brain to that?
you sure are an atheist, believe in no god, treating humans like peace of meat. No religion tell its believers to hate other human like you do...
is it what they teach in the hezb? please explain also...
01 July 2011, 21:09
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Look at the picture: It shows the biggest tabbouleh dish ever made and that has entered in the Guinness Book of Records. Now you ask: why is Rafik there? Actually, he was supposed to participate in the celebration but then someone smart figured: gosh, something seems to be missing. Tabbouleh alone is not really enough. How about a barbecued? Then, glorious history happened and the Lebanese were relieved. Now everybody wants to take pictures of that wonderful memory. Lebanon's Spring has finally become a reality. Decent Lebanese, REJOICE.
