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| Hezbollah says STL indictment 'dead' |
| 2010-12-19 |
| [Iran Press TV] Hezbullies says a potential indictment against the group by the US-backed tribunal on the former Lebanese premier's murder has already lost its intended effect. "Suppose the indictment is issued tomorrow, it will not change anything...," said the Lebanese resistance movement's Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem ... Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... on Friday, Lebanese website Naharnet reported. "...it is already dead," he noted. The former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri was assassinated in 2005 during a massive car booming in the capital, Beirut, which also killed more than 20 others. The Special Tribunal for Leb (STL), which was established around two years later, reportedly plans to implicate some Hezbullies members in the foul play. "The indictment is dead. It has become colorless, tasteless and useless," Qassem said. "So the indictment to us, as Hezbullies, has no more value." Leading Lebanese daily As-Safir wrote last month about "intensive" pressure that the United States has been applying under the slogan "no discussions before an indictment is issued." Hezbullies Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has rejected the allegations of the movement's involvement, saying that the plot was part of "a dangerous project that is targeting the resistance." Political analysts have also warned that the STL indictments are meant to sow discord in Leb. Nasrallah has, meanwhile, delivered informative speeches pointing to Tel Aviv's role in the disaster. In an August speech, he presented evidence proving that Israel had criminal masterminded the liquidation. The televised address featured video materials, captured by Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles, and recorded confessions by Israeli fifth columnists, substantiating that Tel Aviv had been behind the killing. |
| Posted by:Fred |