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U.N. Chief Names Canadian Norman Farrell New STL Prosecutor

2012-03-01

[An Nahar] U.N. leader the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... on Wednesday named Norman Farrell of Canada as the new prosecutor of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Leb, which is probing the 2005 liquidation of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. This is, if I recall correctly, 2012. This is the third STL prosecutor. Farrell takes over as chief STL prosecutor from another Canadian, Daniel Bellemare, whose three year mandate ended Wednesday. The court has charged four Hizbullah members over the liquidation. Farrell, 53, had been deputy prosecutor at the international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He has also worked for the International Committee for the Red Thingy in the Balkans and Ethiopia. "The secretary general once again reiterates the commitment of the United Nations ...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... to the efforts of the Special Tribunal for Leb to uncover the truth regarding the terrorist attack" that killed Hariri and 22 others, said U.N. front man Martin Nesirky. Ban wants to "send a message that impunity will not be tolerated." The U.N. last week extended the mandate of the tribunal for another three years. The tribunal, set up by the U.N. Security Council at the request of the Saniora government, announced in February that it will put four Hizbullah members on trial even though they have not yet been jugged. Warrants have been issued for Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein Anaissi and Assad Sabra. The Lebanese authorities have failed to arrest the four. Ban also appointed Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko of Uganda as an international judge of the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal.

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Bellemare Reportedly Referred New Indictment to Fransen

2012-02-18

Special Tribunal for Leb Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare referred a new indictment to Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen in the attacks on the three Lebanese officials that have been linked to ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's murder, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday. Sources close to the prosecutor's office told the daily that Bellemare referred to Fransen in the past few days the new indictment in the liquidation attempts of MP Marwan Hamadeh, ex-Defense Minister Elias Murr, and the murder of former Communist party leader George Hawi. Media reports had said that Bellemare was expected to issue a new indictment before he leaves his post in March. His successor has not yet been named. The sources didn't disclose the content of the indictment, hinting that it might include a fifth suspect linked to Hariri's Feb. 2005 liquidation. STL front man Marten Youssef said during an interview with An Nahar newspaper this month that Bellemare can follow two ways to refer an indictment to Fransen: either discreetly, or he can refer it without revealing its context (to the public). Eight lawyers have been selected to represent four Hizbullah members due to be tried in absentia for Hariri's liquidation. Each of the four defendants will have a counsel and co-counsel who "are fully independent and can choose any strategy they see best fit to defend the rights of the accused," the court has said. The Hague-based tribunal indicted Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein Anaissi and Assad Sabra and sent arrest warrants for them to Lebanese authorities in June last year. But the authorities in Leb have so far failed to arrest them.

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Bellemare Hints he Would Summon Lebanese Officials to Stand Trial

2011-11-10

[An Nahar] Special Tribunal for Leb Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare is exerting strong efforts to guarantee the cooperation of Lebanese authorities with his investigations into ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's Feb. 2005 liquidation. According to information received by Naharnet, Bellemare is currently adopting the policy of "carrot and stick" to avoid an "overt confrontation" with Lebanese authorities. But the STL prosecutor is convinced about the need to raise the level of pressure on the authorities in Beirut to push them towards cooperating with him amid signs they are attempting to gain time and procrastinating in meeting the requests of the tribunal. Informed sources believe that Lebanese authorities should ready themselves in the next few days for new requests from Bellemare's office to hear the viewpoints of security, military and judicial officials on the "seriousness" of the cooperation with the prosecutor. Bellemare has hinted in a document he delivered to the tribunal about his intention to summon Lebanese officials and maybe party members to the court to question them on whether they are incapable of arresting the four suspects indicted in Hariri's liquidation or they are refusing to do so. The four are Hizbullah members. They are Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein Oneissi, and Assad Sabra. If the prosecutor goes ahead with his decision, then the Lebanese cabinet, which is constitutionally the decision-maker, would find itself in a new crisis that goes behind the fear of being targeted by international sanctions over any rejection by the government to fund the STL. Bellemare's move could furthermore lead to a direct accusation to top Lebanese personalities of not only obstructing the course of international justice by rejecting the STL funding but also of collaborating with the suspects and the parties that are protecting them, which is a crime punishable by law. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for... Bellemare's office is shying away from responding to questions about reports that the prosecutor is suffering from a serious illness. When asked about the reports and Bellemare's alleged recovery abroad, his staff continues to repeat the same answer: "The prosecutor's office has no comment at this stage." But the calm prevailing in his office seems to be the result of a firm policy and not confusion. All indications reveal that the work of his staff is continuing at full speed on more than one front.

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Bellemare Demands Lebanese Authorities to be Heard in the Trial Chamber

2011-11-09

[An Nahar] Special Tribunal for Leb prosecutor Daniel Bellemare said Tuesday it was premature to begin a trial in absentia against the accused Hezbullies members, demanding the Lebanese authorities to be heard in the Trial Chamber. Leb's government, closely linked to the Iran-backed Shiite militia, has so far failed to arrest Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein Anaissi, and Assad Sabra, wanted for the February 2005 murder of Hariri and 22 others. "It is premature to initiate a trial in abstentia", Bellemare said in a document published on the court's website. Last month, a judge asked the pre-trial chamber to determine whether proceedings in absentia against the four Hezbullies members were appropriate. Ahead of a Friday hearing on the issue, the court asked both the prosecutors and defense lawyers to weigh in. "Not enough time has been allowed for the Lebanese authorities to effect the arrests of the four accused", Bellemare said. A previous Beirut government, led by Hariri's son Saad, cooperated with the tribunal, but in January Hezbullies toppled that western-backed coalition, largely over its support for the special tribunal. Hezbullies leader Hassan Nasrallah, whose bad turban party is blacklisted as a terrorist group by Washington, has dismissed the STL as a US-Israeli conspiracy, vowing that no member of Hezbullies would ever be found or set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock. "Not enough has been done to effect the arrests because the Lebanese authorities have either been unable or unwilling to do so," the prosecutor's statement further said, adding that " the Trial Chamber must invite the Lebanese authorities to be heard and to give evidence." The Hague-based STL, which opened its doors in 2009, is the first international tribunal which can hold trials in absentia. It is also the first with a designated defense office responsible for protecting the rights of the accused.

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Bellemare Might Issue Indictment Against those Throwing Accusations at the STL

2011-09-18

[An Nahar] Special Tribunal for Leb Persecutor Daniel Bellemare might issue an indictment against parties throwing accusations at the STL, the court's front man Marten Youssef said. Youssef told al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... daily published Saturday that judicial authorities at the tribunal are hearing the accusations made against the court but this does not affect the work procedure of any of the involved judges. "Bellemare however could resort to accusing or issuing an indictment against those making the accusations," he said. "We can't expect any measure from him in this regard but the court is seriously looking at these accusations," he added. Youssef reiterated that the STL is expecting Leb to implement its international commitments and take the necessary measures to find the four suspects accused of involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's Feb. 2005 liquidation. "Not providing evidence in the indictment doesn't mean there is no such evidence," he said to refute Hizbullah's claim that the indictment issued by the STL against four of its members was baseless after it relied on the circumstantial evidence of telecom data. The tribunal will work on presenting the evidence when the trials start, Youssef added.

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Nasrallah puts Hezbollah in the dock

2011-08-30

By Ahmed Othman Hezbullies is preparing itself to face the greatest challenge in its history, when the Special Tribunal for Leb [STL] reveals the truth behind the liquidation of [former Lebanese Prime Minister] Rafik Hariri live on air all across the world. Following this, the image that Hezbullies has created for itself -- as a representative of the resistance which defends Leb against Israeli aggression -- will collapse. Rather than defending the people of Leb from others, the STL evidence may reveal that Hezbullies collaborated with a foreign state to kill the greatest Lebanese statesman, in order -- ultimately -- to seize power and control the country. After spending two and a half years investigating the case of the liquidation of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the STL issued its indictment, which revealed a link between four Hezbullies defendants and the attack that resulted in the death of Hariri. The prosecution presented circumstantial evidence, obtained via telephone records, revealing that a network of five mobile telephones had taken part in the liquidation. It appeared that the accused had monitored Hariri's movements for around three months before carrying out the operation. The STL arrest warrants revealed that suspect number one is Mustafa Amine Badreddine, who reportedly supervised the [al-Hariri] liquidation. He is an important member of Hezbullies and the brother-in-law of Imad Mughniyeh, the Hezbullies commander who was assassinated by Israel in Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... . Salim Jamil Ayyash was responsible for coordinating the group that actually carried out the liquidation. After the liquidation had been carried out, Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan Sabra attempted to mislead the investigation by contacting media outlets and claiming that someone named Ahmed Abu Adas, a member of the "Nasra and Jihad group", was responsible for killing al-Hariri. As the STL pre-trial judge had deemed evidence provided by General Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare sufficient to proceed to trial, he ordered that his decision confirming the indictment, as well as the indictment itself, be made public on 17 August, 2011, in preparation for the commencement of the trial in approximately 4 months. At the same time as the STL issued its indictment, German magazine "Der Spiegel" ran an article claiming that the STL was in possession of information indicating that Iranian authorities had participated in the preparations for the Hariri liquidation. According to the article, the four Hezbullies suspects received special training for the execution of this operation in the Khomeini camp near the Iranian city of Qom, a year prior to the liquidation. The German magazine also claimed that three of the suspects had decamped Leb and are now living in Iran. Hezbullies could have -- so long as it proclaims the innocence of the four suspects -- allowed them to appear before court to defend themselves, whether in The Hague or on television screens from Leb, to prove their innocence regarding the crime of assassinating al-Hariri. However Nasrallah fell into the very same trap that he was trying to avoid. For after Hezbullies's Secretary General rejected the possibility of members of his organization standing trial, the STL decided to make public part of the indictment against the Hezbullies suspects, and to try them in absentia. In other words, the non-presence of the suspects will not prevent the STL General Prosecutor from presenting his evidence and airing [Hezbullies's] dirty laundry in public. Therefore instead of charges being brought against four suspects, the case has now been transformed into the trial of Hezbullies. This is something that will prompt Hezbullies to defend itself via [Hezbullies affiliated] al-Manar TV, which is indeed what happened. On the very same day that the STL made its indictment public, Hassan Nasrallah appeared on TV to refute this indictment, proclaim an assault on his person, and a US attack on Hezbullies. Nasrallah also promised that Hezbullies would examine the charges and refute them. By doing this, Nasrallah has placed Hezbullies in the dock, rather than the four wanted suspects, even though the STL has never issued a direct accusation at Hezbullies. In Tehran, the Iranian authorities tried to defend themselves with the same slogans that are continually being raised by Hezbullies, and by claiming that the STL was politicized. An Iranian Foreign Ministry front man said that the STL was "motivated by worthless political aims." However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... such claims themselves will be proven worthless when the STL publishes the evidence and facts it has accumulated. When this happens, the trial will be transformed from a criminal trial to a political one. If Hezbullies and Iran fail to refute the charges leveled against the defendants, and prove that these charges are false, then millions of people across the world will be convinced that they were behind Hariri's liquidation. In an attempt to win over the Lebanese public opinion, Nasrallah claimed that this was all part of a ploy to drive a wedge between Hezbullies -- which he still considers a representative of the resistance -- and the rest of Leb's sects. Nasrallah spoke about the kaboom which recently occurred in Beirut's Christian district of Antelias, causing the deaths of two young men -- believed to be Hezbullies members -- who were reportedly carrying a bomb. How can Nasrallah attempt to reassure the people of Leb when he continues to threaten them day in and day out, and vows to give them hell if they do not acquiesce to the desire of what he alone deems "resistance"? How could the Lebanese people ever believe Nasrallah again if they found out that he welcomed and met with Rafik Hariri in his bunker every week for six months, whilst four of his comrades were training to assassinate him? How can the Lebanese people believe Nasrallah, after he toppled the Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. government simply because the former Lebanese Prime Minister refused to give up on the STL, and was committed to uncovering his father's killers? How can the Lebanese people believe anything Nasrallah has to say before they find out who truly is responsible for the death of the greatest statesman and politician in Lebanese history? How can they believe Nasrallah when he continues to reject that those accused of Hariri's liquidation be brought to trial, indeed when these suspects are being sheltered from justice under Hezbullies's wing? Hezbullies exploited the slogan of "resistance" and succeeded in building a military organization that was able to impose its will on the Lebanese government and people. If Nasrallah fails to refute the evidence and indictment put forward by the STL, then Hezbullies's mask will finally have slipped, and the "resistance" myth will finally be put to bed in Leb, just as it has in Syria.

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Raad: STL Indictment is Fake, Resistance Will Defend Itself Appropriately

2011-08-24

[An Nahar] The head of the Loyalty to the Resistance That'd be the Hezbullies, natch... bloc MP Mohammed Raad slammed on Tuesday the indictment in the Special Tribunal for Leb as "fake", accusing the investigation of being politicized in order to target the Resistance. He said in a presser to refute the indictment: "The Resistance will determine the way it will defend itself from the indictment and tribunal." He added: "We had stated in the past that this tribunal does not respect the minimum amount of standards of justice, it does not want to achieve the Lebanese people's interests, and it has adopted circumstantial evidence." "Such a tribunal cannot be expected to achieve justice and we would not be surprised if it was employed for the interests of imposing foreign hegemony over Leb," the MP continued. "The tribunal's shortcomings in adopting international standards bolsters our assessment that it is aimed at wrongfully accusing noble resistance fighters," Raad stressed. The indictment has accused four Hizbullah members of being involved in the liquidation of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. "The indictment is a political decision dictated by American and Israeli interests," Raad continued. "Those behind the incitement are delusional in thinking that they can tighten the noose around the Resistance and blackmail it," he added. Leb is being forced to choose between strife and between subjecting Leb to American and Israeli hegemony, the MP noted. "The indictment revealed that STL Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare is part of a political investigation based on fabrications aimed at reaching a political decision," he said. The indictment's terminology demonstrates that the investigation team and the international tribunal are aimed at seeking Dire Revenge™ from the Resistance, Raad stressed. "The indictment was weak and it justified this by saying that it has not revealed all of its findings," he stated. The indictment lacked any direct evidence, he continued. "The Lebanese have unanimously agreed on reaching the truth and justice, but the STL cannot achieve them," the MP remarked. "A legal investigation should take into consideration any lead and the evidence we had presented in the past demonstrated that Israel was involved in Hariri's investigation," he added. "The evidence was enough for Bellemare to launch an investigation in Israel's involvement in the crime, but he didn't because the investigation is politicized," he said. "We are now confronted with a politicized indictment, which was published by an untrusted side," he added. "It chooses the timing to release it based on political factors in an attempt to destroy the Resistance," he continued. "The Resistance will not accept the blackmail and it will not succumb to the will of its enemies and its perseverance and national resolve will thwart the goals of all the conspirators," Raad declared. "The Resistance will determine the way it wants to defend itself and its experience has demonstrated that it can properly deal with the traps being set up by its enemies," he concluded.

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Canada Fears Hizbullah Reprisals over STL Indictments

2011-08-19

[An Nahar] Canada's security service identified possible Hizbullah reprisals over Hariri murder indictments as a national security threat, said a report Thursday. A classified document cited by the Montreal French-language daily La Presse, entitled "Special Tribunal for Leb: does Hizbullah have recourse for violence in 2011?" outlines the concerns of Canada's Integrated Threat Assessment Center. The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Leb (STL) investigating the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri indicted Salim Ayyash, 47, Mustafa Badreddine, 50, Hussein Anaissi, 37 and Assad Sabra, 34, for the 14 February 2005 suicide car kaboom in Beirut that killed Hariri and 22 others. All four are members of Hizbullah, which is now a key player in Leb's coalition government and has refused to allow the arrest of the four suspects. The STL prosecutor in the case, Daniel Bellemare, is Canadian. Two dozen of his compatriots also work for the tribunal. "Many Lebanese see the STL's investigation as being run by Canadians since it is headed by a Canadian," the said Integrated Threat Assessment Center document penned in March. It notes that "Canada has considerable interests in Leb" and the Lebanese diaspora in Canada includes Hizbullah sympathizers. As such, it goes on to say, Ottawa must remain vigilant against possible reprisals. Hizbullah is blacklisted by the Canadian government.

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Hariri: Hizbullah Must Sever Ties with STL Suspects and Cooperate with Tribunal

2011-08-18

[An Nahar] Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. called on Wednesday Hizbullah to sever ties with the suspects in the liquidation of former Premier Rafik Hariri, urging it to take "an historic stand" to cooperate with the Special Tribunal for Leb. He said in a statement: "Hizbullah and its chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah should put an end to the policy of evading the STL, cooperate with the tribunal, and hand over the suspects in order to ensure the establishment of a fair trial." "Now that STL Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare has submitted the sufficient evidence to commence the trial period, all sorts of political and media outrage over the tribunal must end," he added. "Justice will provide stability for our people and protect Leb," he noted. "What kind of diabolical thinking could have taken over the minds of the suspects to commit such a crime and drag Leb onto a terrible and bloody road that killed a number of Leb's political, national, and intellectual elite?" Hariri asked. "No matter how great the intimidation and threats, nothing will be able to thwart justice and we repeat our pledge that justice will not be employed to achieve Dire Revenge™," he stressed. On the Lebanese government's position in the STL, the former premier said: "The rhetoric of attempting to outsmart the public ... and attempts to escape responsibility in capturing the suspects will no longer work and these matters will only portray the government as failing to cooperate with the tribunal." "The indictment and all the accompanying evidence are too overwhelming to be outmaneuvered," Hariri concluded.

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UN-backed tribunal publishes Hariri indictment

2011-08-18

[Dawn] The UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 liquidation of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri said Tuesday it had published the full indictment. "The pre-trial judge has ordered that his decision confirming the indictment related to the 14 February 2005 attack, as well as the indictment itself, be made public," the Special Tribunal for Leb said, in order to "proceed to trial." Tribunal prosecutor Daniel Bellemare welcomed the tribunal's order to unseal the indictment, saying preparations will push ahead for the trial of four Hezbullies members accused in the case. "This order will finally inform the public and the victims about the facts alleged in the indictment regarding the commission of the crime that led to charging the four accused," Bellemare said in a statement. Judge Daniel Fransen last month ordered confidentiality around the names and charges against Salim Ayyash, 47, Mustafa Badreddine, 50, Hussein Anaissi, 37 and Assad Sabra, 34, be partially dropped. Ayyash and Badreddine face charges of "committing a terrorist act by means of an bomb" and homicide, while Anaissi and Sabra faced charges of conspiring to commit the same acts.

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Bellemare Requests Video Material from Nasrallah, Defends Staff 'Impartiality'

2011-07-05

[An Nahar] Special Tribunal for Leb Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare on Monday hit back at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah over the latter's recent televised address in which he doubted the impartiality of the staff of Bellemare's office. "The staff of the OTP have been recruited on the basis of their professionalism, impartiality and expertise, and I have full confidence in their strong commitment to finding the truth," Bellemare said in a statement. "The Prosecutor welcomes Mr. Nasrallah's offer to provide the file that he stated he has on some elements of the investigation and requests the video material that was shown on television during his televised statement, as well as any other information and documents that would assist the Tribunal in its ongoing pursuit of justice," Bellemare added. He stressed that "the investigation is carried out according to the highest standards of international justice and its results are based solely on facts and credible evidence." "The staff of the OTP act independently and in good faith in their search for the truth," the prosecutor went on to say. "In seeking the release of the Four Generals in April 2009, the Prosecutor has already demonstrated that when he is not satisfied with the credibility or reliability of the evidence he will not hesitate to reject it," he added. Bellemare also stressed that he "will not engage in a public debate in the media about the credibility of his investigation or of the investigative process," noting that "the proper forum to challenge the investigation or the evidence gathered as a result, is in open court during a trial that will fully comply with international standards." "Justice is the guarantee of sustainable stability," the prosecutor added, calling for all steps to be taken to "bring the accused to justice." Nasrallah on Saturday ruled out the arrest of four members of his party indicted by the Special Tribunal for Leb for the 2005 liquidation of Lebanese former premier Rafik Hariri. In his first reaction to the charges by the STL, Nasrallah also rejected "each and every void accusation" made by the Netherlands-based court, which he said was heading for a trial in absentia. The STL on Thursday handed Leb's Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza arrest warrants for four members of Hizbullah in connection with the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others in Beirut. Nasrallah went on to accuse top Sherlocks at the tribunal, including the first U.N. chief investigator, Detlev Mehlis, and his deputy, Gerhard Lehmann, of corruption. In elaborately edited segments, Al-Manar television aired footage which Nasrallah said showed Lehmann receiving a wad of cash in exchange for documents in the Hariri case. Al-Manar also aired a document which Nasrallah said proved Sherlocks had transferred IT equipment across Leb's southern border into Israel when it moved its staff to the Netherlands in 2009. "Do you expect this tribunal to be fair with resistance fighters who fought against Israel?" he said. "This tribunal, since the beginning, was formed for a clear political target."

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Report: Bellemare Finds New Leads of Syrian Involvement in Hariri Murder

2011-05-13

[An Nahar] Special Tribunal for Leb Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare has reached new leads in his investigation that accuses Syrian officials of involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's 2005 liquidation, sources in The Hague told Naharnet. They said Bellemare put his new information in the amended indictment that he filed to pre-trial judge Daniel Fransen last week. Bellemare received the information from Syrian witnesses who defected to The Hague and are now under the witness protection program. An informed French source told As Safir daily in remarks published Thursday that the STP prosecutor held talks with French officials in Gay Paree several weeks ago asking for more cooperation by French security agencies. He reportedly promised them to reach the "Syrian criminal masterminds" of the Feb. 2005 killing of Hariri in return for more information by the agencies on the bombing attack on Beirut's seafront. It was not clear what type of information French authorities were holding back from Bellemare on the attack that was widely blamed on Syria immediately after the liquidation. But Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... has always denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! The source said that Gay Paree was on the verge of announcing an end to its relations with the Assad regime which had witnessed major improvement in the past months. Accusing the regime of involvement in the murder would put more pressure on al-Assad'>President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... and isolate him, the source told As Safir.

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