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Berri: No obstacles over false witnesses issue

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An-Nahar newspaper quoted on Thursday Speaker Nabih Berri as saying that there are no obstacles regarding the issue of the false witnesses, stressing that Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar will submit a report on false witnesses at the first Cabinet meeting to convene under President Michel Suleiman upon his return from Mexico.

He added that Najjar would have recovered from his illness by then and would present to the Cabinet “what he has already prepared in this regard.”

The cabinet delegated Najjar on August 18 to follow up on the issue of the false witnesses who gave fake testimonies in the investigation of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Suleiman headed from the US to Mexico last week.

False witnesses

The following Syrian agents , which were described as false witnesses provided information to the UN investigation team:

Mohammed Zuhair Siddiq also known as Mohamad Zouhair Siddik is a self proclaimed former Syrian intelligence operative who used to live in Lebanon.

Husam Taher Husam another self proclaimed former Syrian intelligence operative

Both provided information that led the Lebanese authorities to arrest the four Lebanese generals.

Husam now lives in Syria while Siddiq is reportedly now living in Australia

According to Ya Libnan legal advisers there is no such a thing as a false witness before indictments are made . Only the courts during the trial can determine whether a witness is for real or false. At this stage no body knows who will be indicted, despite the fact that Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has revealed that some members of the party will be indicted. Such information is not coming from STL …such information is most probably assumptions or extrapolations coming from Hezbollah members that were interrogated by the Investigators. The trials will start after the indictments are made . There are 12 judges , 4 of them are Lebanese .

Many Lebanese legal experts believe that the issue of false witnesses is being used by Hezbollah and its allies to undermine and discredit the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

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2 responses to “Berri: No obstacles over false witnesses issue”

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    ghaddad

    So those are all the false witnesses they’re talking about? one lives in Syria and he still alive? the other roams europe as he pleases and he’s not killed by Syria and hezbollah? even authorities in Europe saying he eluded their securities and living here and there. Come on you expect to believe that these false witnesses are not fabricated by Syria to discredit the STL from the beginning? why don’t Syria hand over Husam Taher(Dirty) Husam to Lebanese authorities or STL to investigate him then? Neither testments are taking into consideration stop wasting your energy on these so called false witnesses. Whom did not swear on oath when they testified, therefore they would not be considered a false witness. Also their statement were not accounted for people? hezbollah is focusing so hard on these two whom I am sure Syria have control of both. then the israeli spies. How could hard evidence and phone calls and eye witnesses of Syrian secret service agents were buying explosives and seeking experts in Hungry/eastern europe? The more hezbollah and syria attacks, the more guilty they are. Only the coward screams and shout. The real men face their day in court with courage and wisdom. If they’re not guilty, then we will all support them. Otherwise why do you threaten and spread rumors of civil strife? stop these childish acts and face the STL like real men. But we get devious people who send assasins after innocent people in order to silence the truth.

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    Anonymous

    So those are all the false witnesses they’re talking about? one lives in Syria and he still alive? the other roams europe as he pleases and he’s not killed by Syria and hezbollah? even authorities in Europe saying he eluded their securities and living here and there. Come on you expect to believe that these false witnesses are not fabricated by Syria to discredit the STL from the beginning? why don’t Syria hand over Husam Taher(Dirty) Husam to Lebanese authorities or STL to investigate him then? Neither testments are taking into consideration stop wasting your energy on these so called false witnesses. Whom did not swear on oath when they testified, therefore they would not be considered a false witness. Also their statement were not accounted for people? hezbollah is focusing so hard on these two whom I am sure Syria have control of both. then the israeli spies. How could hard evidence and phone calls and eye witnesses of Syrian secret service agents were buying explosives and seeking experts in Hungry/eastern europe? The more hezbollah and syria attacks, the more guilty they are. Only the coward screams and shout. The real men face their day in court with courage and wisdom. If they’re not guilty, then we will all support them. Otherwise why do you threaten and spread rumors of civil strife? stop these childish acts and face the STL like real men. But we get devious people who send assasins after innocent people in order to silence the truth.

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