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Baroud: I provided STL with some fingerprints

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Caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud said in remarks published Friday that he has supplied Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare with fingerprint records, but added that it was not possible to give him the fingerprints of all the Lebanese.

Baroud told The Daily Star newspaper that he had “clearly replied” to outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri before the end of February and that he was waiting for the appropriate time to respond to accusations that he was not cooperating with the STL.

He also said he that he had complied with “at least twenty” requests from Bellemare before the recent request for fingerprints.

The Daily Star newspaper reported on Wednesday that four ministers – including Baroud – have not complied with information requests from Bellemare.

The report said that Hariri had written to the ministers urging them to comply with Bellemare’s requests.

Hezbollah

Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad condemned the STL requests on Friday and said that cooperation with the STL must be frozen until the next cabinet addresses the matter.

Raad called on supporters not to respond to Bellemare’s requests.

Raad asked: Who can give us guarantees that the data requested by Bellemare would not be delivered to Israeli intelligence services?

Raad added :” Providing such information to Bellemare is in violation of the people’s privacy.

and contradict with the protocol signed between Lebanon and the court and violate Lebanese sovereignt”

March 14

March 14 general-secretariat on Wednesday “strongly condemned” four caretaker ministers for refusing to cooperate with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) prosecutor Daniel Bellemare in providing information and documents.

If caretaker Ministers Charbel Nahhas, Gebran Bassil, Ziad Baroud and Ghazi Aridi remain adamant in not cooperating with Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare, they and their party backers would have to face the Lebanese public which is calling for holding accountable ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassins, said the general-secretariat following its weekly meeting.

Nahhas and Bassil represent MP Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement ( a key ally of Hezbollah) in the outgoing cabinet , while Baroud represents president Michel Suleiman and Aridi represents MP Walid Jumblatt a former staunch supporter of STL who defected last January to March 8 alliance during the selection of a new prime minister.

Nahhas had reportedly told Speaker Nabih Berri that he had stopped meeting the demands of the U.N. commission investigating Hariri’s assassination since last year’s speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in which he called on the Lebanese government and officials to boycott the STL and not cooperate with the commission.

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  1. eliasfd Avatar
    eliasfd

    I think Baroud should provide STL with footprints too lol. What is the STL thinking at this stage asking for fingprinting of all Lebanese? do they think the killers are going to appear for their fingerprints? what kind of nonsense is this and especially when the Pink Panther I mean Bellemare said the investigation is over and he handed his final reports. Either spit it out or just let us handle this internally once and for all. How long is the Pink Panther is going to keep looking for evidence? And what if Israel and other countries get a hold of these fingerprints? this is gone far enough and either you issue indictment, or just let again Lebanese handle it between themselves.

  2. eliasfd Avatar
    eliasfd

    I think Baroud should provide STL with footprints too lol. What is the STL thinking at this stage asking for fingprinting of all Lebanese? do they think the killers are going to appear for their fingerprints? what kind of nonsense is this and especially when the Pink Panther I mean Bellemare said the investigation is over and he handed his final reports. Either spit it out or just let us handle this internally once and for all. How long is the Pink Panther is going to keep looking for evidence? And what if Israel and other countries get a hold of these fingerprints? this is gone far enough and either you issue indictment, or just let again Lebanese handle it between themselves.

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    Anonymous

    I think Baroud should provide STL with footprints too lol. What is the STL thinking at this stage asking for fingprinting of all Lebanese? do they think the killers are going to appear for their fingerprints? what kind of nonsense is this and especially when the Pink Panther I mean Bellemare said the investigation is over and he handed his final reports. Either spit it out or just let us handle this internally once and for all. How long is the Pink Panther is going to keep looking for evidence? And what if Israel and other countries get a hold of these fingerprints? this is gone far enough and either you issue indictment, or just let again Lebanese handle it between themselves.

  4. PROPHET.T Avatar
    PROPHET.T

    Lebanese would be more embarrassed if the STL asked for Viagra data usage among Lebanese men than their finger prints,and DNA.LOL. No more privacy .Are they going to ask how often people have intercourse too?If they did, I’d feel bad for those who would have to report how often they substitute for intercourse with some manual labor,lol
    This STL is becoming arrogant, and comical.

  5. PROPHET.T Avatar
    PROPHET.T

    Lebanese would be more embarrassed if the STL asked for Viagra data usage among Lebanese men than their finger prints,and DNA.LOL. No more privacy .Are they going to ask how often people have intercourse too?If they did, I’d feel bad for those who would have to report how often they substitute for intercourse with some manual labor,lol
    This STL is becoming arrogant, and comical.

  6. Fadi81 Avatar
    Fadi81

    final confirmations are being made, they can resist to assist the STL but the evidence will soon be presented. Im sure the data theyre requesting is to cross refrence the evidence handed in. I do agree its taking too long, and it seems they’re dragging this out but i bet when they reveal their findings it will be very dificult to deny.

  7. Fadi81 Avatar
    Fadi81

    final confirmations are being made, they can resist to assist the STL but the evidence will soon be presented. Im sure the data theyre requesting is to cross refrence the evidence handed in. I do agree its taking too long, and it seems they’re dragging this out but i bet when they reveal their findings it will be very dificult to deny.

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    Anonymous

    final confirmations are being made, they can resist to assist the STL but the evidence will soon be presented. Im sure the data theyre requesting is to cross refrence the evidence handed in. I do agree its taking too long, and it seems they’re dragging this out but i bet when they reveal their findings it will be very dificult to deny.

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    Anonymous

    final confirmations are being made, they can resist to assist the STL but the evidence will soon be presented. Im sure the data theyre requesting is to cross refrence the evidence handed in. I do agree its taking too long, and it seems they’re dragging this out but i bet when they reveal their findings it will be very dificult to deny.

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