Abdel Jalil: Libya Completed Investigations in Sadr’s Case

Libyan National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil revealed that the investigations in the disappearance of revered Lebanese Shiite Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions revealed important information.

“The probe carried out by the Libyan judiciary in the case unveiled important details for the first time,” Abdel Jalil told al-Arabiya channel.

He stressed that the Libyan authorities accomplished its part of the investigation.

“We are waiting for the Lebanese authorities to carry out the DNA test for the body that we presume is Sadr’s,” he said.

Since Sadr's disappearance, Libya has always insisted the cleric and his two traveling companions, Sheikh Mohammed Yacoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine, left Tripoli on a flight to Rome and suggested he was a victim of a power struggle among Shiites.

They were seen for the last time on August 31, 1978.

However, most of Sadr's followers are convinced that slain Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ordered Sadr killed.

Lebanon has sent several delegations to Libya after the ouster of Gadhafi to follow up the case of his disappearance.