Saqr Refers Death Penalty Request against Samaha, Mamlouk to Military Court
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr referred a death penalty request against ex-Minister Michel Samaha and Syrian security official Ali Mamlouk to the military court to kick off trials.
The case will be referred to the criminal court of cassation and will be referred later on to the permanent military court to start the trials.
On Wednesday, First Military Examining Judge Riyad Abu Ghida indicted Samaha and Mamlouk on terrorism charges.
A search warrant to identify a Syrian colonel known only by his first name Adnan who plotted for the bombings with the other suspects was also issued.
Abu Ghida said Samaha and Mamlouk should be given the death sentence "for transporting explosives from Syria to Lebanon in an attempt to assassinate Lebanese political and religious leaders.”
The indictment also said that Samaha told the Syrian colonel and general that he would recruit people to carry out attacks in the northern Akkar region targeting Syrian rebels and weapons smugglers to Syria.
Samaha was detained in August, but Mamlouk remains free.
21 February 2013, 14:09
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Hope ya saqr Saqr you also apply the death sentence for all collaborators with the Syrian regime since 76
21 February 2013, 17:17
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actually this aoun traitor should be also in jail with his friend samaha.
21 February 2013, 17:26
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To Flamethrower...How do you feel about the death penalty in general? Are you for or against it? Do you think that Mr. Samaha will receive a fair trial?
21 February 2013, 18:15
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It still escapes my mind how any Lebanese, 14 or 8, can support the Baath, especially after this debacle. There's a limit to the amount of things you can call a conspiracy. Try considering the fact that maybe Assad's regime aren't "the good guys" when it comes to the war. We fail completely as a society and civilization since people aren't willing to put themselves ahead of the stability and lives of others.
