Al-Moussawi Accuses Wissam al-Hassan of Leaking Names of Indictment Suspects to Media
Hizbullah MP Nawwaf al-Moussawi accused Police Intelligence chief Col. Wissam al-Hassan on Thursday of providing the information about the indictment in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 2005 assassination to a media outlet.
“The security agency that distributed the copies and résumés of the accused before it becomes public is known. Col. Wissam al-Hassan delivered the leaks to a single media outlet,” al-Moussawi said at the parliament.
The sealed indictment was delivered to Lebanese General Prosecutor Saeed Mirza by the international tribunal last Thursday. But media reports said arrest warrants were issued against four Hizbullah members. They are Mustafa Badreddine, Salim Ayyash, Hassan Aneissy and Assad Sabra.
Following MP Bahia Hariri’s address on the third and last day of discussions of the cabinet’s policy statement, al-Moussawi demanded to make comments to refute March 14 lawmakers’ comments about Hizbullah’s involvement in Hariri’s murder.
Al-Moussawi justified Hizbullah’s non-cooperation with the court after alleged evidence that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is cooperating with experts that have been Mossad officers or members of the U.S. and French intelligence.
“The memory of some has failed them, particularly when they have a selective memory. They choose what to hear and what to see,” he said, adding that the party at first cooperated with the STL and the commission investigating Hariri’s murder “visited our offices and homes.”
The MP unveiled that Hizbullah also provided U.N. investigators with names, including that of women. “We carried out our national responsibilities because we were keen on refuting any doubt by any partner in the nation that (Hizbullah was involved) in the crime” against Hariri.
But he stressed that the tribunal proved to be politicized after it failed to prosecute false witnesses that allegedly misled the investigation for four years.
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