Hezbollah official calls for elimination of STL

August 18, 2010 ⋅ 4:55 pm ⋅ Post a comment

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Hezbollah politburo member Mahmoud Qomati stressed Wednesday the party’s demand for the elimination of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

He said: “The tribunal has been politicized from the start and was initially formed to fulfill interests, and not discover the truth, but bury it.”

He stated that trying the false witnesses in the investigation in former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination “will lead to the truth and this issue will be proposed before the Cabinet.”

He said that Hezbollah handed over its information on the Hariri assassination based on a request from the Lebanese judiciary and not the STL or its Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare.

Najjar

According to local reports the Lebanese cabinet asked Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar to follow up with the Lebanese judiciary on the issue of false witnesses of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) and prepare a report on the matter.

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Leb-Syrian

Fhimnah ba2a! How many more times are they going to denounce it? Just shut up already, even if you are innocent, your making yourselves look 110% guilty now.

Cathy

100% agree. siddou ba2a!!
tony a

leb-syrian and cathy we need to get some car trunks ready lol

what idiots. they’re really whining like a pregnant jewish mother now lol
tony a

leb-syrian and cathy we need to get some car trunks ready lol

what idiots. they’re really whining like a pregnant jewish mother now lol

maria

doesnt Qamati mean the farter?

viva Qamat! with a name like that and all that whining, definately starting to smell like BS in here
maria

doesnt Qamati mean the farter?

viva Qamat! with a name like that and all that whining, definately starting to smell like BS in here

jadmalak

I wish Hesbullah can give the Lebanese people some credit and let them decide on their own as what to beleive and what to beleive….we ain’t stupid. It is too late to stop the STL, even Harriri himself cannot stop it now even if he wanted to, so let’s just wait and see…

The STL will have to present compelling evidence before sentencing their verdict and pin pointing who is quilty based on this evidence.. i dont think they will fake evidence to condemn anyone… this is an international investigation so it is POLITIZED but the verdicts are based on EVIDENCE not speculations like the ones Hezbullah presented.

Hezbullah denounced the STL at the same time Syria did… with all due respect this is a LEBANESE NATIONAL matter and we to purselves and to Rafic Hariri to have the STL and hopefully get convinced with the verdict of the STL and get this behind us

Khlisna ba2a
jadmalak

I wish Hesbullah can give the Lebanese people some credit and let them decide on their own as what to beleive and what to beleive….we ain’t stupid. It is too late to stop the STL, even Harriri himself cannot stop it now even if he wanted to, so let’s just wait and see…

The STL will have to present compelling evidence before sentencing their verdict and pin pointing who is quilty based on this evidence.. i dont think they will fake evidence to condemn anyone… this is an international investigation so it is POLITIZED but the verdicts are based on EVIDENCE not speculations like the ones Hezbullah presented.

Hezbullah denounced the STL at the same time Syria did… with all due respect this is a LEBANESE NATIONAL matter and we to purselves and to Rafic Hariri to have the STL and hopefully get convinced with the verdict of the STL and get this behind us

Khlisna ba2a

Lebsta

Sorry my friend, I disagree.

We, the Lebanese people, are unfortunately stupid. We only believe the stories our leaders tell us to believe.
We are not able to think by our selves. Its time for change!!!
Its time for us to stop listening to the stories our leaders tell us and unite as one people. We are all brothers and sisters.
Lebsta

Sorry my friend, I disagree.

We, the Lebanese people, are unfortunately stupid. We only believe the stories our leaders tell us to believe.
We are not able to think by our selves. Its time for change!!!
Its time for us to stop listening to the stories our leaders tell us and unite as one people. We are all brothers and sisters.

SAMI

They will (have to continue) to make this same rhetoric because when the time comes and they are clearly implicated, they will be ready to stand up against anyone (Lebanese and all). They will come back to say “we clearly told you all the STL will not be accepted.”

And of course….”what are you going to do about it?”
SAMI

They will (have to continue) to make this same rhetoric because when the time comes and they are clearly implicated, they will be ready to stand up against anyone (Lebanese and all). They will come back to say “we clearly told you all the STL will not be accepted.”

And of course….”what are you going to do about it?”
Joe

They have every right to denounce this sham of an investigation. It has been politicized, this much was admitted by the STL four years after it accused Syria, only for Syria to be found innocent. After this, they released the four Lebanese generals who had been in prison for 4 years without charge. How do you go form being 100% sure that Syria was behind it, to being 100% sure that Hezbollah was the culprit instead? Why has the STL not ever considered Israeli involvement in the 5 years it has been active? Why does the STL not interrogate the false witnesses who initially accused Syria, only to be caught lying? What kind of an investigation is this when all suspicious aspects of the case are not investigated?
Joe

They have every right to denounce this sham of an investigation. It has been politicized, this much was admitted by the STL four years after it accused Syria, only for Syria to be found innocent. After this, they released the four Lebanese generals who had been in prison for 4 years without charge. How do you go form being 100% sure that Syria was behind it, to being 100% sure that Hezbollah was the culprit instead? Why has the STL not ever considered Israeli involvement in the 5 years it has been active? Why does the STL not interrogate the false witnesses who initially accused Syria, only to be caught lying? What kind of an investigation is this when all suspicious aspects of the case are not investigated?
Amine

Why they are fearful of STL, do they have anything to hide?

Tarie AL Fanarie

Of Course they do when you threaten Lebanon with Another May 2008 event if they’re accused. Otherwise why do you want to hurt lebanese if you’re guilty. You’re trying to scare everyone from enacting on the rulings. Why are you threatening lebanon i just don’t understand it? who’s going to dare even arrest them even if accused of the crime? people say you’re convicting them already. But they want to spread fear and terror and talk indirectly about civil strife if convicted. Why do you want to hurt lebanon? They’re hypocrites. They talk about defending lebanon borders and land. But also talk about destroying lebanon if accused? then those people out there tellins us why are you accusing them? when you act and behalf like this then you’re a murderer and we can do without the So called Resistance. go resist in Syria and Iran. I would be happy to not convict them if they lay down their arms and stop defending syria and iran interest.

DanDan

They need to pay for their crimes. If we want to issue forginess, then make their sentences lighter ranging from 6 months to 15 years, depending on each person’s involvement in the crime.
DanDan

They need to pay for their crimes. If we want to issue forginess, then make their sentences lighter ranging from 6 months to 15 years, depending on each person’s involvement in the crime.

Tarie AL Fanarie

Of Course they do when you threaten Lebanon with Another May 2008 event if they’re accused. Otherwise why do you want to hurt lebanese if you’re guilty. You’re trying to scare everyone from enacting on the rulings. Why are you threatening lebanon i just don’t understand it? who’s going to dare even arrest them even if accused of the crime? people say you’re convicting them already. But they want to spread fear and terror and talk indirectly about civil strife if convicted. Why do you want to hurt lebanon? They’re hypocrites. They talk about defending lebanon borders and land. But also talk about destroying lebanon if accused? then those people out there tellins us why are you accusing them? when you act and behalf like this then you’re a murderer and we can do without the So called Resistance. go resist in Syria and Iran. I would be happy to not convict them if they lay down their arms and stop defending syria and iran interest.

Amine

Why they are fearful of STL, do they have anything to hide?
Bill

An innocent man is fearless of courts, tribunal or any investigation. they’re trying to control the situation in Lebanon and now they think they can control a world’s court…. these kinds of systems, regimes do not believe in any civilized court system, they only understand the language of a gun… they live by the sword and they’ll die by the sword….if the Lebanese government gives in to their demands, I think that will be the end of any lgitimate rule or govenment in Lebanon. let them scream and shout and let justice takes its course.
Bill

An innocent man is fearless of courts, tribunal or any investigation. they’re trying to control the situation in Lebanon and now they think they can control a world’s court…. these kinds of systems, regimes do not believe in any civilized court system, they only understand the language of a gun… they live by the sword and they’ll die by the sword….if the Lebanese government gives in to their demands, I think that will be the end of any lgitimate rule or govenment in Lebanon. let them scream and shout and let justice takes its course.

Tarie AL Fanarie

It seems strange to me they’re being more afraid of facing the STL more than facing israel in the South.
Tarie AL Fanarie

It seems strange to me they’re being more afraid of facing the STL more than facing israel in the South.

Constantin

They are scared to death, aren’t they? They make me smile how they are in “YETCHABATO OU YETLABATO” situation to get rid of the STL in one way or another.
They will have to drink this cup sooner or later (hopefully after I come back from my trip to Lebanon). If innocent they should not care about the STL’s decisions, but clearly from their continuous pounding on the STL that they are very very scared and nervous……and most probably GUILTY!
Constantin

They are scared to death, aren’t they? They make me smile how they are in “YETCHABATO OU YETLABATO” situation to get rid of the STL in one way or another.
They will have to drink this cup sooner or later (hopefully after I come back from my trip to Lebanon). If innocent they should not care about the STL’s decisions, but clearly from their continuous pounding on the STL that they are very very scared and nervous……and most probably GUILTY!
DanDan

They accuse the STL of not giving them a fair chance or for not looking at Israel as a suspect… Well, now the STL is looking at the evidence… which is crap!
The reality is that HA is not giving the STL a fair chance. Before its formation in 2008, they kicked and screamed and resisted its creation and it took a lot of pressure on them by their “friends” to accept the STL being formed. In any case, at the time, they thought evidence did not exist, so they reluctantly agreed… And as plots started to be uncovered, lebanese investigators assisting the STL got killed as what happened to Miled Eid, to send a message.
At this moment, teh whole country has become Miled Eid… We are all investigators… And we are all being theatened by the same fate as Miled Eid’s.
DanDan

They accuse the STL of not giving them a fair chance or for not looking at Israel as a suspect… Well, now the STL is looking at the evidence… which is crap!
The reality is that HA is not giving the STL a fair chance. Before its formation in 2008, they kicked and screamed and resisted its creation and it took a lot of pressure on them by their “friends” to accept the STL being formed. In any case, at the time, they thought evidence did not exist, so they reluctantly agreed… And as plots started to be uncovered, lebanese investigators assisting the STL got killed as what happened to Miled Eid, to send a message.
At this moment, teh whole country has become Miled Eid… We are all investigators… And we are all being theatened by the same fate as Miled Eid’s.
DanDan

Meant to say Wissam Eid… God have mercy on your soul, Wissam!!!

George Hadadd N.J.

Yes he was a great guy who was about to discover important information when the israeli according the hezbollah blow him up. That’s why the people in his town were protesting at the syrian borders. I think hezbollah got it mixed up there for a minute Lol.
Its sad that he had to die and take some secrets with him that’s all their intentions was to rid anyone with evidence.
George Hadadd N.J.

Yes he was a great guy who was about to discover important information when the israeli according the hezbollah blow him up. That’s why the people in his town were protesting at the syrian borders. I think hezbollah got it mixed up there for a minute Lol.
Its sad that he had to die and take some secrets with him that’s all their intentions was to rid anyone with evidence.

DanDan

Meant to say Wissam Eid… God have mercy on your soul, Wissam!!!
fauzia

On the contrary,the STL was formed to discover the truth and not to bury it!Those who want ¨to eliminate it¨do not want to discover the truth but bury it!
fauzia

On the contrary,the STL was formed to discover the truth and not to bury it!Those who want ¨to eliminate it¨do not want to discover the truth but bury it!
Jean Haddad

HA is changing tone, god knows what they are cooking for us in the next few days from now. I guess they are planning to attack Israel to revenge for Hariri while the Iranian inserting last screw on their nukes…. Evrything is possible mystery mystery mystery
Jean Haddad

HA is changing tone, god knows what they are cooking for us in the next few days from now. I guess they are planning to attack Israel to revenge for Hariri while the Iranian inserting last screw on their nukes…. Evrything is possible mystery mystery mystery
George Haddad N.J

They want to publicize all the spies of israel and make sure everyone knows about them. Even i hear some of these so called spies are innocent and wrongly accused in order for hezbollah to show the world that these spies are the cause of our civil strife. These spies are the agents who aided israel in assasinating hariri. But when it comes to them to prove their innocence, then they want to disrcredit, destroy and demolish everyone in their ways. Allah is great and Allah will punish you for your crimes. But those who thinks that Allah will be on their side since they called them the party of Allah that will not go well with him. God allmighty will strike and will strike all the enemies of lebanon no matter who are with iron fist. Syrian rulers got away with many crimes, and so did isreal and many others. You will escape the fires of hell that will descend on you and so it will on hezbollah. This will be your last stand General Custer(Nassrallah) so make us look good before you die where we can never see you fugly face anymore. Long Live Lebanon.

Leb-Syrian

haha you said fugly. love usin that word, yes u are definately from nj my friend.

George Hadadd N.J.

You bet I am from New Jersy my friend.
George Hadadd N.J.

You bet I am from New Jersy my friend.
Leb-Syrian

Bergen county born n raised!
Leb-Syrian

Bergen county born n raised!

ARMY

George, I Never thought you’d go as far as defending Israeli spies. I wonder where you’ve heard that some of the “so called spies” are innocent.
Is it the same source of information that tells you all the secrets about the STL investigation? Or is it the same people that showed you the evidence that Syria killed Hariri ?Sorry, they were wrong. They meant to show you evidence implicating HA.
Or is it the prophecies of Geaga that predicted all the killings?
Sorry,
Saint Geaga never killed any Christian or any other Lebanese.
You make no sense at all.

You are starting to speak for God too. You now what God wants and what gods will and won’t do. Many of us Lebanese act and speak like we have monopoly on God. But this is the worst I have seen. What a shame.
Get of your racist and sectarian horse my friend. Life is too short. I feel sorry for you George, and for your children. That is not the way to build a nation. People like you are destroying Lebanon.

Robert

Amen to that Army!

Cathy

George, ‘They want to publicize all the spies of israel and make sure everyone knows about them.’

who exactley is “they”???? you’re gonna say its HA now? or Syria? or maybe both?

are they the ones catching these spies and announcing them on manar TV?

you “hear” that some of these spies are fake?
from who exactley? this is exactly what’s wrong with Lebanon.
people start rumors, to serve their own racist/religious/political ideas and convictions.

Cathy

baseless rumours I might add and everyone forgets REALITY.
Leb-Syrian

True cathy, these are the same people that followed blindly when Syria was accused of killing Hariri, but when Lebanese are indicted of being spies for ISRAEL, or Israel is blamed for killing hariri, they will immediately look into both sides of the story just for the benefit of Israel and say that the whole spy fiasco is fake and made up. Unfortunately its a double standard. We know when we trust Israel over our own blood, we are DOOMED. We need more protection from ourselves then we do from our enemies. In all honesty Im sick of hearing that Syria is an enemy and such a bad country, Maybe we should blame ourselves, Syrian occupation would have never been in Lebanon, If Lebanon had enough stability and was able to control themselves, we create a recipe of disaster and then complain about it for a million years. I am as much Syrian as I am Lebanese, but I will always say the truth.
Prophet

Now, I know why I have this Love/Hate relationship with Lebanon . Most Lebanese are experts(among other things) at distorting facts, and living in illusions they create to satisfy their own inflated egos. BTW Cathy, I meant no disrespect In my earlier comment, I was just messing around.
Prophet

Now, I know why I have this Love/Hate relationship with Lebanon . Most Lebanese are experts(among other things) at distorting facts, and living in illusions they create to satisfy their own inflated egos. BTW Cathy, I meant no disrespect In my earlier comment, I was just messing around.
Leb-Syrian

And just so no one says i blindly support syria or syria is innocent, not true, i have a family member that was killed and another family member in jail in syria for political reasons. So dont tell me that ohh syrian moukhabarat this and that, but that still doesnt mean blame all your problems on syria and wash ur hands free from any wrongdoing, the lebanese govt asked syria to come in, in the first place. Remember that. Im just saying no one is innocent, but its sad we as civilians take the brunt of our stupid greedy politicians.
Leb-Syrian

And just so no one says i blindly support syria or syria is innocent, not true, i have a family member that was killed and another family member in jail in syria for political reasons. So dont tell me that ohh syrian moukhabarat this and that, but that still doesnt mean blame all your problems on syria and wash ur hands free from any wrongdoing, the lebanese govt asked syria to come in, in the first place. Remember that. Im just saying no one is innocent, but its sad we as civilians take the brunt of our stupid greedy politicians.

George Haddad N.J

They want to publicize all the spies of israel and make sure everyone knows about them. Even i hear some of these so called spies are innocent and wrongly accused in order for hezbollah to show the world that these spies are the cause of our civil strife. These spies are the agents who aided israel in assasinating hariri. But when it comes to them to prove their innocence, then they want to disrcredit, destroy and demolish everyone in their ways. Allah is great and Allah will punish you for your crimes. But those who thinks that Allah will be on their side since they called them the party of Allah that will not go well with him. God allmighty will strike and will strike all the enemies of lebanon no matter who are with iron fist. Syrian rulers got away with many crimes, and so did isreal and many others. You will escape the fires of hell that will descend on you and so it will on hezbollah. This will be your last stand General Custer(Nassrallah) so make us look good before you die where we can never see you fugly face anymore. Long Live Lebanon.
Amine

It’s time for the Lebanese people to stand against those who threaten them with harm, LIVE FREE OR DIE
joey

ya MR ARMY have you heard that khamis been arrested for spying to israel was it real? thats if you know who iam talking about what are you HA ARMY stop defending ha blindley and look well what they are doing no one like israel and yes they have a lot of spies in lebanon so is syria and iran so who killed harir ? lets wait and see what the stl will say and shame on any lebanese dosen;t want to hear what the court want to say not because HA say they are israels its mean it true ,they are only scared because they know what they done
joey

ya MR ARMY have you heard that khamis been arrested for spying to israel was it real? thats if you know who iam talking about what are you HA ARMY stop defending ha blindley and look well what they are doing no one like israel and yes they have a lot of spies in lebanon so is syria and iran so who killed harir ? lets wait and see what the stl will say and shame on any lebanese dosen;t want to hear what the court want to say not because HA say they are israels its mean it true ,they are only scared because they know what they done

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