Lebanese Court Seeks Gaddafi΄s Arrest
Source: Alalam.ir, 8-8-2008
BEIRUT--Lebanese prosecutor-general accused Muammar Gaddafi and eleven other Libyan officials of kidnapping Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions and referred the case to the Lebanon Judiciary to issue arrest warrant for them, judicial sources said.
According to Al-Hayat newspaper, having investigated thoroughly the disappearance case of Imam Moussa Sadr and his two companions, Sheikh Mohammed Yacoub and Abbas Badr al-Din in 1978, Said Mirza referred the case to investigating Judge Sami al-Hajj who has been requested to issue arrest warrant for those who were involved in the case.
Al-Hajj, who is in charge of investigating the 1978 disappearance of Al-Sadr, has issued a subpoena to Libyan leader and accused him of committing abduction, detention and forging official documents.
Gaddafi was called on to appear before the court for questioning in the crimes attributed to him.
Moreover, eleven arrest warrants have been issued for other senior Libyan officials who are suspected of involvement in the abduction.
This is while six more arrest warrant had been issued in absentia for six Libyans, including ex-cabinet ministers, ambassadors and army officers.
The six Libyans were identified as al-Mirghany Massoud al-Toumy, Ahmad Mohammed al-Hattab, al-Hady Ibrahim Moustafa al-Saadawi, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Ghawila, Mohammed Khaleefa Hahyoun and Issa Massoud Abdullah al-Mansouri.
In addition to the all information declared by various personalities and intelligent services, Gaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam have admitted in the year 2002 that Imam Moussa Sadr had been kidnapped in Libya and the verdicts issued by the Italian and Lebanese courts indicated the testimony of the Libyan nationals had been untrue.
The Sadr family was originally from Lebanon, and in 1960 Moussa al-Sadr accepted an invitation to become the leading Shiite figure in the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon.
In 1969 he was appointed as the first head of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council (SISC), an entity meant to give the Shiites more say in the government.
In 1974 he founded the Movement of the Disinherited to press for better economic and social conditions for the Shiites.
He established a number of schools and medical clinics throughout southern Lebanon, many of which are still in operation today.
BEIRUT--Lebanese prosecutor-general accused Muammar Gaddafi and eleven other Libyan officials of kidnapping Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions and referred the case to the Lebanon Judiciary to issue arrest warrant for them, judicial sources said.
According to Al-Hayat newspaper, having investigated thoroughly the disappearance case of Imam Moussa Sadr and his two companions, Sheikh Mohammed Yacoub and Abbas Badr al-Din in 1978, Said Mirza referred the case to investigating Judge Sami al-Hajj who has been requested to issue arrest warrant for those who were involved in the case.
Al-Hajj, who is in charge of investigating the 1978 disappearance of Al-Sadr, has issued a subpoena to Libyan leader and accused him of committing abduction, detention and forging official documents.
Gaddafi was called on to appear before the court for questioning in the crimes attributed to him.
Moreover, eleven arrest warrants have been issued for other senior Libyan officials who are suspected of involvement in the abduction.
This is while six more arrest warrant had been issued in absentia for six Libyans, including ex-cabinet ministers, ambassadors and army officers.
The six Libyans were identified as al-Mirghany Massoud al-Toumy, Ahmad Mohammed al-Hattab, al-Hady Ibrahim Moustafa al-Saadawi, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Ghawila, Mohammed Khaleefa Hahyoun and Issa Massoud Abdullah al-Mansouri.
In addition to the all information declared by various personalities and intelligent services, Gaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam have admitted in the year 2002 that Imam Moussa Sadr had been kidnapped in Libya and the verdicts issued by the Italian and Lebanese courts indicated the testimony of the Libyan nationals had been untrue.
The Sadr family was originally from Lebanon, and in 1960 Moussa al-Sadr accepted an invitation to become the leading Shiite figure in the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon.
In 1969 he was appointed as the first head of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council (SISC), an entity meant to give the Shiites more say in the government.
In 1974 he founded the Movement of the Disinherited to press for better economic and social conditions for the Shiites.
He established a number of schools and medical clinics throughout southern Lebanon, many of which are still in operation today.
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