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ICJ Probe Urged for Moussa Sader Case

ICJ Probe Urged for Moussa Sader Case
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Source: Alalam.ir, 30-08-2008

TRIPOLI--A senior Libyan political figure proposes that the case of disappearance 30 years ago of a senior Lebanese cleric after a visit to Libya could be forwarded to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Speaking to Al-Alam TV Friday, head of Libyan Democratic and Justice Party, Hadi Shaluf, said the case of Imam Mussa Sadr, the spiritual guide of Lebanon's Shiaa community, could be investigated by the international bodies such as the ICJ and the UN Security Council.

"However, this issue has been more complicated" after the Lebanese court issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi.

Kadhafi was indicted for allegedly "inciting the abduction" of Imam Mussa Sadr, investigating magistrate Samih el-Hajj said in a charge sheet.

An "arrest warrant" was issued for Kadhafi and six other Libyan suspects who were also indicted for taking part in the alleged abduction.

Shaluf also lauded the ICJ's performance in investigating criminal cases of former Yugoslavia president Radovan Karadzic and the former Liberia president Samuel K. Doe.

Imam Mussa Sadr, who founded the Amal resistance movement now led by parliament speaker Nabih Berri, disappeared while in Libya with two companions Mohammed Yacoub and Abbas
Badreddin in 1978.

There has been no trace of the three men since.

Libya maintains that the trio left for Italy on August 31, 1978 after their stay in Tripoli and that it has no idea what happened to them afterwards.

The arrest warrant against Kadhafi was issued in virtue of Lebanese law which allows magistrates to take such measures against suspects who fail to respond to an official summons.

In February, a Lebanese court had given Kadhafi two months to appear for questioning over the disappearance of Sadr, after an official summons sent to Libya through diplomatic channels was not heeded by the Libyan leader.

Lebanon reopened the case in 2004 after relatives of Sadr and his companions lodged several complaints with the authorities demanding action and amid statements by Hizbullah resistance movement of Libyan involvement.

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