Future MP Wanted,STL Trials in Mid 2012, Depends on ’’Israeli’’ Infiltrated Telecommunications
Mariam Ali
As the anniversary returns, the heart's nostalgia remains directed to there...
To the olive and thyme...
To the wheat and the threshing floor...
To the Land's capital and the bride of the sky
To the sacred blood that rises over the al-Boraq (Wailing) Wall
To the continuous wound mingled with steadfastness's sweat over more than sixty years
To the morning Azan (prayer call) of al-Aqsa and Sunday bells of Resurrection Church
To there, where al-Quds remains the title of each case, the key of return, and the banner of the final battle.
Al-Quds Day in Maroun
In the last Friday of the holy Month of Ramadan, the Islamic World is preparing to meet Imam Khomaini's call of celebrating al-Quds Day.
36 Km away from al-Quds, from the nearest point to occupied Palestine, from Maroun al-Ras that bowed the enemy's head and humiliated its soldiers and leaders, the "Israeli "soldiers and officers will hear the rumbling sound of the Secretary General of Hizbullah His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who will deliver a speech before the masses arriving from different Lebanese regions.
As the Lebanese, the Arab, and the Muslims as well as the Zionist entity are waiting His Eminence positions, Hizbullah is still moving forward in the process of uncovering the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's conspiracy of targeting the resistance.
Fadlallah, Experts: Mobile Data Unreliable
"The tribunal and its indictment have created a dangerous division in Lebanon that
could destroy the whole country by harming its national fabric," Loyalty to Resistance MP Hassan Fadlallah told a news conference at Parliament.
Questioning the reliability of telecommunications data, Fadlallah considered circumstantial evidence presented by the STL, which is backed by cell phone data, was unreliable.
The MP stressed that the STL completely ignored United Nations findings that "Israel" had infiltrated Lebanon's telecommunications sector, which could make it a suspect in the assassination.
"Scientifically, we cannot depend on such data, especially the theory of co-location, in a sensitive and a dangerous case as the assassination of Hariri," said Fadlallah.
ITU, a telecoms agency of the UN, passed a resolution in a summit in Mexico in 2010 condemning "Israel" for piracy, infiltration and obstruction of Lebanon's telecoms sector.
For his part, the head of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Imad Hoballah revealed at the conference: ""Israel's" infiltration of the sector has cost the data all of its credibility."
Explaining that "Israel" is capable of planting a phone line inside another, he noted that this makes the data adopted in the indictment unreliable.
Several telecoms experts present at the conference showed a presentation of Lebanon's telecoms system and presented several cases in which data connected to cell towers and mobile phones could be completely altered by the "Israelis".
Hebel: STL Trials Mid-2012
In the same context, STL Registrar Herman von Hebel informed "as-Safir" Lebanese daily that "trials will begin in mid-2012, whether in absentia or prima facie, and that the exact trial date will be determined by judges."
"The judges will have to be convinced that all efforts were made to pin down the four suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri," Hebel added.
Stating that "the STL still expects the Lebanese government to contribute 49 percent of the overall tribunal's budget," Hebel pointed to Prime Minister Najib Mikati's statements which stressed commitment to STL obligations, and said "we expect him to do so."
Hebel claimed that "several measures have been taken to protect data confidentiality," adding that media "leaks have no impact on judicial rulings."
"Ad-Diyar" Lebanese newspaper reported Friday that "the STL indictment which is expected to emerge by the end of September."
"It has been learned that the STL is likely to request the arrest of new suspects," it added.
In parallel, the political event remained centered on the electricity plan that the Council of Ministers is expected to adopt in September.
Electricity Continuous Consultations
"Al-Akhbar" daily reported Friday that sources involved in consultations informed it that "Minister of Economy Nicola Nahhas visited "National Struggle Front" leader MP Walid Jumblatt as well as Minister of Social Affairs Wael Abou Faour to discuss the electricity plan."
Noting that "until last night, MP Ali Hassan Khalil and Haj Hussein Khalil didn't launch their machine to bring the views close," the paper added that House Speaker Nabih Berri is to meet Friday Minister Abou Faour, and that the electricity issue will be on table."
Jumblatt sources told "al-Akhbar" that "he adheres to the adoption of electricity plan in condition to know the body that will oversee the implementation of mechanisms," uncovering that "his party does not want to have participants in the supervision."
For its part, "ad-Diyar" daily said in its editorial that "talks held over the past few hours signaled positive results and cooled down hotheads as the various parties discussed the issue technically without intimidations or game-playing with the government's fate."
Well-informed sources told the paper that "the majority has once again turned eyes to Speaker Berri in an effort to restore things to normal and continue discussions over the electricity issue away from political bickering."
Meanwhile, Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil warned Thursday that the country will suffer "governmental and parliamentary paralysis if the dispute over the electricity plan is not solved," noting that "the issue can be resolved in government."
At a press conference he held to discuss his plan, Bassil warned that failure to adopt the plan would "deprive people of seven hours of power supply daily and the treasury of $460 million," emphasizing that "the demand for electricity is on the rise and the problem is aggravating every year."
"Blackouts could last for 15-16 hours daily in summer 2013 if the electricity plan was not adopted, Bassil said, adding that "we're not asking for extraordinary powers, we're just saying implement the law and those who want to deprive the minister of some of his powers must first amend the constitution."
Future MP Wanted
On another level, an unnamed military source told “as-Safir” in remarks published Friday that Future bloc MP Khaled al-Daher “was wanted by the Lebanese army before being elected as an MP, adding that he would have been arrested if he had not received parliamentary immunity.”
The source clarified that al-Daher “was wanted due to his relation with Fatah al-Islam “which killed many military personnel during its battles with the Lebanese army in 2007.”
“The army intelligence has a file on al-Daher’s role in supplying Fatah al-Islam
with arms,” the military source also said adding that adding “the MP must know that when immunity is lifted, his file will be reopened.”
Source: Lebanese newspapers
