Hariri tribunal: Just as it can be 'frozen' to assist Siniora, its indictments can be 'amended' to prevent Mikati ...

Via Friday-Lunch-Club

Read the two links below and draw your own conclusion!

Posted by G, Z, or B at 3:06 PM
 

Hariri tribunal prosecutor Bellmare files an 'amended indictment based on further evidence'....

"AFP-THE HAGUE — Prosecutors of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon filed an amended indictment on Friday based on further evidence in the probe into the killing of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri, the tribunal said. "As a result of the gathering and analysis of further evidence, the Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel A. Bellemare today filed an amended indictment for confirmation by the Pre-Trial judge," a tribunal statement said. "This amendment expands on the scope of the indictment filed on 17 January 2011 ....

Its first indictment, filed by Bellemare on January 17, is widely believed to name the Hezbollah militant group..."

Posted by G, Z, or B at 3:03 PM

Wikileaks: Siniora asks Chirac to "put the 'tribunal' in the freezer" to help him remain relevant ...

[Basically, and again, this is confirmation that the 'tribunal' is a tool, was created as such, and can be manipulated for the specific needs of the supporting powers.

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 000257
SUBJECT: FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE
EAST

¶1. (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on LEBANON until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break the political deadlock in BEIRUT. MGM said that President Chirac did not espouse a delay, but suggested (more than once) that the Lebanese themselves might request one.....

¶2. (S) The Ambassador hosted French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) for breakfast on January 22.....

¶3. (S) MGM said he saw little chance of resolving LEBANON's domestic political crisis prior to the Lebanese presidential election in November 2007. Consequently, some had raised the idea of "putting the tribunal in the freezer" until that time, in hopes that a delay in setting up the tribunal would aid PM Siniora to break the political deadlock. "Of course, we (neither he nor Chirac) are not advocating this idea," MGM stressed at several points....... The only other option, MGM continued, would be to change the scope of the tribunal itself -- something France found unacceptable. When pressed on why the French were contemplating a change in their approach to the tribunal at this point -- especially when it was unclear that LEBANON's opposition had the upper hand -- MGM made another (and somewhat jumbled) reference to the need to obtain the opposition's support for economic reform........"

Posted by G, Z, or B at 1:47 PM

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