National Lawyers Gathering to Prosecute Figures Conspiring Against Lebanon in July 2006 War

Local Editor

The Lebanese National Lawyers Gathering, which includes representatives from the March 8 forces, will be holding a meeting on Thursday April 7, 2011 in which the gathering would follow up the mechanism in prosecuting some Lebanese political figures, who Wikileaks revealed to scheme conspiracies against the resistance during the July 2006 "Israeli" aggression on Lebanon.

In this context, Hizbullah Legal Affairs official, Ibrahim Awada, referred to that the gathering met two weeks ago in the Popular Conference Center in Beirut, where they discussed the Wikileaks revelations, and the conspiracies schemed against the Lebanese people during the July 2006 war, where "Israeli" crimes were committed in most of the Lebanese territories.

In an interview with Al Intiqad online newspaper, Awada confirmed that the gathering meets on a regular monthly basis to discuss national and professional issues within the National Bar association. He added the gathering considered the incitement to murder in July 2006, represents a crime against the country; and it should be prosecuted by article 273 of the Lebanese Penal Code.

Awada said this comes with what is related to assaulting the state's foreign security, and the enemy's will to commit more crimes against civilians and Lebanese territories, especially that among the figures that conspired against the resistance, there was who requested a Lebanese occupation. Awada clarified that tens of citizens who were highly harmed during the July aggression, filed lawsuits through the gathering against the Lebanese conspiring figures. He confirmed that the lawsuits to be raised will be personal, especially for those who lost their relatives, homes and facilities during the war.

Hizbullah Legal Affairs official stated that among the proposed lawsuits, there is one, according to article 278 of the Lebanese law, which seeks the prosecution of former Acting Interior Minister, Ahmad Fatfat; because of the Marjayoun barrack incident, in which Fatfat ordered to have the enemy troops presented with tea.

Ibrahim Awada affirmed that the General responsible for the Marjayoun incident should also be prosecuted. Furthermore, Awada said that prosecuting these people is not only a matter related to the Lebanese, for also foreigners who were harmed by the aggression and the conspiracies can also seek prosecution of those conspiring with the enemy.

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