Bellemare’s Indictment: Why Were Hezbollah Members Monitoring Rafiq Al-Hariri?

Part 4/4 -- Nader Ezzeddine In the first three parts, I presented a set of information that proved the lack of soundness and accuracy in the indictment composed by prosecuting attorney Daniel Bellemare. Next, I uncovered the hidden stitches in both Bellemare and Fransen's indictment and approval successively in addition to the offenses and the flaws Bellemare had committed. In this last part of the report, it will be assumed that certain members of Hezbollah were monitoring the former PM Rafiq Al-Hariri, as Bellemare claimed. In his report he remarked that some of the private cell phone numbers (the Blue Network) and the landlined numbers were carried by Hezbollah members who were in the vicinity of Rafiq Al-Hariri Palace in Quraitem several times between November 2004 and January 2005. He also claimed in his report that those members were in the vicinity of the Parliament during the sessions held. Bellemare claimed that network was monitoring Al-Hariri in preparation for his assassination. If we agreed to the soundness of the presence of Hezbollah members in the proximity of Quraitem and the Parliament, what could they have been doing out there? During this period (between November 2004 and January 2005) his Eminence Sayyed Hasan Nasrullah periodically used to visit PM Rafiq Al-Hariri at Quraitem, mostly around midnight, and this is what former PM's spouse Nazek Al-Hariri and even Sa'ad Al-Hariri confirmed. Naturally, when "the head of the resistance" visits Al-Hariri or anyone else other than AL-Hariri, it is obvious that security members from Hezbollah have to be in the proximity, too! It is rather self-evident for the members of Hezbollah to spread along the road between Haret Hreik and Quraitem or any other location. Does this issue require a nuclear scientist to discover that? Who should protect "the head of the resistance" other than the members of Hezbollah?! It is obviously logical and essential for them to be around before, during, and after the visit by days. Besides, the number for monitoring the area will not be restricted to eight as Bellemare said, but it may exceed the limit to a hundred members and more. We are talking here about "the head of the resistance" who is targeted at any moment by the Israeli enemy, and he is already the successor of a martyred General–Secretary by an Israeli rocket (The Martyr Sayyed Abbas Al-Musawi). Though there was a remark in the indictment concerning communications between private and landline numbers, and that those landline ones turned out to belong to members in Hezbollah who were in the vicinity of the Parliament at the time when Al-Hariri was there. I ask Bellemare: Why did Al-Hariri go to the Parliament? Did not he go there to attend a parliamentary session? Are not there parliamentarian figures from Hezbollah there? Who is in charge of their protection? Is not it Hezbollah security? In a fast calculation, I suppose there are 20 MP's and if each MP is accompanied by five guards, the number will amount to 100 members, and not a few members as Bellemare claimed. Thus, what is unusual about the security members of Hezbollah presence around the Parliament? Is it forbidden for Hezbollah to protect its MP's?! In addition, did not his Eminence Sayyed Hasan Nasrullah present for evidence that the agent Ghassan Al-Jid was in the vicinity of the crime scene? This means that Hezbollah security is present in the arena; Hezbollah did not deny its presence, yet it is there for protection and not for monitoring Al-Hariri! Why did not Bellemare mention, for instance, that there were Hezbollah members monitoring Dar Al-Fatwa, Bkirky , or Faqra (Al-Hariri summer resort) or his brother's house in Saida although it is known monitoring Al-Hariri and assassinating him is easier on the road to the South than doing that in Beirut?! There were several routinely visited locations by Al-Hariri, yet Bellemare never took them into consideration. The only mentioned places are Quraitem and the Parliament while the parliamentary sessions were on! Have these become evidence for an indictment to build on despite the fact that Bellemare himself said those were conclusions with no proofs?! The Prosecuting Attorney mentioned in his report that the presence of Hezbollah members around The Highest Islamic Shi'ite Council during Al-Hariri's visit to Sheikh Qabalan, the Head of the Highest Islamic Shi'ite Council. Is it reasonable for Rafiq Al-Hariri to visit the Shi'ite Council in the Southern suburbs while Hezbollah security is absent? This is sheer parody of the people's intellect. Has not Bellemare heard that while Hosni Mubarak's motorcade was heading from his palace to the airport, there were 20,000 security men for his protection along the road? Has not Bellemare heard that when Barak Obama visits any city in the U.S.A... 5000 intelligence men will spread in order to check on the location 15 days prior to his visit?! Apart from any political bias, law and communications experts have already been saying that if Bellemare bases his indictment on the communications evidence, he is going to collapse fast and is not going to be able to stand for long. It is rather going to ravage the indictment completely, and this is what is going on. Bellemare has based his indictment on episodes totally far from logic and reason. Otherwise, let Bellemare explain to us the method he came up with in order to prove that "Sabra" had recruited “Abu A'das"! How would he know that Sabra had nicknamed himself Mohammad and he had recruited Abu A'das or he had slaughtered him as the report claims? Bellemare already knows proving the recruitment of Abu A'das this way is absolutely unacceptable… Why should Hezbollah send a leader to Al-Baddawi Camp in Tripoli to buy the "Mitsubishi" van, which was used in the assassination attack? After that Hezbollah assigns the same leader to execute the assassination attack! Could not Hezbollah send an enlisted private, for instance? Alternatively, to steal a car?! In addition, why would Hezbollah use cell phones to assassinate Al-Hariri? Has Bellemare forgotten that Hezbollah possesses an internal communications network that they could use if they wanted to do so? I have tried in the four parts of this report to present some hidden stitches in the indictments and the investigation that jeopardize both the truth and justice. Had I wanted to probe into the details since 2005, I would not have finished … At last, numerous mysterious inquiries that still roam in the minds of the people while waiting for someone to answer them. Thus, are we going to find someone someday who respects our thinking and donate a little logic to us? _________________________________ See also: Bellemare’s Indictment: Skeptical Fransen Agrees with Reservations! 1/4Bellemare’s Indictment: British Intelligence Composed the Communications File! Bellemare’s Indictment: F.S. Calls Criminals: Hariri on His Way to You! 3/4

Source: Al-Manar Website

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