April 27, 2010 - Naharnet - Siddiq Claims He's in Holland, Ashouri Says Tribunal Not Interested in Him

A Syrian agent who allegedly misled a U.N. probe into the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri has claimed he is living in Holland and renewed accusations of Hizbullah involvement in the 2005 murder near the Saint George Bay in downtown Beirut.
Kuwait's Al-Seyassah daily said Mohammed Zuheir Siddiq claimed in a mobile phone conversation from what he said was his headquarters in Holland that earlier remarks he gave to Al-Seyassah were authentic. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is located in The Hague, the royal city of Holland. Siddiq hailed Al-Seyassah for putting his comments in the paper "after all media outlets in this ear of fear refused to publish his statements." He said statements made by former Lebanese security officers Mustafa Hamdan, Jamil Sayyed and Ali Hajj "had no value at all." "They do not want to face the truth," Siddiq said of the three officers. He said he will not hand over the "documents" that he had to the U.N. investigation committee, but rather to the STL. STL Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare's spokeswoman Radhia Achouri told al-Jadid TV that the court is not interested in Siddiq in anyway "neither in a legal way nor as a witness."