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July 25, 2010

July 25, 2010 - Now Lebanon - Gemayel: We will not renounce the STL

Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel said on Sunday that his party would not renounce the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in order to put an end to the crimes in the country, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.

“Let everyone know we will not give up on [wanting] to know the truth behind the killings of our loved ones, friends and allies,” Gemayel said.

He said that the future of Lebanon depended on knowing the truth behind past assassinations.

“They tell us that the tribunal is politicized and that it will destroy the country. If so, let us [make it] impartial, because no one wants innocent people to be tried,” Gemayel said.

The STL is probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. There are reports that some Hezbollah members might be named in the indictment.

Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun accused the STL on Saturday of not searching for the real culprits behind the killing of Hariri.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah recently accused the STL of being an “Israeli project” designed to target the Resistance by stirring up sectarian strife in Lebanon.
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