If the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) indictment is based on telecom records, it must take into consideration the fact that Israel has penetrated Lebanon’s telecom sector, Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas said Thursday after meeting with Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MPs Ali Ammar, Hassan Fadlallah and Nawwar Sahili, according to a statement from Nahhas’ office.
Last week the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) conference in Mexico condemned Israeli aggression against Lebanon’s telecom networks.
Tensions are high in Lebanon amid unconfirmed reports that the STL may issue its indictment in the investigation of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 murder. In July Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the tribunal will indict members of his party. The indictment is rumored to be based in part on telecommunications records.
“The credibility of such evidence must be limited according to the actual extent of these penetrations,” Nahhas said, adding that the Lebanese judiciary should reveal the extent to which it believes the penetrations reached after investigating suspected Israeli agents.
More than 100 people have been arrested since April 2009 on suspicion of spying for Israel, including three telecom employees who were detained in June.
-NOW Lebanon
Last week the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) conference in Mexico condemned Israeli aggression against Lebanon’s telecom networks.
Tensions are high in Lebanon amid unconfirmed reports that the STL may issue its indictment in the investigation of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 murder. In July Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the tribunal will indict members of his party. The indictment is rumored to be based in part on telecommunications records.
“The credibility of such evidence must be limited according to the actual extent of these penetrations,” Nahhas said, adding that the Lebanese judiciary should reveal the extent to which it believes the penetrations reached after investigating suspected Israeli agents.
More than 100 people have been arrested since April 2009 on suspicion of spying for Israel, including three telecom employees who were detained in June.
-NOW Lebanon
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