Now Lebanon - Mirza denies reports he requested STL notify Interpol of arrest warrants - July 12, 2011

Attorney General Judge Said Mirza denied reports that he requested the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to notify the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) of the four arrest warrants issued in the case of the 2005 murder of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri. 
 
“This [matter] falls under the jurisdiction of the STL and not the Lebanese judiciary,” he told Al-Jumhuriya newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday, adding reports he is not able to notify the four members indicted are not true. However, the judge confirmed that the STL notified INTERPOL, stressing it was not upon his request. 
 
Mirza also said that the Lebanese authorities will try to implement what was asked of them, noting that they have 30 days ince the issuance of the indictment to arrest the suspects. 

The STL indicted four members of the Iranian-and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in connection to the assassination of Rafik Hariri, but the party’s secretary general, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, ruled out their arrest.