A Lebanese delegation headed to Libya on Sunday to meet with National Transitional Council officials to unveil the fate of missing Imam Moussa al-Sadr, the National News Agency reported.
The delegation includes Director-General of the Ministry of the Displaced Haitham Joumaa and Judge Hassan Shami. It is expected to discuss the latest investigations undertaken by the NTC to unveil al-Sadr’s fate.
“This issue is essential for Lebanon and we will make the necessary contacts about it in Libya after the fall of the Gadhafi regime,” NNA quoted Joumaa as saying.
In 1978, al-Sadr and his companions flew to Tripoli for a week of talks with Libyan officials. They were never seen or heard from again. The day he was last seen, on Aug. 31, 1978, is still marked annually in Lebanon.
At the time, Moammar Gadhafi’s regime insisted al-Sadr and his aides left on a flight to Rome at the end of their visit and suggested the imam fell victim to an inter-Shiite power struggle.
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