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September 18, 2010

Now Lebanon - Rifi slams Sayyed - September 18, 2010

Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Achraf Rifi issued a statement Saturday that former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed, and other people like him, belong in prison.

Sayyed had said earlier in the day that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will not be trusted until certain individuals, including Rifi, ISF-Information Branch head Wissam al-Hassan and Attorney General Judge Said Mirza, are jailed.

The ex-General Security chief was detained from 2005 to 2009 on suspicion of involvement in the Rafik Hariri murder. In April 2009, the STL ordered his release due to lack of evidence.

Mirza and Hassan deserve medals on their chests, Rifi said, adding that he will deal with Sayyed judicially.

Sayyed is screaming to distract Lebanon from the issue of the assassinations that struck the country after 2005, but he will not succeed, the ISF chief added.

-NOW Lebanon
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