Now Lebanon - Sayyed’s reception sent a message on STL indictment, source says - September 19, 2010

Hezbollah’s protection of former General Security head Jamil as-Sayyed upon his arrival at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport on Saturday was a “double message domestically and abroad... that if the Lebanese security and judicial authorities cannot bring Sayyed before the judiciary while he is in Beirut, how can they bring any accused Hezbollah member to the Hague?” MTV reported an anonymous source close to Hezbollah as saying on Sunday.

In July, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)—based near the Hague—is an Israeli project and will indict Hezbollah members.

The AFP reported that Sayyed was accompanied from the airport by armed Hezbollah bodyguards when he returned to Beirut on Saturday after a short visit to France.

Attorney General Judge Said Mirza summoned Sayyed for questioning at Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar’s request after Sayyed said on September 12 that “[Prime Minister Saad Hariri] should take a lie detector test to prove he did not support or fund false witnesses in the STL.” The former General Security chief also threatened to take his right “with his own hands” if Hariri did not give it to him.

-NOW Lebanon