“There is no truth whatsoever to the
Al-Jazeera TV report,” Mansour, who was in Libya
Quoting Nasser al-Maneh, an official
spokesperson for the Libyan government, Al-Jazeera TV reported that remains
believed to be Sadr’s had been discovered in a graveyard near Libya’s capital
Tripoli.
According to the Qatar-based TV
station, Maneh said a committee operating under the Libyan ministry responsible
for the families of martyrs and missing persons had discovered the remains in a
cemetery in Tajoura, east of Tripoli
The remains were transferred to Tripoli
Mansour, who headed to the Libyan
capital Sunday to follow up on Sadr’s case, told Al-Akhbar that he had had
discussions with Libyan officials in Tripoli
“The investigations are still
ongoing and we have taken significant steps in this regard,” Mansour said.
Sadr and two of his companions,
Sheikh Mohammad Yaacoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine, went missing in August
1978 during an official visit to Tripoli
Gadhafi and six of his aides were
indicted in the Sadr case in 2008 by the Lebanese judiciary.
Speaking to The Daily Star
Wednesday, a Lebanese source familiar with the Sadr case called for awaiting
the results of official investigations rather than speculating over the fate of
the missing imam.
“We do not want to get ahead of ourselves and
speculate; there is a delegation that is performing its work,” said the source,
referring to the delegation headed by Mansour in http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2012/Apr-13/170126-mansour-denies-al-jazeera-report-on-sadrs-remains.ashx#axzz1rurY3ewT
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