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June 21, 2012

The Daily Star - Libya finalizes probe into case of missing Imam Sadr, June 21 2012


BEIRUT: Investigations into the fate of influential Lebanese Imam Musa Sadr by Libyan authorities are complete and reveal important details of the case, the chairman of Libya’s National Transitional Council said in an interview to be aired later this week.
“Investigations conducted by Libya’s judiciary into the circumstances of missing Imam Musa Sadr and his two companions Sheikh Mohammad Yacoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine in 1978 will reveal for the first time important details,” Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the Libyan Transitional Council, told Al-Arabiya station in a preview of the interview aired Wednesday.
“Investigations have been finalized from our side and we are waiting from the Lebanese authorities to declare the DNA results of a sample of a dead body which is thought to be that of Imam Sadr, and we already provided them [Lebanese authorities] with this sample,” the Libyan official said.
Sadr, a charismatic leader and one of the pioneers of Shiite empowerment in Lebanon, Yaacoub and Badreddine disappeared in Libya in August 1978 while on an official visit to the North African country.
In April 2012, Abdul-Jalil said Libyan officials had nearly certain information that the remains of Sadr were found in a mass grave that was discovered following the liberation of the capital Tripoli.
But Lebanon’s foreign minister, Adnan Mansour, responded by saying that Abdul-Jalil’s statements weren’t accurate.
Mansour added that during his most recent visit to Libya to follow up on the Sadr case, he agreed with the authorities there not to announce any news on the issue before investigations are finalized.
The relationship between Lebanon and Libya had been severed under the late Moammar Gadhafi’s rule over the case of Sadr and but reversed under the National Transitional Council.
The full interview with Abdul-Jalil will be aired Friday.


http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jun-21/177604-libya-finalizes-probe-into-case-of-missing-imam-sadr.ashx#axzz1yLGY74xp

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