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Grenade found in parking lot of Al-Madina judge |
2005-10-06 |
![]() Khoury, who has been handling the controversial Bank Al-Madina file, has already received numerous death threats resulting in him leaving for Cyprus for three weeks. Bank Al-Madina involves $1.2 billion in swindled deposits attributed by judicial investigators to the bank's executive secretary over the past three years, Rana Qoleilat. Senior Syrian intelligence officers, including the former head of Syrian intelligence in Lebanon, Major General Rustom Ghazaleh, were also reportedly involved. Among other high ranking Syrian officials, Ghazaleh has also been questioned by Detlev Mehlis the head of the UN team investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to discover whether he is involved in the crime. Three branches of Bank Al-Madina have recently been sealed with red wax at Khoury's orders. Jounieh's Internal Security Forces commander, Brigadier General Bahij Watfa listened to the janitor's statement and instructed the criminal investigators to take fingerprints to see if they matched those already taken from Khoury's car four days ago. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 on the grenade there was a "made in Antioch" inscription. |
Posted by: JFM 2005-10-06 17:03 |