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| Canada Fears Hizbullah Reprisals over STL Indictments |
| 2011-08-19 |
| [An Nahar] Canada's security service identified possible Hizbullah reprisals over Hariri murder indictments as a national security threat, said a report Thursday. A classified document cited by the Montreal French-language daily La Presse, entitled "Special Tribunal for Leb: does Hizbullah have recourse for violence in 2011?" outlines the concerns of Canada's Integrated Threat Assessment Center. The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Leb (STL) investigating the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri indicted Salim Ayyash, 47, Mustafa Badreddine, 50, Hussein Anaissi, 37 and Assad Sabra, 34, for the 14 February 2005 suicide car kaboom in Beirut that killed Hariri and 22 others. All four are members of Hizbullah, which is now a key player in Leb's coalition government and has refused to allow the arrest of the four suspects. The STL prosecutor in the case, Daniel Bellemare, is Canadian. Two dozen of his compatriots also work for the tribunal. "Many Lebanese see the STL's investigation as being run by Canadians since it is headed by a Canadian," the said Integrated Threat Assessment Center document penned in March. It notes that "Canada has considerable interests in Leb" and the Lebanese diaspora in Canada includes Hizbullah sympathizers. As such, it goes on to say, Ottawa must remain vigilant against possible reprisals. Hizbullah is blacklisted by the Canadian government. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 And what is that appropriate matter, dipshit troll? Hypocrisy, thy name is troll. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-08-19 21:04 |
| #5 Isn't this News from April-May??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-08-19 21:02 |
| #4 "Are Canadians cowards? Or will they react to this in an appropriate manner?" And what is that appropriate matter, dipshit troll? |
| Posted by: Shakey Steve 2011-08-19 20:39 |
| #3 This is a UN cocktail party even though it is being run by Canadians. Probably best for the careers involved that they do some CYA by leaking this "classified" document. I'm sure that the Canadian Security Services (!) have a handle on the potential problem - a much better handle than will ever be admitted publicly. Many Canuckistanians (dual citizenship types - Canada & Lebanon) screamed for help from the Canuckistanian gummint a few years ago and demanded free transportation out of Lebanon and away from the bullies with guns. That gave the gummint spy guys - CSIS - a chance to get much new intelligence about Leb and the personalities involved. Plus the fact that they're clustered together in only a couple of areas of Canuckistan helps with the intel. Overall I think it's mostly a CYA thing. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2011-08-19 15:28 |
| #2 ...or ignore it because they don't believe that there are real threats in their community. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-08-19 12:17 |
| #1 Are Canadians cowards? Or will they react to this in an appropriate manner? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-08-19 09:53 |