Qifa Nabki
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Co-Locating with PMPs: An Assessment of the STL Indictment
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has unsealed its indictment of Mustafa Badreddine, Salim Ayyash, Hussein Oneissi, and Assad Sabra for the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. You can download a copy of the indictment here (PDF, 12.9 megabytes). I’ve read the document once through and there’s a great deal to mull … Continue reading
STL Unseals Indictment for Hariri Murder
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has unsealed its indictment of four individuals for the murder of Rafik Hariri. The indictment was available on the STL website until it crashed due to high demand. It’s now available on Scribd but takes forever to download, so I thought I’d make it available here. The document is a PDF … Continue reading
Western Intelligence and the Arab Revolutions
As I was perusing some of the latest Wikileaks cables, I came across this little nugget about Asif Shawkat, the former head of Syrian Military Intelligence and brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad: 05PARIS6580 (September 26, 2005) — President Jacques Chirac’s Technical Advisor on Middle East/Americas Dominique Boche “reiterated that the content of the final Mehlis report would … Continue reading
STL Releases Names, Charges of Hariri Murder Indictees
The Pre-Trial Judge of the the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has approved the lifting of confidentiality on “the full names and aliases, biographical information, photographs and charges against the individuals named in the indictment, confirmed on 28 June.” As previously reported in the press, the four individuals’ names are below (click the links for … Continue reading
The Case of the Four Generals
Several new embassy cables were released three days ago by Wikileaks. They are the same cables that al-Akhbar (which obtained advanced access to them) has been commenting on since July 13, so they’ll be old news for regular readers of the Arabic press. For the rest of you, here’s a basic summary of the most important revelations. … Continue reading
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