Geagea Wants Syria”s Fatah al-Islam Militants Turned Over to International Commission
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday urged the government to ask Syria turn over the alleged Fatah al-Islam militants to the international commission probing ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s assassination.
The commission, Geagea said, would be able to establish the "truth, which we are prepared to accept." He made the remarks to a delegation from the Dentists” Syndicate in north Lebanon.
He said Premier Fouad Saniora”s cabinet should have "postponed" Interior Minister Ziad Baroud”s visit to Damascus and dispatched a team of security officials to be briefed on Syria”s files related to the alleged testimonies made by Fatah al-Islam”s arrested militants.
"We support normalization of relations between Syria and Lebanon because there is no interest in maintaining the present status of relations," Geagea stressed.
He said the Syrians "do not appear serious in pursuing the setting up of normal ties with Lebanon."