Sayyed Declined to Confront Fatah Islam Terrorist for 9th Time
Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, who is facing charges of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, has refrained from appearing in court to confront leading Fatah al-Islam Suspect Ahmed Merhi.
Sayyed refused to go to court in handcuffs, press reports said Tuesday.
Merhi was arrested in an Ashrafiyeh hotel in the summer of 2007 during the fighting between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam fighters in the northern refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared only to find out later that he is a key Fatah Islam member.