Four Generals Are Still Under Investigation
The U.S. government said Wednesday the four generals who were released from Roumieh prison are still under investigation by the international tribunal that will try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s suspected assassins.
"These four generals are still under investigation by the tribunal prosecutors. So the prosecutors indicated that the investigation is ongoing," Acting State Department spokesman Robert Wood said.
He reiterated that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her support for the tribunal during her visit to Beirut last Sunday.
"It wouldn”t be good for me to comment beyond that with regard to these generals because the investigation is still going on," Wood added.
Lebanese authorities on Wednesday released the four generals held for nearly four years in Hariri”s 2005 assassination after the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ordered them freed.
The generals are: Former General Security chief Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, Ali al-Hajj, the ex-Internal Security Forces director general; Brig. Gen. Raymond Azar, the former military intelligence chief; and the former Presidential Guards commander, Brig. Gen. Mustafa Hamdan.