Lebanese Committee Issues Report on Case of Imam Musa Sadr

IQNA – The official committee set up in Lebanon to follow up on the case of the disappearance of Imam Musa Sadr and his companions issued a statement saying that the judicial file submitted by the Libyan delegation lacked any new or additional value and did not include any definitive conclusions.

Emphasizing the continued hope for the completion of the investigation, the committee said the judicial file submitted by Libya lacks any new or additional value in resolving the case and any final conclusion or determination, Middle East News reported.

The aforementioned case is limited to investigations conducted in 2012, and most of it is related to the statements of guards and witnesses about a body that the Libyan side itself has proven through DNA tests to belong to Mansour al-Kikhia, a Libyan dissident, it noted.

Regarding investigations that may have been conducted after 2012, the committee wrote: If there was an investigation, why was it not included (in the file)? If not, this requires an explanation from the Libyan authorities.”

The committee added that it will quickly initiate communication measures and send the necessary letters to the Libyan side based on a written agreement to determine the communication channel.

The committee referred to the Libyan side’s renewed promise to cooperate in the case and emphasized that new information will be made public in Lebanon and Libya while respecting the principle of confidentiality of the investigation.

Referring to the consensus of all Lebanese on the case of Imam Musa Sadr, the committee said the key to any normalization of relations between Lebanon and Libya is cooperation in this case.

At the end of its statement, the committee emphasized, “This case requires a lot of work to be able to proceed on it, however, we still hope to complete the investigation as soon as possible to make up for lost time.”

Imam Musa Sadr and his two companions Mohammed Yaqoub and Abbas Badreddin were kidnapped in August 1978 during an official visit to the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

Sadr was scheduled to meet with officials from the government of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

The three were never seen or heard from again and their fate is still unknown even after the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime in 2011.

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