Why the clinic?
Last week, representatives of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which is investigating the murder of then-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri and 21 other people, visited an obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Beirut. While the representatives were there, many people (some reports say women, others say men dressed as women) attacked the STL representatives. But why did the STL representatives want to visit the clinic in the first place? Here's why. According to Lebanese Files’ sources the reason the UN investigators were interested in visiting the clinic of Dr Iman Sharara is because the wives and daughters of several Hezbollah officials (who have disappeared since a long time) visit this clinic .If a tribunal report names Hezbullah as responsible for Hariri's death and there's a civil war as a result, does that mean they lay off Israel for a while? That would be a good result.
The investigators reportedly wanted to find out from the files of the women if they became recently pregnant and specifically since the time their men disappeared…their aim was to find out the whereabouts of the Hezbollah officials …. whether they are still living in the Dhahyia area, or outside the country.
Dr Sharara, who runs the clinic, and is believed to have close links with Hezbollah, said the investigators who came to her office had previously scheduled the appointment and that they “wanted to know the phone numbers of some 14 to 17 people who had visited her clinic since 2003.”
When she opened the door to inform her secretary of the files needed, Sharara said she was surprised to see the huge crowd of women that stormed the waiting room although she had canceled all appointments for the morning.
Observers believe that the attack on the investigators was planned and carried by Hezbollah supporters aiming to convey to the UN tribunal in the Hague that it was unwelcome.
Labels: Beirut, Dr. Iman Sharara, Hezbullah, Rafik al-Hariri, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:57 AM
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