Interpol has already issued a “red notice” for their arrests. Now that the four Hizballah men have been officially named, Lebanon has until August 11 to inform the U.N. tribunal of the action they will take. In a Hizballah-dominated government, the scope of possible responses is considerable.
They may well attempt to buy time indefinitely by asking to carry out their own “investigation.” “Lebanon: UN names Hezbollah men in Rafik Hariri case,” from BBC News, July 29:
A UN-backed tribunal has released the names of the four indicted suspects in the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
They are all connected with the Lebanese Shia movement, Hezbollah.
The wanted men are Mustafa Amine Badreddine, a senior Hezbollah figure, Salim Jamil Ayyash, Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan Sabra.
Hezbollah is a key part of the Lebanese government and has said it will not allow the men to be arrested.
Their identities had already been leaked, as had their association with Hezbollah.
The tribunal said it was releasing the information in order to facilitate the arrest of the men.
Pre-trial judge Daniel Fransen ordered the lifting of confidentiality on the names, aliases, biographical information, photographs and charges against the individuals named in the indictment, the tribunal said in a statement.
Following the issue of the arrest warrants, the Lebanese authorities have until 11 August to inform the tribunal of the action they will take in response….