Naharnet - Sayyed Warns Hariri upon Arrival in Beirut - September 18, 2010

Sayyed Warns Hariri upon Arrival in Beirut: We'll Settle Score against False Witnesses in Street if We Were Prevented by Law
Former Head of Lebanon's General Security Department Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed arrived in Beirut Saturday to a warm welcome from Opposition political and party officials who escorted him home.
Sayyed, once again, launched a vehement attack against Prime Minister Saad Hariri, State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza, Police Chief Gen. Ashraf Rifi and Detlev Mehlis, former head of the U.N. investigation into the assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.

"There is no indictment before Mehlis, Rifi and Mirza are tried," he warned from Beirut airport.

Sayyed said during a press conference he held at the airport after returning from Paris: "False witnesses were recognized by PM Saad Hariri and we demand that they be held accountable under the law."

"If false witnesses are not held accountable under the law, we shall settle the score against them in the street," he warned.

"I place myself at the disposal of the Lebanese judiciary, but not at Mirza's disposal," Sayyed stressed.

On Friday, Sayyed requested that the Court of Cassation remove Mirza, Rifi and Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan from their posts.

Sayyed said he wants Mirza removed "due to the personal rivalry" between them.

As for Rifi and Hasan, Sayyed said he wants them removed because both men work as "law enforcers under Mirza."

At the airport, Sayyed said Sunnis should realize that they "exploited" Rafik Hariri's death to fight Syria and the Resistance.

He denied that the Opposition was preparing to wage a coup against the Lebanon regime.

"There is no coup or confrontations. But there are protests to support the State, the law and the true justice because there is no justice until the false witnesses are brought to justice," he said.

Turning to Hariri, he warned: "Sheikh Saad, this issue will not come to an end until the criminals around you and held accountable."