Reuters, here
"... UAE-based Al Arabiya said Mohammed Zuhair al-Siddiq was arrested in the emirate of Sharjah and was being held by UAE security authorities. ... Lebanese authorities recently released on bail three men held in connection with the killing, but still hold four generals who were the commanders of Lebanon's pro-Syrian security establishment at the time. [Special Investigator number 1 Detlev Mehlis issued a 'recommendation for their arrest based on Siddiq's false testimony]. ...The whereabouts of Siddiq, a former Syrian intelligence officer, have been unknown since March 2008 when he left France. [Prior to that, Siddiq resided in France under Chirac's protection]. ... Siddiq was arrested (not really: He was free to move around under French protection as witnessed by a NEW-TV interview) in a Paris suburb that month after an international arrest warrant was issued for him, but French judges rejected Beirut's extradition request because they received no guarantees he would not face the death penalty..."
"...Syria lately asked the authorities of the Sharjah emirate through Interpol to arrest Siddiq and extradite him. The sources said the man had a forged Syrian passport and was living in the city of Sharjah.
As Safir on Saturday quoted sources following the Siddiq case as saying several arrest warrants were issued in Lebanon and Syria against the man for providing false testimonies in the assassination case of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.
The sources also said that Siddiq had lately become a burden on the political sides that at one stage were providing cover for him. Even sources in the Lebanese majority expected Siddiq to be jailed after it turned out that he was a "big lie."
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