Ahmad Abu Adass

Lentils, rice, fish, vegetables

My favorite dish is haggis. Heart, lungs, liver.

Mr. Abu Adass had told him about the individual named Mohammed whom Mr. Abu Adass had befriended at the mosque, information which had been relayed to both the Lebanese authorities and UNIIIC by Mr. Abu Adass's mother.

He confirmed that Mr. Abu Adass did not have the ability to drive a car and that there was no Internet connection in Mr. Abu Adass's house.

The investigation of Mr. Abu Adas included the arrest and interviewing of the family, interviewing of friends, examination of telephone records, and a search of the home of his parents where he had also lived.

Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way thus Esau despised his birthright.

Information from the mother of Mr. Abu Adas suggested that at approximately 2100 hours on 15 January 2005, the new friend made a telephone call to the Abu Adas home and told Mr. Abu Adas that he would be calling for him at 0700 hours on 16 January saying that he had a surprise for Mr. Abu Adas.

(a) The officers leading the investigation assured the Mission that Mr. Abu Adas had Internet access from his home and that the information contained on the hard drive of the computer had been downloaded directly onto the computer at his home.

On 14 February 2005 the Abu Adas family were watching TV when Al Jazeera broadcast the videotape showing Mr. Abu Adas claiming responsibility for the killing of Mr. Hariri on behalf of the group Nasra and Jihad in Greater Syria.

(b) There is little evidence to support the theory that Mr. Abu Adas had militant extremist tendencies

She also stated that Mr. Abu Adas had asked her to apologize to another friend that he had made an appointment with on that date.

Information from the investigation showed that Mr. Abu Adas had a computer at his home, which was seized as part of the investigation.

He is the son of Taysir Abu Adas and Nehad Moussa Nafeh. He has two sisters, both living in Beirut, and one brother, who is currently residing in Germany. He was unemployed.

He hovered over four dishes simmering on the stove spiced rice kawwaj, a Syrian stew he made with tomatoes and onions ground beef with garlic and lentil soup.

In the interview, Mr. Ramadan stated that he met Mr. Abu Adass at the end of 2002, when they were both employed at the same computer company.

Enquiries carried out by the Mission established that approximately three years before, Mr. Abu Adas had changed from being a carefree teenager and became a religious fundamentalist.

Regarding Mr. Ramadan, the Syrian Judicial Commission advised UNIIIC that it had interrogated him on 8 November 2005 regarding his relationship to Mr. Abu Adass.

Mr. Ramadan did not know any of Mr. Abu Adass's other friends or associates and could shed no light on Mr. Abu Adass's whereabouts or the identity of Mohammed .

Mr. Abu Adas, a male of Palestinian origin, was born in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) on 29 August 1982 and came to Lebanon with his family in 1991.

There is no evidence suggesting that Mr. Abu Adas could have had the capacity to plan and execute this assassination on his own, nor did he have the financial capability.

Other than subversive information data allegedly found on the hard drive, there was very little indication that Mr. Abu Adas had subversive or violent tendencies.

(c) There is no evidence that Mr. Abu Adas had planned his departure or that he would not be returning, at the time that he left home on 16 January 2005

Further investigation has revealed that both individuals, who were close associates of Mr. Abu Adass, left Lebanon for the Syrian Arab Republic before the Commission could interview them.

Enquiries carried out by the Mission indicate that the investigating security forces did not canvass or carry out enquiries at local cybercafes with a view to determining the origin of the alleged data located on the computer of Mr. Abu Adas

Upon learning from Mr. Abu Adass's family that he had left home on 16 January 2005 with an unknown man and had subsequently disappeared, Mr. Ramadan immediately wondered whether that person was Mohammed .

Some of these interceptions, such as a call from the mother of Ahmad Abu Adass, provide useful background evidence other conversations provide significant insight into the scope of involvement of key individuals in the assassination, as well as the awareness of the Lebanese authorities of the movements and conversations of prominent Lebanese figures.

As set out in the previous report (see S 2005 662, paras. 180 182), the Commission's investigation into the whereabouts of Ahmad Abu Adass was hindered by the unavailability of two important witnesses, Ziad Ramadan and Khaled Midhat Taha.

Although the interview of Mr. Ramadan provided some important corroboration for information UNIIIC already had in its possession regarding Mr. Abu Adass, that aspect of the investigation cannot be concluded without locating and interviewing Mr. Taha and before identifying, locating and interviewing Mohammed .

Investigations show that at approximately 0700 hours, on 16 January 2005, Mr. Abu Adas left his home at Iskandarani Building 6, first floor, Arab University District, in the city of Beirut, and was officially reported missing on 19 January 2005.