Mustafa Hamdan

Mustafa Hamdan was the head of the Lebanese Presidential Guard brigade.^[1] On 28 August 2005, he was arrested along with 3 other Lebanese generals during the investigation of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed on 14 February 2005 in a massive explosion targeting his motorcade near downtown Beirut. Hamdan was known to be a close aide-de-camp to Lebanese President Émile Lahoud. Mustafa Hamdan is also known for fighting Israel in 1982 . He was released, along with the other three generals in detention, on April 29, 2009.

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1. ^ "Jamil Sayyed to Saad Hariri: You Are Your Dad's Killer till You Punish Forgers". Champress. 2009-09-21. http://www.champress.net/index.php?q=en/Article/view/43259. Retrieved 2009-09-21. "Sayyed was among four top generals who were released in April after four years in custody in connection with Hariri's assassination, no one has ever been formally charged. The other three are the former head of the presidential guard, Mustafa Hamdan, 53, domestic security chief Ali Hajj, 52, and military intelligence chief Raymond Azar, 56." 

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Name	Hamden, Mustafa
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Short description	Lebanese General
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