Siddiq: I'm in a European Country under U.N. Protection

A Syrian agent who allegedly misled a U.N. probe into the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Monday that he is living in a European country under the protection of the United Nations.

"I'm living in a European country to save my life," Siddiq said in an oversees telephone call he made to Al-Jadeed television.

"I'm still subject to the U.N. witness protection program," Siddiq said when asked who was protecting him.

He said he is being threatened by a "side" which is known by the U.N.-backed investigation committee.

Siddiq said he met head of the police intelligence bureau Col. Wissam al-Hasan "only once," adding that he "never" met any of the Lebanese politicians.

He stressed that what he said in his earlier testimony that Syrian officers were present in the southern suburbs is "real."

"IF they don't believe my testimony I'm am ready to go to Lebanon and face trial," Siddiq insisted,

He said he only gave one testimony about the car used in Hariri's murder and that Abu Adas was not in the vehicle.

Siddiq said Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare said about him that he is not a credible witness and not a false witness, "meaning that I have to authenticate my testimony and not that I am a liar."