| I'm actually following this with glee and deep interest, since I don't think the Syrians actually did do it. I think it really was al-Qaeda, or more likely a spinoff of al-Qaeda, maybe some of the Ein el-Hellhole goons. Now Baby Assad's taking the heat. He earned the heat by playing in the terror game without having a talent for it. When the history books are written, this will likely be seen as the beginning of the end for the Baathists in Syria. |
 Lebanese opposition leader Walid Jumblatt said that assassinated former Premier Rafik Hariri had hinted to him that he may be killed days before his assassination. Jumblatt said he had had a meeting with Hariri two weeks ago. Jumblatt said: "Hariri told me something was going to happen and that it is either for you or for me." His comments marked a sharp escalation of his war of words with Damascus and the Lebanese government in which he directly blamed Syrian intelligence for the assassination. He added that Wednesday's huge funeral procession for Hariri showed that Lebanese people have now come together with one voice against Syrian interference in their affairs. Jumblatt said: "He got killed, and we are all on the list. There is no immunity." He added: "The problem is that if you say no in politics you get killed. There is no dialogue."
| That's kinda the Muddle East all over, ain't it? |
Commenting on the huge turnout for Hariri's funeral Jumblatt said: "They managed to hit the strongest chain of the opposition. But what they did not know, what the Syrian and Lebanese intelligence did not know is that they would unite the whole country against them."
During an interview carried by the Hariri owned television channel Al-Mustaqbal Thursday night Jumblatt said Hariri's support for UN Resolution 1559, which calls for the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon, was the main factor in his murder. He said: "For the last 10 to 15 years they have been controlling the country with an iron hand. Who could do this besides them?" Describing the number of anti-Syrian slogans that dominated the mourners cries during the funeral, he said: "The Lebanese people have proved how much Syria is responsible, they simply stated it for all the world to hear." |