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2005-10-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria's Interior Minister / ex-Intel Chief 'commits suicide'
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Posted by lotp 2005-10-12 08:40|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 He was reportedly questioned by a UN investigator last month
Apparently, he committed suicide a month too late...probably was going to be questioned again. No raisins for him:-(
Posted by Spot">Spot  2005-10-12 08:51||   2005-10-12 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 From DEBKA: Radio Lebanon has just aired an interview with Syrian interior minister Ghazi Kenaan taped Tuesday, October 11. His suicide was announced by the Syrian news agency Wednesday. The late Gen. Kenaan stressed Damascus had always looked after Lebanese interests and concluded: “This is my last declaration.”
As longtime chief of Syrian military intelligence in Lebanon, he has come under suspicion as co-plotter in the murder of Lebanese leader Rafiq Hariri in the report due for release any day by the UN inquiry commission. As prop of the Assad regime from the days of Bashar’s father, Hafez, Kenaan’s death is a major upset for Damascus. Its occurrence hours before Assad was to go on the air for a landmark CNN interview suggests the president may have been preparing to sacrifice close aides to mute Washington’s pressure on his own policies.

Ghazi may now be found responsible for everything from the Hariri assasination to the breakup of the Beatles
Posted by Steve">Steve  2005-10-12 09:02||   2005-10-12 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Nah, the Beatles' were done in by the Jooos. Everybody knows that.
Posted by lotp 2005-10-12 09:20||   2005-10-12 09:20|| Front Page Top

#4 That explains Yoko Ono...
Posted by Raj 2005-10-12 09:34||   2005-10-12 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder, how did he commit suicide --- by shooting himself in the back of the head a couple of times? Didn't somebody do it that way in Baghdad just before the war? Sounds more 'mafia' than islamist.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2005-10-12 09:41||   2005-10-12 09:41|| Front Page Top

#6 The technical term is he was abu Nidal'd.
Posted by ed 2005-10-12 09:45||   2005-10-12 09:45|| Front Page Top

#7 What makes anyone think he actually committed suicide? Geez, this sounds like a bad TV script.
Posted by Curt Simon 2005-10-12 10:05||   2005-10-12 10:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Syrian Assisted Suicide Syndrome...common ME medical condition.
Posted by john">john  2005-10-12 11:21||   2005-10-12 11:21|| Front Page Top

#9 It's difficult to believe that someone would commit suicide over a report from the UN. With their track record, I wouldn't believe the UN if they told me the sky is blue and water is wet.
Posted by JerseyMike 2005-10-12 11:25||   2005-10-12 11:25|| Front Page Top

#10 It's difficult to believe that someone would commit suicide over a report from the UN.

Jersey...You might if they threatened to kill you and everyone that is related to you if you didn't do it yourself.
Posted by anymouse">anymouse  2005-10-12 12:32||   2005-10-12 12:32|| Front Page Top

#11 A prominent Lebanese legislator and journalist, Gebran Tueni, cast doubt on the report. ``It is not known for sure if he committed suicide, or was made to commit suicide,'' Tueni told Al-Arabiya from Paris. ``In Syria, there are some people who want to hide the facts, and don't want everything about the Syrian period in Lebanon to be known.''

"Do it for your children, Ghazi"
Posted by Steve">Steve  2005-10-12 12:32||   2005-10-12 12:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Sounds more 'mafia' than islamist.

Hey It's business, youse no.. just one of dem things.

Litta Pita got the contract to wack Big Fats and fu*ked it up. Badda Bing
Posted by abu Carmine 2005-10-12 13:00||   2005-10-12 13:00|| Front Page Top

#13 If you look at the party structure and operations of the Baathists in both Syria and Iraq, you will see a great many similarities to an organized crime family.

If you shoot yourself in the mouth, how do you get blood on your face?
Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins  2005-10-12 16:13|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org]  2005-10-12 16:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Beat his own head in with a baseball bat?

Man, that's DEDICATION!
Posted by mojo">mojo  2005-10-12 17:42||   2005-10-12 17:42|| Front Page Top

#15 Yep, he shot himself six times in the head, paused briefly to reload, and shot himself six more times.
Posted by DMFD 2005-10-12 18:11||   2005-10-12 18:11|| Front Page Top

#16 well at least he didn't blow himself up....
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2005-10-12 19:18||   2005-10-12 19:18|| Front Page Top

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