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Syria: 'Important results' in Mugniyah murder probe
Roee Nahmias
Published: 27.02.08, 09:27
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1. An Arab country
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (02.27.08)
An Arab country indeed killed Imad Mugniyeh. It was the country who killed Eli Hubeika in exactly the same way. That country's president is Assad.
2. ooooooh the suspense!
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (02.27.08)
actually, who believes anything that comes out of damascus? anything they say will be based on their best interests, not on the truth about what happened. especially the fact that they will try to hide their collaboration or incompetence. let the blaming begin...
3. Important news: he's blown to pieces...
Arthur ,   SF CA   (02.27.08)
4. No suspense - it's pretty clear
Camillia ,   planet earth   (02.27.08)
It was the Jordanian secret services who worked with the Israelis to kill Munghniyeh. It's well known throughout the Arab world that the Jordanian apparatus has wed itself to the Israelis and Americans to preserve the unelected Hashemite monarchy and other forces of "moderation" (ie. collaboration) in the region, who are more interested in quashing local dissent and filling their pockets with blood money, than in responding to the concerns of their own citizerny.
5. Camillia ................planet earth
(02.27.08)
and who told you it was the Jordanians ??
6. The Terrorist State of Syria.
Jean Van Daem ,   Metula   (02.27.08)
Israel cannot be reconciled with the Mafia regime of Assad. Syria will wait till the moment that it sees chances of defeating Israel. Syria cannot efford good relations with Israel. The Assad family has established a hereditary dynasty shored up by repression within, and confrontation and terror abroad. The rule of the Assads is not aimed at improving the lot of their people or forwarding a particular ideology. They changed ideology from secular Arabism to a seemingly impossible confection of pan-Arabism and Islamist extremism because it was expedient to do so. Hafez Assad came to power following a dizzying succession of coups that had made Syria the most unstable regime in the Middle East. The Assads are seated atop a bucking bronco. They are members of the Allawi religious minority who are usually not even considered to be Muslims. They rule a country of disparate minorities with a potential for chaos almost as great as that of Iraq. The radical Muslim Brotherhood is always there, threatening to take over the country by fair means or foul, and the usual Ba'th party rivalries that have plagued all such regimes are also a threat to Assad family rule. Their rule is not about improving living standards for Syria. Syrian living standards have fallen behind the none-too-glamorous ones of Jordan or Egypt. It is not about democracy, a Western luxury Syria can't afford, according to Bashar Assad. The Assad regime is about stability, and it is about money and power for the Assad family. The regime is comparable in every way to the fictional Corleone Mafia family. Prosperity and peace would ruin the Assad regime. Therefore, Western assumptions that Syrian leadership must want peace and prosperity are mistaken, and it is pointless to "engage" Syria in dialogue except insofar as it is possible to confront them with their violations and insist that they mend their ways as explained at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2007/12/truth-about-syria.html
7. If you really want to know who
Leah ,   Netanya Israel   (02.27.08)
assinated this beastly terrorist. It was Assad own forces. Syria want more power in the region.
8. The plot thickens...
Talula ,   Israel   (02.27.08)
Let's face it, it's enough for them to think that we were allegedly involved, we're gonna get it anyway.
9. Camillia is worried about Jordan...
Ehud ,   TA   (02.27.08)
...because its leadership is "unelected". She must be from one of the 20 Arab democracies. It's either that or she supports George W's push for democratization in the Arab world.
10. After3 years-NO "Important Results" for HARIRI&OTHERS MURDER
Alan ,   SA   (02.27.08)
11. "DIVORCE "...DAMAS-TEHERAN...???
Franklin ,   Paris   (02.27.08)
Hezbollah, Nasrallah and Iran are going too far in their rapt of Lebanon. Assad assassinated Moghniyeh, 1) To preserve his mad-self-influence on Lebanon. 2) To "preserve" Lebanon from a growing Shiite influence... 3) To "seduce" Israel and the U.S.
12. Syria's Hue and Cry over Mugniyeh says it all
Evil Axis, part 1 ,   USA   (03.16.08)
The Syrian's have blocked the investigation into the assassination of Rafik Hariri for several years now, yet somehow they are able to implicate other countries in the bombing of the murderous Mugniyeh within weeks. This effectively is a tacit admission of guilt and proves that the Syrians are responsible for Hariri's murder! It is a coup for the Lebanese if they helped kill that arch-terrorist scumbag Mugniyeh. EVERYBODY benfits, even here in the USA. If Syria can't keep its hands out of Lebanon's political cookie jar, then it needs to have its hands chopped off. Maybe then it will learn to mind its own business!
13. Finger pointing a glore.
Persian CAT   (03.16.08)
The fact is he was killed in Syria. Now if Syrian security services are so inept that another "Arab" countries can assassinate such a high ranking member of Hezbollah, then Syria must take care of its own intell/security problems. Finger pointing is not the right way cover up its shortcomings.
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