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March 25, 2005
Leb Land bis: It Appears Syria is stupider than I thought.
Well, I have to say my doubting the Syrian angle is looking less and less supportable - have to issue an early observation that I am likely to have been wrong. Syria does appear to be far stupider than I thought.
From The Financial Times:
Syrian president ‘threatened to harm Hariri’
By Mark Turner at the United Nations
Published: March 24 2005 23:11 | Last updated: March 24 2005 23:11
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c8c2c984-9cb8-11d9-b1c2-00000e2511c8.html
Bashar Assad, the Syrian president, had threatened Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former Lebanese prime minister, “with physical harm” if he opposed the extension of the Lebanese presidency of Emil Lahoud, a UN inquiry said on Thursday.
The inquiry also said the Syrian government bore “primary responsibility” for the political tension that preceded the February 14 killing, although it did not say who was actually responsible for the attack.
While one would be well served in maintaining a degree of skepticism, I have to say this information causes me to favor the "idiot self inflicted wounds" path to Syria.
Ultramarooons.
Of course, that does not exclude the corrupt mafia angle as a sub plot.
Posted by The Lounsbury at March 25, 2005 10:01 AM
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