Middle East tension rises as UN prepares to accuse Syria of Hariri assassi

[Eugene]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,13031,1576596,00.html

Middle East tension rises as UN prepares to accuse Syria of Hariri assassination

· Defector claims to have heard plot being discussed
· Investigator to interview senior figures in regime

Ewen MacAskill, Rory McCarthy in Beirut and Brian Whitaker
Friday September 23, 2005
The Guardian

UN investigators will next month directly implicate the Syrian
government in the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese
prime minister, potentially igniting a new Middle East crisis.

According to a source close to the investigation, evidence pointing
to Syrian involvement in the murder has grown - in particular, from a
Syrian defector, who claims he was in the room when Hariri's
assassination was discussed. "The defector is singing," the source
said.

Evidence recovered by a team of six British divers off the Beirut
coast, where Hariri's motorcade was blown apart, had also played an
important part in the inquiry, the source added. The scene of the
explosion was quickly covered over after the murder and much evidence
lost, but the divers recovered human remains and car and truck parts
from the seafloor.

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[enigma000]

1. Looks like Boy Assad is next on the PNAC hitlist

I expect air raid Syrians to be blaring in Damascus by Halloween.

[Tempest]

2. A defector is "singing"?

Is the defector's code name "Curveball" by chance?

[ECH1969]

3. quote

"the Americans and French basically feel this is a chance to get rid of the Syrian regime."

[HuffleClaw]

4. british divers ?

and we're supposed to believe them ? this 'march to war' crap is soooo predictable. i guess since their majestic plans to lay waste to iran have been snaffled by china and russia, syria is next on the list? i've thought for a long time now syria made more sense to the evildoers (the administration and their pnac friends) as a target. it gives 'em a nice convenient route to the med for all that nice oil from iraq.

[ECH1969]

5. Looks like the UN is totally going along with * this time