Do they ever learn?
It seems that the horrible crime that took place in Beirut won't go unpunished. Despite the continues allegations of the Syrian and Lebanese government and the crocodile tears their officials are shedding, no one seems to believe them and especially the Lebanese people. All the Syrian government could come up with is accusing Israel of being responsible for the crime. When combined with their and their friends in the Lebanese government prior accusations to Al Hariri that he was an agent for the American and Israeli intelligence, their current accusations become nothing but a stupid joke.
The Arab satellite TV stations are covering the event and its development on hourly basis these days. While Al Jazeera and official Arab TVs are expectedly defending Syria and feeding conspiracy theories -that only they can come up with without feeling the slightest shame or paying any attention to how stupid it makes them look or better say how unrealistically they wish all people to be that stupid to buy such crap-others like Al Arabyia, LBC (Lebanese) are trying to be more objective and even giving obvious signs that the accusations against Syria are not unfounded at all!
Those channels showed hundreds of Lebanese citizens protesting and demonstrating obviously voluntarily in several Lebanese cities demanding justice and accusing Syria directly or indirectly of committing the crime. The Lebanese opposition is leading and demanding not only an international investigation but also an international protection from what they described as a Syrian occupation.
The crowd that walked in his funeral today was really huge and TV stations said it was estimated to be hundreds of thousands at least and most of them seemed angry more than sad.
They showed also the Syrian vice president Abdul Haleem Khaddadm in Al Hariri's house next to Hariri's elder son. They said that he (Khaddam) and Lebanese officials asked Al Hariri's family to hold the ceremonies where they accept people's respect in the presidential palace rather than the family house but they said that the family refused strongly to do so!
Anyone who's been following the Lebanese issue would find no difficulty at all in concluding who assassinated Al Hariri. The man resigned from his position as a PM under the Syrian pressure to re-elect President Imil Lahood which he opposed and then declared that he was contacting the opposition to join them in support of immediate execution of Security Council resolution number 1559 that demands the withdrawal of Syrian troops from all Lebanese territories.
This was going to be a serious threat to the Syrian regime and its friends in Lebanon, as prior to that only the Christians demanded the Syrian withdrawal and later were joined by the Durooz (a She'at sect), and if Al Hariri had joined them it meant that most Arab Sunnis would do so to and that would mean the majority of the Lebanese people would be asking for the Syrian withdrawal. In fact the majority always wanted that but they feared to voice their opinion because the army, the Mukhabarat and Hizbullah's militia are all in the hands of Syria. Thus it's more than clear who has the motive and the means to assassinate Al Hariri. Not to mention that they're the only parties that refuse an International investigation.
However, and like all dictatorial regimes, the Syrian government has only speeded its end by committing or supporting such a crime, as now the Lebanese people are enraged and nothing can silence their demand, and to their good luck they seem to have the support of the International community and most importantly that of the USA.
I had previously expected something to happen in Lebanon, but I didn't expect it to happen this way. It was not easy to find a strong motive but now I believe the Syrian regime by committing such a crime has almost sealed its fate.
It'll be interesting to watch how the Syrian dictator and his gang that had put him in power are going to respond to the mounting pressure and if they would resort to any logic and withdraw from Lebanon, but my experience with their twin party here in Iraq makes me believe that they learned nothing from Saddam's lesson and that they will do exactly the opposite and further tighten the rope on their neck with every single move.
The Arab satellite TV stations are covering the event and its development on hourly basis these days. While Al Jazeera and official Arab TVs are expectedly defending Syria and feeding conspiracy theories -that only they can come up with without feeling the slightest shame or paying any attention to how stupid it makes them look or better say how unrealistically they wish all people to be that stupid to buy such crap-others like Al Arabyia, LBC (Lebanese) are trying to be more objective and even giving obvious signs that the accusations against Syria are not unfounded at all!
Those channels showed hundreds of Lebanese citizens protesting and demonstrating obviously voluntarily in several Lebanese cities demanding justice and accusing Syria directly or indirectly of committing the crime. The Lebanese opposition is leading and demanding not only an international investigation but also an international protection from what they described as a Syrian occupation.
The crowd that walked in his funeral today was really huge and TV stations said it was estimated to be hundreds of thousands at least and most of them seemed angry more than sad.
They showed also the Syrian vice president Abdul Haleem Khaddadm in Al Hariri's house next to Hariri's elder son. They said that he (Khaddam) and Lebanese officials asked Al Hariri's family to hold the ceremonies where they accept people's respect in the presidential palace rather than the family house but they said that the family refused strongly to do so!
Anyone who's been following the Lebanese issue would find no difficulty at all in concluding who assassinated Al Hariri. The man resigned from his position as a PM under the Syrian pressure to re-elect President Imil Lahood which he opposed and then declared that he was contacting the opposition to join them in support of immediate execution of Security Council resolution number 1559 that demands the withdrawal of Syrian troops from all Lebanese territories.
This was going to be a serious threat to the Syrian regime and its friends in Lebanon, as prior to that only the Christians demanded the Syrian withdrawal and later were joined by the Durooz (a She'at sect), and if Al Hariri had joined them it meant that most Arab Sunnis would do so to and that would mean the majority of the Lebanese people would be asking for the Syrian withdrawal. In fact the majority always wanted that but they feared to voice their opinion because the army, the Mukhabarat and Hizbullah's militia are all in the hands of Syria. Thus it's more than clear who has the motive and the means to assassinate Al Hariri. Not to mention that they're the only parties that refuse an International investigation.
However, and like all dictatorial regimes, the Syrian government has only speeded its end by committing or supporting such a crime, as now the Lebanese people are enraged and nothing can silence their demand, and to their good luck they seem to have the support of the International community and most importantly that of the USA.
I had previously expected something to happen in Lebanon, but I didn't expect it to happen this way. It was not easy to find a strong motive but now I believe the Syrian regime by committing such a crime has almost sealed its fate.
It'll be interesting to watch how the Syrian dictator and his gang that had put him in power are going to respond to the mounting pressure and if they would resort to any logic and withdraw from Lebanon, but my experience with their twin party here in Iraq makes me believe that they learned nothing from Saddam's lesson and that they will do exactly the opposite and further tighten the rope on their neck with every single move.
posted by Ali | 10:11 PM
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