A German magazine says that Imad Mugniyah was killed in revenge for exposing a would-be coup:
An attempt to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government was thwarted without the international community’s ever having noticed, German newspaper Die Welt reported Saturday, citing international German intelligence sources.
The report stated that Assaf Shawkat, Syrian military intelligence chief and Assad’s brother-in-law, planned to sieze control of the government while the president was hosting a meeting of the Arab League in Damascus in February. Shawkat was detained along with a hundred other Syrian intelligence officers.
According to Die Welt, Assad was informed of the turnover attempt by Hizbullah leader Imad Mugniyah, who was assassinated in Damascus days later. The intelligence sources postulated that the targeted killing of Mugniyah had been planned by Shawkat’s associates, as retaliation for the disclosure of the planned rebellion.
You know, I actually don’t care who killed him, or why he’s dead. I’m just glad he’s dead. But this is another report that blames Syrian security services for the act. Not, of course, that this will stop the Arabs from blaming Israel for it. In their worldview, I’m sure they blame the coup attempt on Israel.
But Meryl, surely the tensions in Syrian society that led to this assasination wouldn’t exist if Israel would withdraw from the Golan and the West Bank. Thus, it’s Israel’s fault. It’s always Israel’s fault. Everything is.
Well, I’m not sure that the Tigers’ pitching woes are Israel’s fault, but everything else is.
Not everything Alex. After all, so many of the world’s terrible problems are due to George W. Bush, and more gednerally to America.
See how alike Israel and America are? We are both the world’s chosen demons.
Actually, Bush is Jewish himself. His real name is George Moishe ben-Bushbergsteinbaumfeld.
See how it all ties together? You can learn *so* much on Obama’s web site!