2008/02/15 Los Angeles
Death
Negotiable
I must admit that I had never heard of Imad Mugniyah until I read about his death yesterday.
Israel is being blamed for the death of this Hezbollah-operative -- at least by Hezbollah.
But there was a small, interesting remark in the NY Times about this case:
“Syria normally maintains tight security, especially in the capital. For that reason, there was also widespread speculation on Wednesday that Syria might have cooperated in the bombing, possibly as part of a deal with Israel or the United States.”
That’s the beautiful thing about politics; there are no principles. Everything is negotiable. Even for so-called fundamentalists.
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Indeed, my brother was a politician once, so I had the doubtful pleasure to observe the mechanics of real power from the inside. Not so different from power games in families or on the street, by the way.
- A while ago, you informed us about Kosovo, independence is near now, it seems.
- Yesterday I saw a debate of members of French parliament about Sarkozy on channel A2, it was a delight to follow the stylish and passionate conversations.
- A while ago, you informed us about Kosovo, independence is near now, it seems.
- Yesterday I saw a debate of members of French parliament about Sarkozy on channel A2, it was a delight to follow the stylish and passionate conversations.
an interesting and in-depth piece on politics and terrorism in iraq (in today's independent):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/is-the-us-really-bringing-stability-to-baghdad-782425.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/is-the-us-really-bringing-stability-to-baghdad-782425.html
The question rises, if Syria indeed was involved , what Muniyah did to lose Syria's support and what was agreed upon.
@Finbarr Newitt
Thanks for the interesting link, I was already asking myself questions about the recent optimism.
Thanks for the interesting link, I was already asking myself questions about the recent optimism.
Another beautiful thng about politics is that the difference between "widespread speculations" and facts can never really be asessed in cases like this. Discussing politics would be much less fun if we would all know the facts.
Ron Lander
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