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Impunity

Gun for hire

It’s about ten days ago that Imad Mughniyah, a top Hezbollah commander, was killed in Damascus.
Who is responsible for the killing is not yet clear. Hezbollah claims that Israel is behind it, but as a journalist with some experience asked me: “Does the Mossad do car bombs?” And above all can the Mossad operate with impunity in Damascus? A report on Debka points in the direction of the Mossad, although Debka claims that it is publishing a special inquiry launched by Hezbollah: “Their investigators claim that the Israeli Mossad tracked him down through the Palestinian operatives with whom he recently rendezvoused in Beirut and Damascus to coordinate a new wave of terror against Israel.”

It seems to be probable that Syria was involved as well.
There is evidence that the US and Iran clinched a deal about Iraq not too long ago. (Remember when the last National Security Report about Iran was published?)
Why not make a deal with Syria? But what did Syria get back for delivering Mughniyah? I guess it is good to keep in mind that almost everything is for sale. Even Al-Qaeda has basically become a gun for hire.



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Yesterday we could all witness a nice illustration of this in the series ‘In Europe’ by Geert Mak, now about the Topf Company building quality crematoria for Buchenwald and other camps of concentration and extermination. Business as usual.
I've just been reading some of the articles on Debka. It looks to me that tension is rising in the region. Or am I mistaken?
How will Israël respond to the massive 'popular' demonstration against the border crossing point between Gaza and Israël?
Mieke
This article might be of interest to you, and others.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/958004.html