Did Bush\CIA plant the bomb that killed Hariri in Lebanon?

[Renew Deal]

[Up2Late]

1. Absolutely

:mad:

[Democrats_win]

4. They did it in 1985 and blamed the Syrians then too. Link

http://www.theassassinatedpress.com/brazzi2.htm

--snip
WASHINGTON -- The 1985 Beirut bombing was part of an operation, organized by CIA director William Casey and approved by President Ronald Reagan, to assassinate Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a prominent anti-American Lebanese cleric. More than 80 civilians were killed and over 200 wounded, though Ayatollah Fadlallah escaped serious injury.

But this time the U.S. did not miss its target, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, just a cog in the wrong pace at the wrong time, part of a long standing PNAC plan to destabilize, "tenderize" the Middle East by further isolating the government in Damascus.

Even while the Porter Goss and the CIA celebrated the success of this latest bombing putting to rest the bad taste of the 1985 failure, the United States laid claim to the bombing by recalling its ambassador to Syria Tuesday, escalating a conflict with another Middle Eastern country even as it tries to confront its problems with Iraq and Iran, all part of the overall chaos that lies at the heart of the PNAC strategy....

[proud patriot]

2. I don't think it was an American hit n/t

[Fovea]

I think it was a ** sanctioned hit

It served no Syrian policy goals,
and demonized them further with Lebanon.

It makes little sence for Syria to have done this.

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[Up2Late]

8. I heard the other day, it happened on a newly re-paved street

(it was planted under the road), it blew up a Bullet Proof (most likely Blast-proof?) car, which would require VERY powerful bomb, and * was "Absolutely Outraged" the day after it happened.

When was the last time * was "Absolutely Outraged" about a Former Prime-Minister? Umm, hummm, NEVER!

And when was the last time the WH reacted to anything major in less than 3 days? Never.

* and the WH are just way to prepared for this "unexpected crisis."

The Street protest look planned by the WH and the PNAC too. Looks an awful lot like the Ukrainian protests.:mad:

[kittenpants]

3. I said not sure, but I suspect BushCo or Isreal played a part

[Roland99]

5. That video of the apparent suicide bomber was VERY convenient.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Chaos serves their purpose very nicely. Peace does nothing for them.

[mk ultramaroon]

9. Picking the lowest hanging fruit

The full court press was on Iran until Russia stepped in to support the Iranian nuke program.
Iran sponsors Hezbollah extremists in Lebanon.
The action in Lebanon is an action on two fronts, Syria and Iran with immediate dividends paying now in the form of Syria's stated intention to withdraw from the region.

Who had the most to lose from the assassination ?
Syria.
Who had the most to gain from this action ?

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