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Article: A general's 'suicide'; Syria's gangland tradition.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 10, 2005
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Byline: Richard Carlson and Barbara Newman, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The conclusion of United Nations investigators that Syria's leadership planned the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, and had their Lebanese agents-in-place carry out the murder, is having a deep impact in the region.
The heat generated by the investigation is burning very close to the young Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. The German investigation's chief, Detlev Mehlis, has collected evidence that points to close friends of Mr. Assad, including his brother and brother-in-law, at the center of the conspiracy that killed Mr. Hariri and 22 others in his ...