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British Report on the Assassination of Pierre Gemayel

transmitter | 20.12.2006 00:49 | Lebanon War 2006 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | World

An Arabic website, run by Syrian dissident journalist Nizar Nayouf, has exclusively published the cover page of a confidential report by the British embassy in Beirut, of which a copy was sent (or leaked) to someone in the NATO, on the assassination of Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel. It suggests that the assassination, along with that of Samir Qassir, Gebran Twani and George Hawi earlier, were carried out by Lebanese militants affiliated with Druze leader Walid Junblat and Christian leader Samir Geagea, and not by the Syrian government or its Lebanese agents. Both groups, the reports further reveals, have been receiving military training by Ameriacn (and possibly Israeli) trainers in Jordan since November 2005. Furthermore, the report's sources think "the killers' motive" must be seen in light of an "agreement between the Sunni leader Sa'd Hariri and ex-president Amin Gemayel to nominate the latter's son, Pierre Gemayel, to succeed president Emil Lahoud next year. The report summarises that the crime was committed "mostly for regaining the initiative by the 14 March alliance and protecting PM Fouad Saniora's govermant from collapse."

See the full article in Arabic:
 http://syriatruth.org/Al-Hakikah/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13

report's cover page
report's cover page


These suggestions, of course, go against all that fuss about the Syrian involvement in the crimes and the international (mainly American and French) pressure on the country, and may explain the 'careful' approach of the Blair administration towards the Syrian government.

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