Pierre Gemay's assassination - WHY is Syria automatically the only suspect ...??? Israel stands to gain...!!!

Question

This slaying is extremely likely to create politcal chaos, and quite possibly civil war, between rival factions in Lebanon...
When you consider Israel's bitter frustration over the outcome of last summer's short war with Lebanon - (which most of the world seems to regard as a tactical victory for Beirut) ...it's obvious that Israel (and G.W.Bush too...!) would probably welcome any convenient "excuse" to send in more troops to attack Beirut again... Certainly they both had more to gain from this tragedy than Syria... Yet, have you noticed, Israel is not even being mentioned...?

ASSYRIAN GOD's answer is simplistic - The truth is that both Israel and the US want to exterminate Hezbollah's resistance and drive it from the Lebanon. But for that to happen (in the wake of Iraq) the USA is forced to keep a low military profile and Israel must find excuses to do the fighting. That's why any political disturbances and/or civil uproar in Beirut would provide exactly the kind of excuse they need... (Much better than a couple of kidnapped Israeli soldiers, anyway...!)

There's nothing "farfetched" about it - unless you believe in "fairy stories...!" Like any that pretend the Isareli and US administrations are so honest and benign that neither would dream of stooping to make such wickedly manipulative moves of devious deception...

Answer 1

man your so out of touch of what is going on over in the middle east . well i will just say that your wrong Israel have nothing to gain by killing someone of the Christian faith in Lebanon.

Answer 2

Disagree
Israel will not gain because they have their hands full as it is
I do believe it is in Israel's benefit to have a stable Lebanon because there are many Palestinians who live there.
Syria gains because they use Lebanon - they are a poor and undeveloped country and Lebanon isnt even with the war it was better than Syria - they want their influence in Lebanon to retain control over it. If Isreal was to gain they would not have withdrawn their troops but stayed like Syria did.

Answer 3

Actually israel and the west would have NOTHING to gain. The current govornment in Lebanon is actually backed by the west, and is generally pro western. Furthermore the christians in lebanon were allies of israel during the war in the 1970's and 1980's, and to this day they have connections. Hezbollah and Syria (possibly also iran) have far more to gain, and hezbollah are currently trying to wrest control of the govornment in Lebanon. The christian, sunni and druze communities in lebanon are basically secular, thus they are an anathema to hezbollah, and an asset to israel and the west!

Answer 4

You make a good point. Israel has much to gain but stirring up anti-Syrian sentiment in Lebanon. However, Syria does have a track record of assasinating those it deems politcally hostile in Lebanon.

Answer 5

This is extremely farfetched. Even the Lebanese, even the Hisb'Allh terrorists don't make such an outrageous claim.

Amin Gemayel, father of murdered Lebanese cabinet minister, calls for a march on pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud’s palace

November 23, 2006, 5:13 PM (GMT+02:00)

At the funeral of his son, cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, aged 34, Thursday, Amin a former president, said the countdown had begun for a new president. He was echoed by majority leader Saad Hariri and other Lebanese figures in an impressive pro-government demonstration against Hizballah, Syria and Iran.

An estimated 800,000 mourners shouted anti-Syrian and anti-Lahoud slogans.

DEBKAfile's military sources report: PM Siniora divided Beirut by posting the army at key points. The troops formed a security belt in the Christian western districts of Beirut, the Sunni eastern districts and at the presidential palace and government offices. DEBKAfile reports from Beirut that the army will continue to hold these positions after the minister is buried in his family’s home village of Bikfaya. They stand ready to ward off attempts by the Shiites of South Beirut to exploit the high tension to seize centers of government - in keeping with the Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s threat to topple the anti-Syrian government by street demonstrations. The anti-Syrian Christians and Sunnis are braced to resist such attempts. This could tip the country into much-feared civil conflict.

The military deployment effectively divides Beirut in two – the anti-Syrian Christian-Sunni sectors and the pro-Syrian Shiite south.

Pierre Gemayel, 40, was shot dead at point-blank range by a gunman Tuesday, Nov. 21, after two cars blocked his vehicle in a Christian district near Beirut. Majority leader, Saad Hariri, directly accused Syria of a hand in the crime. The government was already in crisis after six pro-Syrian ministers, including Hizballah, quit over its approval of a UN tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, including top Syrian officials. Hours after the industry minister was assassinated, the UN Security Council endorsed this tribunal of three judges, one Lebanese. It will also investigate the murders of five anti-Syrian Lebanese figures in two years. The depleted Siniora government must sign the document. Its ministers have been convened under heavy guard.

Pierre Gemayel was the fourth member of his prominent Maronite Catholic clan to be murdered in three decades.

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Answer 6

well the minister assassinated was a well known anti Syrian politician...so of course everyone chose to look at the most probable "murderer" and unfortunately no one is looking at the one who has more to gain from destabilizing more Lebanon...
I for one think it would be really stupid of Syria to kill a Lebanese anti Syrian minister,especially after the death of Harriri...which death's investigations still continue and Syria is the first suspect.How stupid could they be to kill another Lebanese official(a Christan anti Syrian one) knowing that they are going to be the first to be pointed at...