Now that Syria’s excitement in launching missiles at Israel through its proxy, Hezbollah, has been dampered thanks to the IDF, it has returned to its regularly-scheduled programming: assassinating Lebanese politicians:
Gunmen on Tuesday assassinated Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, plunging Lebanon deeper into a crisis over ties with its dominant neighbor.
At least three gunmen rammed their car into Gemayel’s vehicle near Beirut, then leapt out and riddled it with bullets, firing at Gemayel with silencer-equipped automatic weapons at point-blank range in a Christian neighborhood, witnesses said.
Ten bullet holes were seen around the window of the driver’s seat of his grey car. The two front seats were soaked in blood.
The son of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri blamed Syria for the killing in the Sin el-Fil area, but Damascus condemned the murder.
Yeah, that condemnation means about as much as when Yasser Arafat used to ‘condemn’ Palestinian suicide bombers who murdered Israeli citizens.