Insider role in Lebanese General’s death ! report

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New details about the assassination of a top intelligence official suggested that it might have been an inside job, fueling at least some accusations by political opponents of the Hezbollah-led government that Hezbollah, a militant Shiite group, had played a role in the killing.

Since the bomb attack, there has been a widespread belief here that Syria, Hezbollah’s ally, orchestrated the killing because the intelligence officer had fought Syrian meddling in Lebanon.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah rejected calls to refer the investigation of the killing to the international tribunal that implicated Hezbollah figures in the bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

The intelligence official, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, was killed Friday by a car bomb in a residential Beirut neighborhood.

His killing has sent tremors along Lebanon’s most tenuous political fault line, separating allies of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and those who oppose him. Hezbollah and its partners who dominate the government have stood by Mr. Assad’s government, while the Sunni-led opposition backs the rebels seeking to topple him.

Lebanese investigators have yet to cast blame in the killing, but details made public on Tuesday suggest it might have been the work of someone who tracked General Hassan’s international travels and monitored the secret office he used to meet informers.

“I said from the beginning, ‘Who killed General Wissam al-Hassan and was behind the terrorist attack?’ They are the Syrian and Iranian regimes through the hands of Hezbollah,” Khaled Daher, a lawmaker, said on LBC TV.

There were significant parallels between the life and death of former PM Rafik Hariri and General Wissam al-Hassan — both powerful Sunni figures struck down by car bombs at a time when they were seen to be opposing Syria. Four Hezbollah members were indicted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ( STL) in the killing of Hariri.

Security officials say General Hassan returned to Lebanon from Europe the night before he was killed but traveled under a false name and told almost no one he was in Beirut. Mr. Daher suggested that officials at the Beirut airport, a Hezbollah stronghold, tipped off the killers.

General Hassan’s killing bore a striking similarity to the assassination of Mr. Hariri in a truck bombing in Beirut in 2005.

Noting the similarities, some lawmakers have called for the investigation into General Hassan’s death to be referred to the international tribunal set up to look into Mr. Hariri’s killing. The United Nations-backed tribunal has indicted four Hezbollah members in Mr. Hariri’s killing.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah’s deputy leader rejected those calls, saying it should be dealt with in Lebanese courts.

The head of Lebanon’s police, Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, said the bomb that killed General Hassan had been planted in a stolen car parked on a narrow street near the secret office.

General Hassan and his bodyguard were driving a rented car that was not armored to avoid drawing attention, and the bomb was detonated by remote control from a place overlooking the site.

Lebanese newspapers reported Mr. Rifi’s comments Tuesday.

NY Times

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50 responses to “Insider role in Lebanese General’s death ! report”

  1. jim dandy Avatar

    something tells me you don’t get away with nothin and after you pass on you pay somehow.  i would’nt wanna be nasrallah or hezbolla or the ayatolla. men who chose unwisely to hate and kill in Gods name

    1. Lebanon10452 Avatar
      Lebanon10452

      they wouldnt want you neither; people might think that this subjective instinctive followship of a leader rather than a philosophy is typical to the arab jarab, nothing of that; here you see a jew in a similar stupid argument; i think it is rather a middle eastern cultural issue that all of us exhibit

      1. jim dandy Avatar

        soon you and terrorist buddies down the drain cockroach .why muslims stink ?soblind man can hate too lol lol lol

        1. Lebanon10452 Avatar
          Lebanon10452

          hahaha; i think we are going to be the referee of the new match: israeli terrorists versus falastizi terrorists; same match we witnessed before hamass & PLO terrorists; salafis + yahootizi against hamass or turkey versus iran; we will have a good laughter i promise you; btw have you prepared a country to find refuge in? oh i forgot you are already a refugee in a christian country (USA) in New york; try to listen to the song new york new york by liza minelli

      2. jim dandy Avatar

         hey pal i’m Canadian not jewish. we dont have to hide in a hole like an evil snake we got women and freedom

  2. jim dandy Avatar

    something tells me you don’t get away with nothin and after you pass on you pay somehow.  i would’nt wanna be nasrallah or hezbolla or the ayatolla. men who chose unwisely to hate and kill in Gods name

    1. Lebanon10452 Avatar
      Lebanon10452

      they wouldnt want you neither; people might think that this subjective instinctive followship of a leader rather than a philosophy is typical to the arab jarab, nothing of that; here you see a jew in a similar stupid argument; i think it is rather a middle eastern cultural issue that all of us exhibit

      1. jim dandy Avatar

        soon you and terrorist buddies down the drain cockroach .why muslims stink ?soblind man can hate too lol lol lol

        1. Lebanon10452 Avatar
          Lebanon10452

          hahaha; i think we are going to be the referee of the new match: israeli terrorists versus falastizi terrorists; same match we witnessed before hamass & PLO terrorists; salafis + yahootizi against hamass or turkey versus iran; we will have a good laughter i promise you; btw have you prepared a country to find refuge in? oh i forgot you are already a refugee in a christian country (USA) in New york; try to listen to the song new york new york by liza minelli

      2. jim dandy Avatar

         hey pal i’m Canadian not jewish. we dont have to hide in a hole like an evil snake we got women and freedom

  3. The head of Lebanon’s police, Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, said the bomb that killed General Hassan had been planted in a stolen car parked on a narrow street near the secret office. i dont think the general would have been stupid enough to allow anyone to track his movements especially anyone remotely associated with hezbollah…the next question is how does the head of our intelligence who i assume his lifestyle and movements are so discreet that no more than 3 people would know (not even his own family) his movements ( even rifi stated he does not know his movements) allow a stolen vehicle to be parked anywhere in the vicinity of anything he does or goes ESPECIALLY his office???? an ant should not be able to move freely in that area??? AND especially in these circustances we live in now….
    Security officials say General Hassan returned to Lebanon from Europe the night before he was killed but traveled under a false name and told almost no one he was in Beirut. Mr. Daher suggested that officials at the Beirut airport, a Hezbollah stronghold, tipped off the killers…i dont imagine the head of our intelligence stands in line at customs when he travels to and from?? show us the cctv footage so we can see his movements in and out of the airport? when and how long was the stolen car parked for? how can a stolencar be able to park in his vicinity? im sure they have cctv all around that area dont they? show us? again fundamental questions that need to be answered…not trying to make political gains off this….we dont need an stl to ask these questions do we?

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      He is not a 007 neither a master of disguise… Anyone can recognize him at the airport. It is more likely than not that Hezbollah executed the operation… However, any Lebanese group like the Baath, the SSNP, Tayyar, Marada or even individuals like Samaha can carry out such a crime. One thing I am sure of is that Bashar and his apparatus did it. An SMS went in before the attack with a threat and another one followed congratulating themselves and threatening for more.
      That being said, let us assume for a moment that the perpetrator is caught… What can the authorities do about it even if the will is there. The head of the snake is Raabiin el Shaam… That should be the target. He should be eliminated. Once gone, the snake will dry off. 

      1. Lebanon10452 Avatar
        Lebanon10452

        nope; but this clearly demonstrates that many of the lebanese salafis are just mercenaries

      2. Lebanon10452 Avatar
        Lebanon10452

        well, i dont think he will take the same exit as you and i do; further they have plenty of lebanese id cards in blank, i still have some of the old ones, perfectly legal, they just need to affixthe picture & the name; i dont think it is in the interest of hizbollah to ignite any internal war at this present moment which obviously was the purpose of this crime; if you notice, hizbollah is not reacting to any of the provocations thrown by ass -ir & other salafi mercenaries; syria is too busy intrernally; i have two suspects: either the flee syrian army or mossad; both have all the interest that Lebanon burns into flames; maybe they coordinated this

        1. jim dandy Avatar

           wrong so very very wrong we all know hez did it  they’ll lose big time in coming elections.  the free Syrian army will drag your leader from his hole .why don’t you show the courage of your convictions and wait in his hole too lol lol it’s the right thing to do .you know kill 2 birds with 1 stone

        2. if all the succesful and failed political assasination attempts that occured in lebanon since 2004 happened to both sides ie 8th and 14th of march groups i would tend to believe in the accuracy of your assesment regarding the suspects being the free syrian army and or the mossad, but since the targeted group has been all along leaders from the 14th of march group, and since that same group has been polically attacking the syrian regime and its proxies in lebanon since  at least 2004 scoring some “gains” to their credit like the withdrawal of the syrian army from lebanon, the opening of the syrian embassy, the gradual uncovering of the syrian agents in lebanon  the gradual built up pressure on hezballah to surrender its weapons to the government, and maybe the start of the syrian revolution to oust the regime in syria (not sure we can give them full credit for that),
          and since the 14th of march group are avoiding open military confrontation with syria and its proxies simply because they are no match,
          so the only things left for syria and its proxies would logically be  to extall retribution from the 14th of march group and scare them into obedience by targetting them with these “convenient” and “incognito” assasinations that they denounce later.

      3. salizubri Avatar

        Typical Hannibal, always blaming the same old people. At first your anti Assad and Hezbollah remarks kind of pissed me off. But now I see how much of a clown you really are. What makes me laugh at you the most is how Assad and Hezbollah can get under you skin so much. It’s a clear sign of your immaturity.

        1. jim dandy Avatar

          zub are you saying these evil people who hate and kill are your friends

      4. jim dandy Avatar

         nasralla and hezbolla and the ayatolla are all going down  punishment in the form of fsa they’re coming to a theatre near you lol

    2. grinko grinko Avatar
      grinko grinko

      i dont think they have the resources to do that. the whole budget of the defense ministry is for wages, so how about a small section in anapparatus in the lesslucky interior ministry. hezbollah has more resources than them. he is the disadvanteged one here who should seek hiding and less conspicuous. other terms, he is the resistance in this case against the real oppressor, hizbollah( not asadd, cuz hizbolla is the real one with agenda and tyrinnical ideology not asad, an autocrat)

    3. salizubri Avatar

      Absolutely well said Dateam. Another great common sense blog. I think some others on this site need a lesson from you when it comes to making sense.

      1. jim dandy Avatar

         except for you zub

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          Jim dandy

           salizubri  has been banned from participation   in  Ya Libnan forum for using  foul language in his comments. This is a warning that all comments containing inappropriate language of any type will be deleted and you could be banned from participation .Please stick to constructive criticism Thanks

  4. The head of Lebanon’s police, Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, said the bomb that killed General Hassan had been planted in a stolen car parked on a narrow street near the secret office. i dont think the general would have been stupid enough to allow anyone to track his movements especially anyone remotely associated with hezbollah…the next question is how does the head of our intelligence who i assume his lifestyle and movements are so discreet that no more than 3 people would know (not even his own family) his movements ( even rifi stated he does not know his movements) allow a stolen vehicle to be parked anywhere in the vicinity of anything he does or goes ESPECIALLY his office???? an ant should not be able to move freely in that area??? AND especially in these circustances we live in now….
    Security officials say General Hassan returned to Lebanon from Europe the night before he was killed but traveled under a false name and told almost no one he was in Beirut. Mr. Daher suggested that officials at the Beirut airport, a Hezbollah stronghold, tipped off the killers…i dont imagine the head of our intelligence stands in line at customs when he travels to and from?? show us the cctv footage so we can see his movements in and out of the airport? when and how long was the stolen car parked for? how can a stolencar be able to park in his vicinity? im sure they have cctv all around that area dont they? show us? again fundamental questions that need to be answered…not trying to make political gains off this….we dont need an stl to ask these questions do we?

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      He is not a 007 neither a master of disguise… Anyone can recognize him at the airport. It is more likely than not that Hezbollah executed the operation… However, any Lebanese group like the Baath, the SSNP, Tayyar, Marada or even individuals like Samaha can carry out such a crime. One thing I am sure of is that Bashar and his apparatus did it. An SMS went in before the attack with a threat and another one followed congratulating themselves and threatening for more.
      That being said, let us assume for a moment that the perpetrator is caught… What can the authorities do about it even if the will is there. The head of the snake is Raabiin el Shaam… That should be the target. He should be eliminated. Once gone, the snake will dry off. 

      1. Lebanon10452 Avatar
        Lebanon10452

        nope; but this clearly demonstrates that many of the lebanese salafis are just mercenaries

      2. Lebanon10452 Avatar
        Lebanon10452

        well, i dont think he will take the same exit as you and i do; further they have plenty of lebanese id cards in blank, i still have some of the old ones, perfectly legal, they just need to affixthe picture & the name; i dont think it is in the interest of hizbollah to ignite any internal war at this present moment which obviously was the purpose of this crime; if you notice, hizbollah is not reacting to any of the provocations thrown by ass -ir & other salafi mercenaries; syria is too busy intrernally; i have two suspects: either the flee syrian army or mossad; both have all the interest that Lebanon burns into flames; maybe they coordinated this

        1. jim dandy Avatar

           wrong so very very wrong we all know hez did it  they’ll lose big time in coming elections.  the free Syrian army will drag your leader from his hole .why don’t you show the courage of your convictions and wait in his hole too lol lol it’s the right thing to do .you know kill 2 birds with 1 stone

        2. if all the succesful and failed political assasination attempts that occured in lebanon since 2004 happened to both sides ie 8th and 14th of march groups i would tend to believe in the accuracy of your assesment regarding the suspects being the free syrian army and or the mossad, but since the targeted group has been all along leaders from the 14th of march group, and since that same group has been polically attacking the syrian regime and its proxies in lebanon since  at least 2004 scoring some “gains” to their credit like the withdrawal of the syrian army from lebanon, the opening of the syrian embassy, the gradual uncovering of the syrian agents in lebanon  the gradual built up pressure on hezballah to surrender its weapons to the government, and maybe the start of the syrian revolution to oust the regime in syria (not sure we can give them full credit for that),
          and since the 14th of march group are avoiding open military confrontation with syria and its proxies simply because they are no match,
          so the only things left for syria and its proxies would logically be  to extall retribution from the 14th of march group and scare them into obedience by targetting them with these “convenient” and “incognito” assasinations that they denounce later.

      3. salizubri Avatar

        Typical Hannibal, always blaming the same old people. At first your anti Assad and Hezbollah remarks kind of pissed me off. But now I see how much of a clown you really are. What makes me laugh at you the most is how Assad and Hezbollah can get under you skin so much. It’s a clear sign of your immaturity.

        1. jim dandy Avatar

          zub are you saying these evil people who hate and kill are your friends

      4. jim dandy Avatar

         nasralla and hezbolla and the ayatolla are all going down  punishment in the form of fsa they’re coming to a theatre near you lol

    2. grinko grinko Avatar
      grinko grinko

      i dont think they have the resources to do that. the whole budget of the defense ministry is for wages, so how about a small section in anapparatus in the lesslucky interior ministry. hezbollah has more resources than them. he is the disadvanteged one here who should seek hiding and less conspicuous. other terms, he is the resistance in this case against the real oppressor, hizbollah( not asadd, cuz hizbolla is the real one with agenda and tyrinnical ideology not asad, an autocrat)

    3. salizubri Avatar

      Absolutely well said Dateam. Another great common sense blog. I think some others on this site need a lesson from you when it comes to making sense.

      1. jim dandy Avatar

         except for you zub

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          Jim dandy

           salizubri  has been banned from participation   in  Ya Libnan forum for using  foul language in his comments. This is a warning that all comments containing inappropriate langue of any type will be deleted and you could be banned from participation .Please stick to constructive criticism ThanksMod

  5. even IF hezbolat declare thats he did it …this filthy goverment cant and wont do anything…our people and boarders violated every day by those terrorist and by syrian thugs of ass ad and still this goverment do nothing!!! and its all hariri fault he sold lebanon for the sake of his dream will never come true (STL justice) he went and shake the hand that killed his father and still dreaming of doing the election  (if they let him) its time for the lebanese to wake up and revolt against this sleeping man first..freedom will never com true by dreaming or skiing.. we waste 15 years of  our life to be ruled by iran or alawites thugs!!!… is that the out come for the civil war !!!! its a fake peace its a defeat for the freedom its sadly and i hope not the end of lebanon

    1. jim dandy Avatar

       finally i hear truth  truth high 5

  6. even IF hezbolat declare thats he did it …this filthy goverment cant and wont do anything…our people and boarders violated every day by those terrorist and by syrian thugs of ass ad and still this goverment do nothing!!! and its all hariri fault he sold lebanon for the sake of his dream will never come true (STL justice) he went and shake the hand that killed his father and still dreaming of doing the election  (if they let him) its time for the lebanese to wake up and revolt against this sleeping man first..freedom will never com true by dreaming or skiing.. we waste 15 years of  our life to be ruled by iran or alawites thugs!!!… is that the out come for the civil war !!!! its a fake peace its a defeat for the freedom its sadly and i hope not the end of lebanon

    1. jim dandy Avatar

       finally i hear truth  truth high 5

  7. freevoice6616 Avatar
    freevoice6616

    Its a shame on this puppet government , this government is controlled and riddled by Hezbollah and its allies who bark for the syiran Assad murderous regime, this is the same government who provide cover for killers and those in Beirut customs airport officers , they should ask those who for sure tipped the killers about Al Hassan return to Beirut the night before he was killed. And we know all those are shiites dogs affiliated with Hezbollah , the tool used by Assad regime to assasinate opposition politicians and security officials opposed to syiran regime hegemony in Lebanon.

    1. jim dandy Avatar

       hez gonna be paid back with interest than nas will be punished in publis

  8. freevoice6616 Avatar
    freevoice6616

    Its a shame on this puppet government , this government is controlled and riddled by Hezbollah and its allies who bark for the syiran Assad murderous regime, this is the same government who provide cover for killers and those in Beirut customs airport officers , they should ask those who for sure tipped the killers about Al Hassan return to Beirut the night before he was killed. And we know all those are shiites dogs affiliated with Hezbollah , the tool used by Assad regime to assasinate opposition politicians and security officials opposed to syiran regime hegemony in Lebanon.

    1. jim dandy Avatar

       hez gonna be paid back with interest than nas will be punished in publis

  9. Rifi you are a big time loser. Why would the head of intelligence services hide in a highly populated Christian area to start with? Did you guys think you are smarter than the killers? You and your intelligence apparatus are bunch of dumb shits, go check out the informants they might happen to be double agents  .
    The only real intelligence agency in Lebanon is the one run by the army. Why don’t you pack up your loser gang and follow your leader to Paris he might have a better use for your baldy head over there.
    I know that area very well and it takes few days for someone to find a parking spot, so the killers knew he was coming back few days before his so called “secret trip”. This should be a wake up call for Baldy and company.

    1. I don’t think that a “big time loser” and a “bunch of dumb shits” and a “loser gang” can possibly uncover—with high sophistication—a case like Samaha’s over many months, all the while managing to dodge the entire suite of Syrian state apparatuses. This was unprecedented in Lebanese history.

      One can poke holes in any security system whatsoever. There is no 100% foolproof security system, anywhere on Earth, at any time in history. Bin Laden dodged the US & allies for over a decade with layer upon layer of personal security. But eventually the layers get peeled like an onion, one by one.

      I think it would be more loving and caring towards Lebanon to direct your anger, resentment and harsh words to the people who are trying to blow it to pieces like Samaha and his bosses, not the people who effectively prevented 20+ bombings like Friday’s, then got killed for doing so.

    2. jim dandy Avatar

       lipsticlk you sticking up for murderers? you and your evil friend should be happy in hell together either that or go bak to mental institution

  10. Rifi you are a big time loser. Why would the head of intelligence services hide in a highly populated Christian area to start with? Did you guys think you are smarter than the killers? You and your intelligence apparatus are bunch of dumb shits, go check out the informants they might happen to be double agents  .
    The only real intelligence agency in Lebanon is the one run by the army. Why don’t you pack up your loser gang and follow your leader to Paris he might have a better use for your baldy head over there.
    I know that area very well and it takes few days for someone to find a parking spot, so the killers knew he was coming back few days before his so called “secret trip”. This should be a wake up call for Baldy and company.

    1. I don’t think that a “big time loser” and a “bunch of dumb shits” and a “loser gang” can possibly uncover—with high sophistication—a case like Samaha’s over many months, all the while managing to dodge the entire suite of Syrian state apparatuses. This was unprecedented in Lebanese history.

      One can poke holes in any security system whatsoever. There is no 100% foolproof security system, anywhere on Earth, at any time in history. Bin Laden dodged the US & allies for over a decade with layer upon layer of personal security. But eventually the layers get peeled like an onion, one by one.

      I think it would be more loving and caring towards Lebanon to direct your anger, resentment and harsh words to the people who are trying to blow it to pieces like Samaha and his bosses, not the people who effectively prevented 20+ bombings like Friday’s, then got killed for doing so.

    2. jim dandy Avatar

       lipsticlk you sticking up for murderers? you and your evil friend should be happy in hell together either that or go bak to mental institution

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