Posted on 08/05/2008 5:33:08 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Well, it was some pretty fine shooting from wherever it came from, but I’m just having a real hard time believing it came from a boat.
That seriously would be the last place I’d like to take a money shot from. much less three. I think from a parachute might be easier.
Not a mini-sub. It was Jonah, in a whale, with several sword fish.
Or, Pinnocio, in a whale, with a .50 cal. nose.
As long as the bastard is dead, I don’t care how he got it. It’s just that he “got it”, as in dead, kaput, gone, worm-food, fertilizer, or swiss cheese.
Actually, I’m not a hard guy to please.
In any case, it is clear that Iran's once overwhelming influence on the area is waning, at least a little:
Syria is at a critical juncture as it pursues indirect peace talks with Israel and a closer relationship with the West, while attempting to maintain its long-standing regional alliances with Iran and the militant Shia Hezbollah of Lebanon.
Good luck with that tightrope. It sort of depends on both sides holding it taut, and they hate one another more than they love the tightrope-walker. Either would let go should it appear that the other might benefit. Welcome to politics in the Middle East.
But the word is out. The media can paint it in any terms they like but the U.S. won in Iraq and that's a flat fact. Those whose livelihood depends on separating fact from attractive fiction know it. Moammar Gaddafi may be a bit of a fruitcake but he's still sucking oxygen and if young Mr. Assad wishes to emulate him he'd better be hedging his bets. I think that's exactly what this is.
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Conrad of Montferrat. RIP. It's only a rumor... ;-)
General Mohammed Suleiman, one of Mr Assad’s closest confidantes, was shot dead on Friday at his chalet in the prestigious Rimal al-Zahabieh, Arabic for "Golden Sands", seafront resort, 9 miles north of Tartous on the Mediterranean coast. A sniper, apparently located out at sea, shot him in the head, neck and stomach and he was pronounced dead at a hospital in Tartous. Assassinations of leading regime figures are rare in Syria, and the Syrian authorities have scrambled to prevent news of the incident from leaking.I guess Suleiman must have leaked, from head, neck, stomach...
Here’s some real estate agent info on the resort:
http://www.abufares.net/2006/08/rimal-zahabieh-golden-sands.html
As the departed General was a made man in Syria, he probably was occupying one of the “nice unattached single story units in front of the large green lawn with an unobstructed view of the sea.”
I doubt any reliable organization did an autopsy on the body so all we have is Syria’s word for how it went down. For all we know, it was three shots up close with a Markorov chambering a 9mm Kurtz. In other words, an inside job.
CAIR Assassination Plot? (Plot to Kill President Bush)
frontpagemag.com | August 6, 2008 | Joe Kaufman
Posted on 08/05/2008 8:08:06 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057197/posts
Yeah... it seems as if the shooter would have to have come in underwater, popped up in the shallows, kept a low profile while sitting on the bottom, and made the hit, then had a getaway boat which swung in and picked him up. Otherwise, the shooter just walked up, plugged the general, and then fled on foot to a Seadoo or something like that. In that case, there would have had to be a clear beach. Of course, if the resort is geared toward gov’t brass, there are probably few other guests around.
LOL!
[thinks about it]
Hey, wait a minute...
Or maybe mutated ill tempered sea bass.
Syrian President’s Top Aide Assassinated
ArutzSheva | August 3, 2008 | Hana Levi Julian
Posted on 08/03/2008 12:31:31 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055650/posts
The assassinated Syrian general was in charge of securing the al Kibar reactor
Debka | August 3rd, 2008
Posted on 08/03/2008 2:02:14 PM PDT by Perdogg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055883/posts
Death of Syrian general escalates tensions
the australian | August 06, 2008 | Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent
Posted on 08/05/2008 9:29:22 PM PDT by Perdogg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057219/posts
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Report: Assad’s Brother-In-Law Behind Mughniyeh Death
IsraelNationalNews | March 16, 2008 | Gil Ronen
Posted on 03/16/2008 11:48:56 AM PDT by Fennie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986643/posts
Iran: Slain Hezbollah military chief’s widow points the finger at Syria
AKI | February 25, 2008
Posted on 02/25/2008 1:35:03 PM PST by Shermy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976092/posts
Mother cheers death of militant responsible for son’s death
(RE:Imad Mughniyeh)
The Virginian-Pilot | February 16, 2008 | Lon Wagner
Posted on 02/16/2008 3:35:35 AM PST by csvset
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971344/posts
Hizbullah Blames Hamas for Breach That Led To Mughniyeh Killing
INN | 9 Adar 5768, February 15, ‘08 | Hillel Fendel
Posted on 02/15/2008 5:21:07 AM PST by APRPEH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970793/posts
Syria may pay price for killing
(Bashar Assad has boasted Damascus is “the capital of resistance”)
AP on Yahoo | 2/14/08 | Hamzi Hendawi - ap
Posted on 02/14/2008 7:20:25 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970659/posts
Here is a list of terrorist attacks blamed on Imad Mughniyeh.
breitbart.com | Feb 13 2008
Posted on 02/13/2008 9:36:01 AM PST by Dog
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969751/posts
US intelligence to step up efforts against Mughniyeh
Intel Summit
Posted on 05/03/2006 12:11:30 PM PDT by Taulant
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626131/posts
Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view
Jane’s Security | September.19,2001
Posted on 09/19/2001 8:06:15 AM PDT by Reagan Man
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/527386/posts
We don’t really “know” it was a sniper out across the water..... propaganda from the Syrian govt. is not exactly credible...... that scenario seems extremely improbable, for ballistics reasons. Could have been an inside job up close, or some other kind of infiltration of Syrian security and they don’t want to admit it. But what kind of sniper platform, ON OCEAN WATER, would be stable enough to assure success? Any slight waves and the first shot misses, warning the target.
Damned sea bass. My mother warned me about them. Nasty critters. Steal your worm and leave you with air.
As my granddaughter would say, “Kill the filthy beasts”.
However, we will spare the one who got Herr Generale.
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