Well, in the old days,
this kind of thing was always
blamed on Amanda . . .
Posted on 10/13/2005 7:25:38 AM PDT by kellynla
The moment the news came over the wires that Syria's interior minister had committed suicide in his office in Damascus, we found ourselves thinking of a wonderful movie that came out some years ago called "Colonel Redl," about an officer in the Hapsburg empire who got into trouble. It ends, as we recall it, with the colonel, played by Klaus Maria Brandauer, being visited in his office by one of his superiors, who leaves him a loaded pistol and departs. The next thing one hears is the shot with which Redl killed himself. It was the way things were done in the old days.
In the case of Syria the question is whether it was murder or suicide and, beyond that, how much longer can President Assad hold onto power? For whatever the cause of Brigadier General Ghazi Kenaan's death, it can be only a serious blow to the dictatorship. He was one of Mr. Assad's most trusted henchmen. Before he was appointed interior minister in 2003, he ruled Lebanon for about 20 years as Syria's security chief there. Why would one of the most powerful men in Syria suddenly take his own life?
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Stabbed himself 20 times in the back, worst case of suicide they ever saw.
He shot hisself in the back of the head with a rifle, is how he did it.
"When I heard the news, I -- like everyone else in America, I presume -- immediately thought of the great German film starring Klaus Maria Brandauer. I refer, of course to "Colonel Redl". Does anyone not have this on DVD? It's to die for!"
Obscure cultural references are so East Coast.
ass(ad)isted suicide.........
Is Arkancide spreading across the Middle East?
Easily answered.
He ordered an underling to pull the trigger.
:>)
Easily answered.
He ordered an underling to pull the trigger.
:>)
Similar to the Abu Nidal terrorist in retirement in Iraq.
They said Abu Nidal committed suicide just before Iraq 2.
Apparently, he knew where all the dead bodies (i.e. connection between Saddam and Qeda) were buried.
Well, in the old days,
this kind of thing was always
blamed on Amanda . . .
Then they haven't seen Terrence Yeakey - stabbed, slashed throat and wrists, shot, and strangled. Now THAT'S a suicide. (Yeakey was a cop present at the OKC bombing, and he soon got to thinking - and saying - that what had happened wasn't what they were saying had happened.)
"He shot hisself in the back of the head with a rifle, is how he did it."
Must have taken lessons from Vince Foster.
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