| Interesting that you bring up Sabra and Shatilla. The Phalange forces in those camps were lead by Elie Hobeika, who was on face value an enemy of the Syrians. Hobeika performed the murders, causing Israel to withdraw from Beirut due to the outcry. Once Israel withdrew, the Syrians made Hobeika Minister of Electricity, a powerful position in Lebanon. After the Hariri assassination, the Syrians wanted to keep Hobeika quiet during the investigation, so he was assassinated. It is a stroke of brilliance-Syria sponsors a war crime, Israel gets blamed for it, Palestinians get killed, and Syria gets total control of Lebanon-certainly worth a Nobel Peace Prize |
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