Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Remebering A Middle East Spymaster



Requiem For A Middle East Spymaster -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Three days before his murder, Gen. Wissam al-Hassantold me in a telephone interview from France that his contacts with the Syrian opposition put him “under a big light for Hezbollah” and made it “complicated for me to move” because he was a potential target.

The Lebanese intelligence chief’s comments have the haunting quality of words from the other side of the grave, following his death Oct. 19 in a car-bomb attack in Beirut. He knew he would be in danger back in Lebanon because he had challenged the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But he went home anyway because it was his duty, and also his passion.

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My Comment: One more sign on how Syria's civil war is now spilling across borders. Max Fisher has a must read post on why Gen. Wissam al-Hassantold was important, and why his death will impact the region.

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