Israel implicated in Suleiman shooting
August 6, 2008 - 0:0
Informed sources say Israeli agents are behind the assassination of Syrian president's security advisor and liaison officer to Hezbollah.
Mohammad Suleiman, who was a Syrian top security official and the officer in charge of liaison with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, was shot by a sniper on the coast of Syria's Tartous port on Friday.According to independent sources in Syria, the sniper was an Israeli agent.
Suleiman's body was buried overnight.
In February, Imad Mughnyiah, a prominent Hezbollah figure, was murdered in a car bomb explosion in the Syrian capital.
The Israeli regime extended the tenure of Mossad chief Meir Dagan for a second term following the successful assassination of Mughniyah.
(Source: middleeast.org)