Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Syria's Interior Minister 'commits suicide'

Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide, the official news agency in Damascus says.

He was reportedly questioned by a UN investigator last month over the murder of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. For many years Kanaan was Syria's powerful intelligence chief in Lebanon, which was dominated by Syria until its military withdrawal earlier this year.
Hours before his death, he said he had served Lebanon with honesty, adding that this interview may be his last.

"Interior Minister Brig Gen Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office before noon," the Syrian Arab News Agency (Sana) reported.

The authorities are carrying out the "necessary investigation" into the incident, Sana said.

Hmmm

2 Comments:

Blogger G_in_AL said...

suicide... right... here mister Minister... let me help you with this bullet in your head.

Because he acted alone right?

October 12, 2005 4:25 pm  
Blogger _H_ said...

it seems it smells as bad to you as it does to me G

to be fair the media over here are treating it as a little suspect

and so they should

October 13, 2005 4:25 am  

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