A Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Seyassah, that has proven reliable in the past when documenting Syrian involvement in Lebanese violence has pointed the finger at Syrian intelligence for the assassination earlier this month of March 14th Member of Parliament Antoine Ghanem:The Al-Seyassah sources in Syria were able to link the assassination of Ghanem, his bodyguards and 3 others to the opening of the Arida and Dabussiya border crossings between Lebanon and Syria on September 17, 2 days before the assassination took place. The Al-Seyassah sources also revealed that the opening of the crossings was to facilitate the entry of the assassins with their equipment and the Mercedes car that was booby trapped at the Syrian intelligence base of Kfarsoussah near Damascus including all the forged documents required. The whole operation was coordinated by Bassem Emad, a Syrian intelligence officer that reports directly to Assef Shawkat, head of the Syrian intelligence and President Bashar el Assad’s...(Read Full Post)