Interest In Pro-Syria Assassination Wanes--Even As They Continue

The Wall Street Journal reports on the assassination of Captain Wissam Mahmoud Eid, a terrorism investigator who had been involved in investigating the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri. The article goes on to note that Detlev Mehlis, who formerly led the investigation of the UN inquiry into Hariri's murder, is claiming that little progress has been made in the investigation since December 2005.

The Wall Street Journal, for its part, thinks it knows where the blame for these lies:

Much of the blame here lies with Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put to rest whatever lingering fears Damascus might have had about U.S. intentions with her visit in April. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice followed up by inviting Syria to November's Mideast conference in Annapolis, and Hillary Clinton promises to offer diplomatic carrots to Damascus if she is elected. The killings will continue in Beirut, as long as nobody save the Lebanese seem to care.

In that case, it is likely that the killings will continue.

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