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Drug link to Beirut blast
Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv

THE murder of Rafik alHariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, may have been the work of Syrian intelligence officers trying to protect their share of Lebanon’s $1 billion-a-year drugs trade.

Middle Eastern security sources have claimed that they took revenge on Hariri, who was agitating for the departure of Syria’s 14,000 soldiers. (...)

The theory received backing yesterday from a Kuwaiti newspaper which blamed the killing on leading figures in the Syrian military.

The sources said that those behind the assassination may have hoped that the resulting chaos would then prevent Syria from implementing the United Nations resolution 1559, which requires it to withdraw its occupation force.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1491719,00.html