Why they killed Wissam Eid

Who killed Mr. Eid? Was it Fath-el-Islam? Was it Syria? Actually, it was both.


Captain Eid Honored (AFP)

The Lebanese were divided into two camps yesterday. The anti-Syrians were saying that the Syrians killed him because he was the genius who was putting together the tribunal’s data, and the pro-Syrians were saying that he was killed by the Islamists of Fateh Al Islam because of his crucial role in uncovering them.

So who is right? Well, perhaps both are.

Annahar, Lebanon’s largest daily, revealed this today

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In short, Mr. Eid was, according to “high ranked security insiders”, the very officer who unveiled the relationship between Fateh Al Islam and Syria and traced it back to Assef Shawkat, the Syrian intelligence mastermind whom many blame for the Hariri Murder.

Meanwhile, Nadine Labaki Makes Strides

While we’re here killing each other, Lebanese Actress / Director Nadine Labaki goes on accumulating rave reviews for her movie Caramel as she moves west, becomes “one of ten directors to watch“, and gets shortlisted for the Oscars for foreign movies (although, unfortunately, she didn’t end up being nominated).

If you’re familiar with the website rottentomatoes.com , you’ll know that getting an 80% rating like Caramel did is a very good feat!

Congrats Nadine. Bright spots are becoming harder to find.