It seems that the assassination of Rafik Hiriri has caused a general uprising against the Syrian puppet government in Lebanon. Syria has also given up a handful of senior Baathist holdovers from the Saadam regime that were living in Syria while coordinating and funding terror ops in Iraq. The ridiculous assertion that the Mossad was behind the assassination seems to be false as all of the players have pointed the stink finger at Syria. It will be interesting to see whether they actually pull out of Lebanon and whether Russia goes through with its plans to sell them AA systems. Curiouser and curiouser.