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SYRIAN MINISTER KANAAN ASKED UN FOR WITNESS PROTECTION! *PIC*
More voices on the alleged 'suicide' of Syrian Min. of Interior Ghazi Kanaan, 63...
Fact is, that he has asked the U.N. investigators for "witness protection".
Aljazeera's correspondent in Syria, Abd al-Hamid Tafwiq, said quoting Syrian sources that Kanaan committed suicide at 11am (Damascus local time) today and his body has been transferred to al-Shami hospital in Damascus.
It was not clear whether he shot himself.
Shortly before his death, Kanaan gave an interview to Sawt Libnan [Voice of Lebanon] radio station, at the end of which he said: "I believe this is the last announcement I can make."
He told the interviewer: "What is being reported about secret] links exists only in the minds of those who spread such reports, to serve their political interests and malicious objectives.
"I hope they will be objective and fear God in what they say."
From DEBKA:...As longtime chief of Syrian military intelligence in Lebanon, he has come under suspicion as co-plotter in the murder of Lebanese leader Rafiq Hariri in the report due for release any day by the UN inquiry commission. As prop of the Assad regime from the days of Bashar’s father, Hafez, Kenaan’s death is a major upset for Damascus. Its occurrence hours before Assad was to go on the air for a landmark CNN interview suggests the president may have been preparing to sacrifice close aides to mute Washington’s pressure on his own policies....
In the radio interview to Voice of Lebanon, Kanaan defended the presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon, saying they had "done their utmost to preserve the unity of Lebanon" during their 29-year deployment. He also accused the media of damaging relations between the two countries - saying that reports since al-Hariri's 14 February assassination, had wronged both himself and the former Lebanese premier.
The killing was widely blamed on Syria, which has repeatedly denied any involvement.
"We have affection and mutual respect for Lebanon ... We have served the interests of Lebanon with dignity," Kanaan said, denying reports in the Lebanese media that he showed the UN investigators cheques paid to him by al-Hariri.
On 20 July, Kanaan was quoted in the Beirut daily As-Safir as saying he had no information on the murder, stressing that military intelligence was only in charge of security for Syrian troops and coordination with Lebanese authorities.
Reportedly Kanaan has asked the UN investigating team to place him on the witness protection list in exchange for information about the murder.
According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Seyassah yesterday, Kenaan "has asked Detlev Mehlis, the head of the UN team, to put him on the protected witnesses list in exchange for information on how the Syrian regime planned the assassination of Hariri."
The newspaper added that its sources in France said that a group of Syrian Army officers "have defected and joined the opposition powers," who are currently preparing to take over power in Syria, betting that the "Assad regime will fall soon."
