"...Then there is the question of whether Assef Shawkat really died today, or in fact two months ago. In May, stories circulated that several members of the Assad inner circle had been poisoned and were hospitalized. Some opposition sources claimed Shawkat died back then. According to usually knowledgeable Lebanese and Syrian sources, people in Shawkat's home village of Al-Mahdama in Tartus province have been wearing black for the last several weeks as a sign of mourning for him. "Maybe this bombing was just a convenient way for the Assads to make the announcement of Shawkat's death official," said one Lebanese analyst who asked to remain anonymous..."
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The Bizzaro world: "Maybe this bombing was just a convenient way for the Assads to make the announcement of Shawkat's death official"
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The so-called 'lebanese analyst' claiming that Shawkat has been dead for few months must be an addict to internet idiocies that circulated a photoshop work of Shawkat's death.
Shawkat was alive until this morning blast and such nonesense smelling conspiracy theories should be put to rest.
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