Juan Cole thinks that Hariri might have been assassinated by Al Qaeda.
In fariness, I should point out that he is offering it as a possibility, he isn't saying that Al Qaeda did it.
Basically, Al Qaeda's motive in doing so would be to remove a politician who is friendly to Saudi Arabia. Remember, overthrowing the Saudi princes is the primary goal of Al Qaeda.
I had considered the possibility that the Saudis might have done it myself, as a way to de-stabilize Syria and thus weaken the Shiite position in the Middle East. I don't think I blogged on this, although I had blogged an alternate theory that some faction in Lebanon had done it.
That is all.
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