IT'S THE JEEEEWWWWSSSS, PART II

FRIDAY, I POSTED A STORY ABOUT HOW SYRIA ASSASSINATED RAFIK HARINI, A FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER. HE HAD SUPPORTED LEBANESE INDEPENDENCE FROM SYRIA. HE WAS ALSO A GOOD FRIEND OF JACQUES CHIRAC, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING TO FREE LEBANON FROM SYRIA. THE US RECALLED ITS AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST THE ASSASSINATION.IT DIDN'T TAKE SYRIA LONG TO TRY TO SHIFT THE BLAME FOR THE KILLING TO........ISRAEL.

WELL, THE SYRIANS ARE NO LONGER ALONE. NOW, THE TORONTO SUN'S ERIC MARGOLIS HAS THE FOLLOWING TO SAY:

Israel is determined to get revenge on Hezbollah, which defeated its attempts to turn Lebanon into an Israeli protectorate and drove Israeli occupation forces from Lebanon -- a small but vicious war this writer saw firsthand. Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's rightist Likud Party may be renewing previous efforts to bring Lebanon back into Israel's sphere of influence. For the past quarter century, Syria and Israel have waged a dirty war of bombings and assassinations to dominate Lebanon and Jordan.

OF COURSE, JUST LAST WEEK, MARGOLIS SUGGESTED THAT ISRAEL POISONED ARAFAT, SO TAKE HIS OPINIONS WITH JUST A GRAIN OF SALT.