UNIV. OF CALIF IRVINE PROFESSOR THINKS ISRAEL KILLED LEBANESE CABINET MINISTER

LAST WEEK "SOMEONE" KILLED THE ANTI-SYRIAN INDUSTRY MINISTER OF LEBANON, PIERRE GEMAYEL. EVERYONE ASSUMES THAT "SOMEONE" WAS SYRIA. AFTER ALL, THEY'VE MADE A HABIT OF THIS SORT OF THING IN LEBANON OVER THE YEARS. OF COURSE SYRIA DENIES INVOLVEMENT AND BLAMES... ISRAEL. IRAN (WHICH BACKS HEZBOLLAH'S EFFORTS TO OVERTHROW THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT) ALSO BLAMES ISRAEL. SO FAR, THEY'VE ONLY FOUND ONE PERSON IN THE WEST TO AGREE WITH THEM: AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: UCI Professor Mark LeVine: Only The Jews Could Have Killed Pierre Gemayel. A VISIT TO LeVine'S FACULTY WEBPAGE SHOWS THAT HIS KOOKY POSITION IS NO ABERATION. LET HIM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK HERE: mlevine@uci.edu