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Why Did’nt Nassrallah Trust Syria With Moughnieh’s body?

April 14, 2008 · Mustapha Hamoui

March 14 media are reporting that Hezbollah’s leader has ordered the transfer of Moughnieh’s body before Syrian Intelligence could get to see it. Why ?

Almustaqbal and lebanese-forces.com both attribute the news to the official Iranian FARS news agency, ( although I couldn’t find any such story on the agency’s English website and their search engine appears to be broken -update: Danny in the comments confirms that the FARS news agency did post the story in Arabic.)-

If the story is true, it could mean that the party of God doesn’t trust the Syrians either because they believe they killed him, or simply because they don’t want to be blackmailed by the Assad regime for the body.

Also, depending on your favorite conspiracy, this could mean that Moughnieh didn’t really die, and that Hezbollah simply wanted people to think he was dead to “release him” from his stressful lifestyle and watchful eyes.

But there’s also the possibility that this is simply a propaganda item in March 14’s long-term plan to drive a wedge between Syria and Iran.