Who is Targetting UNIFIL?

Some people say I immediately rush to accuse Syria (I pointed fingers on twitter as soon as I heard about the explosion). They say that for fairness’ and objectivity’s sake, I should consider the possibility that this is a “criminal act” or a terrorist act by Alqaeda.

I’m having none of that. I don’t have hard evidence, but consider the following:

• An attack on the UNIFIL took place while leaders in the G8 were considering sanctions on Syria in the UN Security Council, the same body that created UNIFIL
• Lebanese pro-Syrian politicians like Wi2am Wahhab have a habit of threatening UNIFIL publicly if Syria was “targeted”
• The Syrian foreign minister said that “Europe made a mistake” in sanctioning Assad. The UNIFIL soldiers targeted today were Europeans.
• Before that, Rami Makhlouf, the Syrian president’s cousin clumsily threatened to cause regional instability if the regime is endangered
• The party that is most interested in shaking things up now and changing the topic is Syria.

I say the burden is on Syrian regime to prove it didn’t do it..