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Khaddam: Assef Shawkat Under House Arrest

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Sunday, 06 April 2008

Maj. Gen. Assef Shawkat, head of Syria's military intelligence and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law, is under house arrest, former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam said in remarks published Sunday. Speaking from his self-imposed exile in France, Khaddam said Shawkat's house is under security watch and he is banned from traveling. He said Assad decided to tighten the noose around Shawkat since June 2005, four months after the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri. Khaddam believed Assad "benefited" from the assassination of top Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus Feb. 12 to remove Shawkat from his post and appoint his cousin Brig. Gen. Hafez Makhlouf with the task of taking charge of Mughniyeh's probe. Khaddam stressed that the bomb was planted inside Mughniyeh's car, adding that the assassination of the Hizbullah commander took place in a "security area" under Shawkat's control. He said Shawkat, who was head of the probe into Mughniyeh's murder, was removed from his post after declaring that the explosion took place inside the car, an "indication that the murderers were from Syria." "Brig. Gen. Hafez Makhlouf took over from Assef Shawkat, then they sat wondering who to accuse," Khaddam said. He said the Syrian regime had attempted to assassinate Mughniyeh through Gen. Ali Mamlouk, head of Syria's General Intelligence Department, "who was personally tasked with this mission."

 

 

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