SO... WHO KILLED KAMAL RANAJA?
So, a key player in Hamas is assassinated in Damascus ?
A Hamas member who had ties to al-Mabhouh who the Israelis
did get in Dubai
back in 2010; a bold killing at that!
Ranaja was absolutely on the Israeli target list, but would
they kill him in Damascus ,
a city in the middle of a civil war; a civil war that already has the entire
region on the edge of conflict?
Would Israel
want a truly mid level player in Hamas so bad as to take the risk of activating
a "kill team" inside Damascus ?
My hunch is they would not.
What is really to gain by making this move at this moment in
time?
So, who else would want him dead?
If you guessed Assad, you are more in tune with the dealings
of the region right now than most.
We cannot forget Hamas openly turned it's back on Assad and
that act was bound to cause some level of repercussion.
Now, it's a good knee-jerk reaction for Hamas to point the
finger at Israel .
I would be willing to bet many inside Hamas are pointing the
finger at Assad.
Having said that, is Israel clever enough to know they
could hit this guy and let Assad take the blame?
Don't you just love the drama of world espionage?
What is interesting is the idea of Assad killing a Hamas
member as a message to Hamas.
Messages such as this one are not well received in the Middle East and Hamas will find a way to answer the
message.
I say it was Assad and I say it's just another indication of
how desperate Assad has become.
Let's see what Hamas does.
Things are "hot" right now in Gaza and lower level
units may react to the news before they get the word on what Hamas really believes
happened.
Miscalculations is a common event in the Middle
East and we may be in for yet another one.
