Who Gave Doha Accord Guarantees to Stop Assassinations?
National Bloc leader Carlos Eddeh wondered who was behind the assassinations in Lebanon between 2004 and 2008 and who gave March 14 leaders guarantees to live in peace following the Doha Accord.
In an interview published Thursday by the daily An-Nahar, Eddeh said assassinations stopped following what he described as the "Doha miracle."
"Only those defending the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon were targets of assassination or assassination attempts and were forced to live under tight security measures, while March 8 politicians were not subject to any intimidation," he added.
Citing lack of evidence regarding who was behind those assassinations, Eddeh said "we are forced to undertake logical analysis."
"People close to Hizbullah accused Israel of carrying out the assassinations, and the Aounists automatically followed the same path.
"Without any doubt, the Israeli intelligence is very strong and has a history of abolishing its enemies.
"But those who accuse the Israelis also accused those murdered and those who survived assassinations of being Israeli agents.
"Either they are contradicting themselves or they are supporting the hypothesis that says “the Israelis kill their allies in Lebanon and not their enemies”.
"Moreover, the Israelis were not in Doha and did not benefit from this agreement. So why did they (assassinations) stop?
"According to a second hypothesis and to Opposition circles, the terrorist attacks were the work of al-Qaida.
"If correct … this indicates that some sort of an alliance has developed between March 8 forces and al-Qaida, or at least convergence of interests.
Eddeh called, in the absence of any other credible hypothesis, "to remember the threats against Lebanese politicians who were defending Lebanon”s sovereignty and demanding the withdrawal of Syrian troops and non-interference by the Syrian regime in Lebanon”s internal affairs."
"These views were put forth by some of those (political leaders) who attended the Doha meetings," he went on to say. "This explains why everything changed after the return of Lebanese delegations from Qatar as they assured me that I was no longer in danger."