TomPaine.com - Blogs: "The assassination of Rafik Hariri, the Saudi-connected billionaire, could have been carried out by any number of factions�from personal, business enemies of Hariri�s, Hezbollah, other Shiite factions, Syrian intelligence, Israeli intelligence, Iran and even some factions in Iraq. To believe that Syria did it�thus making itself is the instant target of U.S. wrath�seems ludicrous. More likely, to speculate, it seems that the murder was carried out specifically as a provocation to embarrass Syria and to provide Washington with a pretext to do what it wants to do anyway: Regime Change II."