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October 18, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/rebels-kill-top-syrian-intelligence-chief/2013/10/17/7956dd66-3761-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html

Rebels Kill Top Syrian Intelligence Chief

(Washington Post) Loveday Morris - Gen. Jameh Jameh, 59, a senior Syrian intelligence chief, was fatally shot by rebel forces near his home in Deir al-Zour, the opposition and Syrian state media said Thursday. Jameh was frequently linked to the 2005 car-bomb assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. "Gen. Jameh Jameh has been a household name of terror in the province even before the uprising," said Hassan Hassan, a Syria analyst for the Abu Dhabi-based National newspaper and a native of the province. "After the uprising, he was even more brutal, running an intricate web of informants and agents. People across Deir al-Zour are celebrating his death." In 2011, the EU imposed sanctions on Jameh for being "directly involved in violence against the civilian population."

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