Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office on Wednesday, officials said, three weeks after he was questioned by a U.N. team probing the killing of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
About an hour before Kanaan was believed to have placed a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger, he called a Lebanese radio station to comment on Syrian-Lebanese ties, ending with the words: "I think this is the last statement I might give."
Shortly before news of Kanaan's death broke, President Bashar al-Assad told CNN Syria was not involved in Hariri's death and that he could never have ordered it. YEAH RIGHT
Asked if Syrian officials would have ordered the killing without his knowledge, he said: "I don't think so. If it happened then it's treason.
"If (Syrians) are implicated they should be punished. International (court) or Syrian, whatever."
U.S. President George W. Bush declined to comment on Kanaan, but said Syria was still far too involved in Lebanon.
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About an hour before Kanaan was believed to have placed a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger, he called a Lebanese radio station to comment on Syrian-Lebanese ties, ending with the words: "I think this is the last statement I might give."
Shortly before news of Kanaan's death broke, President Bashar al-Assad told CNN Syria was not involved in Hariri's death and that he could never have ordered it. YEAH RIGHT

Asked if Syrian officials would have ordered the killing without his knowledge, he said: "I don't think so. If it happened then it's treason.
"If (Syrians) are implicated they should be punished. International (court) or Syrian, whatever."
U.S. President George W. Bush declined to comment on Kanaan, but said Syria was still far too involved in Lebanon.
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