The funeral in Beirut yesterday of Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan and the violent anti-government protest which followed were reminders of Syria’s enduringly pernicious influence on Lebanese affairs. Investigations by the head of internal security, who was assassinated on Friday, had led to the arrest in August of Michel Samaha, a pro-Syrian former information minister, on charges of plotting a bomb attack in the north of the country.
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