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Had the U.N. been forthright about Oil for Food , there might have been no need last summer for Pentagon auditors to check the strangely high prices on many Oil for Food contracts , and report back that this U.N. relief program had entailed a spree of overpayments for such stuff as Tunisian baby food and Syrian bathroom sets - - overpricing being a route for Saddam 's regime to collect kickbacks from U.N. - approved suppliers . statements on the alleged presence of Syrian intelligence personnel in Lebanon , describing such statements as groundless since Syria has always dealt with Lebanon on very clear ground and nothing has been of secret nature in dealing with Lebanon . In the Mehlis report , section 95 deals with how General Rustom Ghazali , the head of Syrian intelligence in Lebanon , arrogantly dealt with Syria 's " Hariri problem " with a Lebanese official named Mr X , generally believed to be Nabih Berri , the speaker of parliament who is Syria 's number-one man in Lebanon . Gold writes : " But proposals for deep demilitarization into southern Syria would elicit harsh Syrian resistance . Although some experts espouse alternative theories , Islamic Amal / Hezbollah is usually seen as the author , with Iranian and Syrian assistance , of the devastating attacks on US and French forces in Beirut during 1983 . It is possible , though unlikely , that Syria , or perhaps a rogue faction of Syrian intelligence , actually ordered the killing of Pierre Gemayel . They planned the move with Ahmad Jibril , the Palestinian renegade and veteran resistance leader based in Damascus , and top Syrian security officials , including Assad 's brother Maher , his brother-in-law Assef , along with General Hasan Khalil , the director of Syrian intelligence , and Bahjat Sulayman , the director of internal security in Syria . In fact , prior to the eruption of hostilities on July 12 , a series of subversive activities , bearing the fingerprints of Syrian intelligence , almost plunged Lebanon into chaos . Although some experts espouse alternative theories , Islamic Amal / Hezbollah is usually seen as the author , with Iranian and Syrian assistance , of the devastating attacks on American and French forces in Beirut during 1983 . The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) damaged some of Hizballah ’ s arsenal and many of its buildings , but Hizballah ’ s leadership remains unscathed and probably has already replenished its weapons stockpiles with Iranian and Syrian assistance .