Nadim Shehadi, Arab Media Watch adviser and a Middle East expert at Chatham House, was quoted in an article by Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black, entitled "Tension grows between Syria and Lebanon after bombings," and published on 1 October 2008. He was quoted as saying:

"It is possible that there is no connection between the incidents in Tripoli and Damascus. But the perception in Lebanon is that terrorists who cross the border and blow themselves up are sent from Damascus. And in Syria, they are keen to show that Lebanon cannot function without them and that when they were in charge there they managed to keep a lid on all these terrorist groups."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/01/syria.lebanon