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A guy of this caliber is usually killed on the hands of his closest friends/allies or his most sworn enemies. If they don't already, I beleive HA will know for sure and in due time who killed the man. If the americans/israelis, then they already know the why. If the syrians, then it's a more serious message to HA and in that case we may not know what's behind such message for now, but will soon, very soon.

My own wild guess: A lot of millions of $$$$ were paid to elements within the syrian intelligence forces to execute the operation without the approval of Bashar. Money allways rule and have the ability to facilitate the penetration of almost every tightly sealed system by foreign powers, including the North Korean.