Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Assassinations

February 14, 2005, assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a car bomb explosion.

June 2, 2005, the journalist and historian Samir Kassir, also a founding member of the Democratic Left Movement was assassinated by a car bomb.

June 21, 2005, George Hawi, the former Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist Party was also assassinated by a car bomb in Beirut.

September 25, 2005, failed assassination attempt on a Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation news anchor, May Chidiac. She lost her left leg below the knee and received severe injuries to her left arm, later resulting in the amputation of her left hand.

Decmber 12, 2005, editor-in-chief and CEO of the An-Nahar newspaper, journalist Gebran Tueni, was assassinated by a car bomb in the suburbs of Beirut.

November 21, 2006, Pierre Gemayel, 34, minister for industry, was shot in his car.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

its become a damn trend. if u cant beat him in politics, just kill him!

Anonymous said...

we cant just get rid of this...its a nightmare for lebanon....i was at the hariri blast..thks God i'm still alive!

Anonymous said...

The point is, who is behind all those assassinations !?

Anonymous said...

welcome back sita... maze u were at the hariri blast? where? how?