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Timeline: Assassinations in Lebanon
Several Lebanese politicians and members of the media – mostly those who are anti-Syrian - have been murdered or suffered assassination attempts since the killing of former prime minister Rakif Hariri in February 2005.
- Gulf News report
- Published: 00:00 November 21, 2006
Several Lebanese politicians and members of the media, mostly those who are anti-Syrian, have been murdered or suffered assassination attempts since the killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005.
June 2, 2005: Anti-Syrian journalist and activist Samir Kassir is killed by a bomb placed under his car.
June 21, 2005: Anti-Syrian politician George Hawi, former Communist Party leader, is killed by a bomb placed under his car.
July 12, 2005: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr survives car bombing in north Beirut. Although pro-Syrian, Murr later says he had been threatened by Syrian intelligence chief in Lebanon.
September 25, 2005: Prominent anchorwoman May Chidiac of the leading anti-Syrian TV station LBC loses an arm and a leg from a bomb placed under her car.
December 12, 2005: Gibran Tueni, prominent anti-Syrian newspaper editor and lawmaker, is killed in a car bomb that destroys his vehicle.
November 21, 2006: Pierre Gemayel, the industry minister and a prominent Christian politician, is shot to death by gunmen in a Beirut suburb.
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