Former Leader of Lebanon's Communist Party Assassinated
28 Jun 2005 15:40 GMT
Vigil pictures of George Hawi & Rafik Hariri
On June 21st, 2005 former leader of the Lebanese Community Party, George Hawi was assassinated in a car bomb in the Kola district of Beirut. Hawi, who is widely known as a living symbol of leftist political movements historically in Lebanon, lost his life just two days after Lebanon's parliamentary elections came to an end.
Hawi's death is the latest in a recent string of political assassinations in Lebanon that began with the assassination of Rafik Hariri in February. On June 2nd well-known leftist journalist and half-Palestinian Samir Kassir was also assassinated in the bomb-blast in Beirut. On the scene of the bombing in Beirut many Lebanese leftists gathered, shocked by the bombing and expressing that both Hawi's assassination is a clear indication that well-known leftist political figures in Lebanon are under-attack.
-> To view photos from the demonstration from Beirut IMC visit: http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2005/06/2867.shtml
good! no politician serves the real people anyway!
against all authority 29.Jun.2005 16:50
every politician should be gotten rid of. they are only used for the state's recuperation. no matter how 'revolutionary' they may sound or claim to be. even if they are sincere - representation only silences the rest of us. they can kill a politican, sure, as they should - but if no one tryed to speak for us, that would give us the option of speaking for ourselves. (or even the option of NOT speaking - as the state is nothing but murderers, we have nothing to say to them anyway - no negotation, no compromise)
greener grass
love 01.Jul.2005 01:46
The previous comment sounds like the type of irrational nonsense espoused by a CIA disinformation campaign. Fear, anger, violence equates to just the type of guy who can be controlled. One the media can easily vilify and the police can easily arrest. Get some therapy buddy... or if it is a CIA type goon, get a life. Either way we are waiting for you. You will end up with us anyway. Why make it so hard on yourself. Learn to love now and join the majority. The day the lovers become a minority is the day humanity dies. If you don't understand this don't worry some day you will. When we eke out a life based on disinformation it is dificult to see what beauty we are. When we open up to love information streams into us. Some call it illumination.
President Lahoud's Son-in-Law Elias Murr Survives Assassination Ambush
MARK 12.Jul.2005 22:02
Tuesday 12 July 2005,A powerful bomb blast wounded pro-Syrian caretaker Defence Minister Elias Al-Murr and killed two people north of Beirut on Tuesday, security officials said.
The bomb targeted Murr's motorcade in the busy Christian suburb of Antelias. Security officials said 12 people were also wounded in the explosion, audible for several km (miles).
LBC television station said one of Murr's aides was badly wounded in the attack.
Television pictures showed the smouldering wreckage of several cars almost totally destroyed in the blast. Blood stained the street and building facades were ripped off.
It was the latest in a series of bombings and assassinations in Lebanon since the Feb. 14 killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a Beirut car bomb blast.
The latest explosion occurred as Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora was trying to form Lebanon's first government since Syrian troops withdrew from the country in April.
Although Murr is regarded as pro-Syrian, his father has forged a political alliance with anti-syrian Michel Aoun, a Christian former general who returned in May after 14 years of forced exile for leading a revolt against the Syrian military presence.
Aoun and his supporters won 21 seats in Lebanon's recent parliamentary election, the first since the Syrian pullout.
President Lahoud's Son-in-Law Elias Murr Survives Assassination Ambush
POLINDO 12.Jul.2005 22:58
Tuesday 12 July 2005 A powerful bomb blast wounded pro-Syrian caretaker Defence Minister Elias Al-Murr and killed two people north of Beirut on Tuesday, security officials said
The bomb targeted Murr's motorcade in the busy Christian suburb of Antelias. Security officials said 12 people were also wounded in the explosion, audible for several km (miles).
LBC television station said one of Murr's aides was badly wounded in the attack.
Television pictures showed the smouldering wreckage of several cars almost totally destroyed in the blast. Blood stained the street and building facades were ripped off.
It was the latest in a series of bombings and assassinations in Lebanon since the Feb. 14 killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a Beirut car bomb blast.
The latest explosion occurred as Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora was trying to form Lebanon's first government since Syrian troops withdrew from the country in April.
Although Murr is regarded as pro-Syrian, his father has forged a political alliance with Michel Aoun, a Christian former general who returned in May after 14 years of forced exile for leading a revolt against the Syrian military presence.
Aoun and his supporters won 21 seats in Lebanon's recent parliamentary election, the first since the Syrian pullout.