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Assassinated Anti-Syrian Clerics |
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To date their have been 8 anti-Syrian clerics or politicians which have been assassinated since 2005. In all of the killings, all signs point to Syria, but Syria denies involvement in all of these assassinations. This page will keep track of all anti-Syrian clerics which end up being killed. This page was last updated September 20 2007 |
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Antoine Ghanem was killed in a Beirut explosion on September 20, 2007, shortly before planned Lebanese elections.
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On June 13, 2007 Lebanon MP, Walid Eido, was killed in a car explosion, very similar to the one that killed Harriri. Eido 65, was born in 1942 in Lebanon's capital Beirut . Married with 3 children Khaled, Zaher and Mazen. Eido is of the Moslem Sunni faith. He is a member of al Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc which is headed by MP Saad Hariri, son of slain PM Rafik Hariri.
With the death of Eido the anti- Syrian parliament majority has been reduced from 71 to 70. MP Eido was very critical of Hezbollah , the summer war with Israel and the pro-Syrian opposition protest in down town Beirut.
On February 12 the Pro-Hariri MP Eido has claimed the opposition protesters in Beirut have brought "arms, clubs and chains" into their camps "probably to foment trouble."
On April 6, 2007 MP Walid Eido asked Lebanon’s prime minister Fouad Siniora to end the current standoff and replace the resigned Ministers .
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On November 21, 2006, Former Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel was murdered by gunmen who opened fire as his convoy drove through a Christian neighbourhood of Beirut. Mr Gemayel was a member of the Phalange party and supporter of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority, which is locked in a power struggle with pro-Syrian factions led by Hezbollah. Saad Hariri, son of the murdered prime minister, said of the latest assassination: "We believe the hand of Syria is all over the place." |
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Gebran Tueni, an anti-Syrian member of Lebanon's parliament and a prominent journalist, was killed by a powerful car bomb in eastern Beirut on December 12, 2005. Tueni's assassination coincided with the release of the second progress report of a United Nations inquiry into Syria's involvement in the assassination of Rafik Hariri. Before his death, Tueni was campaigning for an international probe into recently discovered mass graves in Anjar next to the main Syrian intelligence headquarters. In his last editorial Tueni accused Syria of committing "crimes against humanity" and blamed them for the mass graves and other atrocities committed in Lebanon during their presence. His articles and editorials in An-Nahar often raised the ire of the Syrians. See full story HERE |
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George Hawi was killed by a bomb blast as he rode in his car police said. He was killed on June 21 2005. Hawi was a politician who was a harsh critic of Syria’s power in Lebanon. The explosion that killed former Communist Party chief George Hawi came a day after Lebanon finished elections in which the anti-Syrian opposition won a majority in parliament, breaking the hold of Damascus’ allies on the legislature.
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Samir Kassir was assassinated using a car bomb in Beirut on June 2, 2005. The investigation into his assassination is still underway, but no one has been indicted yet. Since Kassir had been constantly receiving threats from Lebanese and Syrian intelligence officers, there is widespread speculation in Lebanon that the perpetrators were the Lebanese-Syrian security apparatus or remnants of this force.
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Kurdish leader Sheikh Mohammed Mashouq al-Khaznawi went missing on May 10 2005 and later found dead on June 1 2005. A moderate Islamic cleric who once worked with the Syrian government to temper extremism, Sheikh Khaznawi was emerging as one of its most outspoken critics. He advocated Kurdish rights and democracy, galvanizing many of the 1.7 million Kurds against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. At the same time, Kurds were gaining political power in Iraq, Lebanon was casting Syrian troops out, and the US was criticizing Syria's government.
"[Syrian intelligence] wrote a report saying he ... should be stopped. They said he would start a revolution," says Sheikh Murad Khaznawi, the eldest of Sheikh Mohammed's eight sons.
"The sheikh was a symbol for the Kurdish people and he wanted all the people to unite and struggle peacefully," says Hassan Saleh, secretary-general of Yakiti Party, a banned Kurdish group. There are reports al-Khaznawi had been tortured.
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Rafik Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 1000 kg of TNT were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Hariri's assassination was among the first in a string of at least 5 in which many suspect the Syrian government was involved. Hariri's death sparked what became known as "the cedar revolution". His murder led to the withdrawl of Syrian forces from Lebanon as well as an international investigation into his death. His death has sparked deep division within Lebanon between pro-Syrian and anti-Syrian forces. While Syria denies involvement in Hariri's killing, there are witnesses, including Syria's former Vice President, Abdul Halim Khaddam, who says President Assad threatened Hariri shortly before his death.
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