Lebanese Leader George Hawi assassinated

Ya Libnan ^ | 21 June 2005

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Lebanon has suffered too much bloodshed already. The killing must stop.

[ChadGore]

ROPMA

[ChadGore]

Can this be true ? The enemies of liberation must be stopped.

[Dallas59]

Muslim politics at play again. No doubt they will blame the Israels for this. Why, I don't know. I don't think Israel wants Syria in it's backyard any longer.

[phoenix_004]

Syria should stop meddling in the internal affairs of lebanon.....the elctions are ample proof that the people of lebanon want syrian involvement to end.

[ChadGore]

can we get a second source here ?

[xJones]

But this won't make world headline news, because an American at Gitmo didn't allegedly flush a Koran down a toilet. One more Muslim Lebanese leader gets killed by Syrian Muslims....and it won't matter over there.

[alloysteel]

I cannot see where a conscious agent of Communist rule is in any way a means to "liberation". So maybe the individual was a former secretary of the Communist party in Lebanon. Still, the mind-set remains, authoritarian rule without regard for accommodating other points of view.

[timsbella]

When they announced Hariri's son (father also done for by the Syrians) was ahead in the polls on the 19th, I had the feeling he might be next. I don't doubt he's on the list of "must go" candidates too. The Syrian military may be gone, but their sharks are still swimming in the crowds...

[Simmy2.5]

True. Could be case of, bad vs. bad. Communist vs. Islamic Fundamentalist.

Still, doesn't mean he should be killed for it. After all, a true freedom fighter are targets as well by these crazed terrorist.

[andyandval]

It's on the front page of the NYTimes.

NYT Story

[ChadGore]

Bomb Kills Anti-Syrian Politician in Beirut

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: June 21, 2005

A former Communist Party chief who was a harsh critic of Syrian meddling in Lebanese affairs was killed by a bomb as he rode in his car Tuesday, police said.

[ChadGore]

ty for the other source.

[Dog]

Chad I saw this story from another source on Google...its true.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

From whatever malevolent sea these sharks lurk from, they should be removed from the Waters of Lebanon.

[ChadGore]

ty dog;

http://news.google.com/?ncl=http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/06/21/lebanon-killing050621.html&hl=en

[ChadGore]

Time internationalise the country of Syria.

Forces from every UN country need to occupy Damascus.

It's clear to me now that govrnment is neither willing nor able to reign in their terrorist killers.

[timsbella]

Agreed, but the US has to finish the clean up in Iraq and possibly Iran first. Democracy will spread and I have hope for Lebanon (of all the arab countries). I have known some fine people from there who still keep postcards from the early 70s when it was simply gorgeous.

[ChadGore]

How will our American press handle this ?