This information appeared on the web not that long ago:
Gebran Tueni Reveals He Tops an Assassination List in Lebanon
Monday, August 29, 2005
Beirut lawmaker Gebran Tueni said from Paris Monday that his name was listed among Lebanese politicians and journalists marked for assassination. Tueni made the revelation in a live telephone interview with LBCI, as well as Al-Hurra satellite and the Paris-based Al-Sharq radio saying the death list containing his name was passed to him by the U.N. commission investigating ex-Premier Hariri's assassination through Lebanese authorities.
And this is what happened today.
Beirut blast kills anti-Syria MP
Beirut lawmaker Gebran Tueni said from Paris Monday that his name was listed among Lebanese politicians and journalists marked for assassination. Tueni made the revelation in a live telephone interview with LBCI, as well as Al-Hurra satellite and the Paris-based Al-Sharq radio saying the death list containing his name was passed to him by the U.N. commission investigating ex-Premier Hariri's assassination through Lebanese authorities.
And this is what happened today.
Beirut blast kills anti-Syria MP
Monday, December 12, 2005
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- A journalist and anti-Syrian member of Lebanon's parliament was killed Monday morning when a massive car bomb exploded in an eastern Beirut suburb, opposition officials told CNN.
A Red Cross worker at the scene said four people died in the blast. Gebran Tueni, the head of An-Nahar newspaper, died in the explosion, which destroyed more than half a dozen vehicles and shattered windows in buildings for hundreds of meters. A high-ranking Lebanese security source said Tueni's cell phone and laptop computer were found at the site of the bombing.
Journalist Anthony Mills called it "a scene of destruction," saying windows were broken in buildings for hundreds of meters.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- A journalist and anti-Syrian member of Lebanon's parliament was killed Monday morning when a massive car bomb exploded in an eastern Beirut suburb, opposition officials told CNN.
A Red Cross worker at the scene said four people died in the blast. Gebran Tueni, the head of An-Nahar newspaper, died in the explosion, which destroyed more than half a dozen vehicles and shattered windows in buildings for hundreds of meters. A high-ranking Lebanese security source said Tueni's cell phone and laptop computer were found at the site of the bombing.
Journalist Anthony Mills called it "a scene of destruction," saying windows were broken in buildings for hundreds of meters.
Well, so much for that. It seems that the Syrians are not quite 'out' yet.
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