The assassination quickly widened the gap between the Lebanese political factions and further polarized the political scene to a threatening level.

KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION

Murder, espionage, assassination.

Exposure and assassination.

In the same text, it also condemned the assassination of the political leader George Hawi, assassinated on 21 June in Beirut.

In addition, the assassination of Mr. Hariri seems to have unlocked the gates of political upheavals that were simmering throughout the last year.

This was, in fact, an assassination.

The Commission maintains the view expressed in its earlier report that there were a number of personal and political motives for the assassination of Mr. Hariri.

First, I would like to point out that the report is clearly influenced by the political climate prevailing in Lebanon after the assassination of former Prime Minister Hariri.

The assassination of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon

The consequences of the assassination could be far reaching.

Immediately after the assassination, the political spectrum was divided between opposition and loyalty camps, crystallizing around the position towards the current Lebanese Government President and the existing Syrian Lebanese relationship.

Two weeks after the assassination, large numbers of Lebanese took to the streets to express a combination of grief, anger, anxiety and political opposition to the Syrian involvement in Lebanese affairs.

A review of Mr. Al Hariri's last statements prior to his criminal assassination on 14 February 2005 shows his great desire to maintain personal and political relations with the Syrian leadership.

Clearly, Mr. Hariri's assassination took place against the backdrop of his power struggle with the Syrian Arab Republic, regardless of who carried out the assassination and with what aim.

It is also the Mission's conclusion that the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic bears primary responsibility for the political tension that preceded the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Mr. Hariri.

Second, it is also the Mission's view that the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic bears primary responsibility for the political tension that preceded the assassination of former Prime Minister, Mr. Hariri.

The assassination of Mr. Hariri had an earthquake like impact on Lebanon.

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Warlords and their followers threatened independent women candidates with violence and even assassination.

The families of the victims as well as political leaders from different political and communal backgrounds, including officials and members of the Government, have all indicated that the formation of an international and independent investigation commission is the only way to uncover the truth about the assassination of Mr. Hariri.

His rule was associated with grave human rights violations, including assassination, arbitrary arrest and rape

Had he not escaped, he would have been the victim of an assassination or disappearance.

In the years preceding August 1914, until the assassination of the archduke, the global economy performed relatively well trade expanded worldwide, financial markets seemed healthy, and the business community shrugged off political problems as either temporary or irrelevant. It was a political breakdown that led to three terrible decades for the world economy.

However, it is clear that the assassination took place in a political and security context marked by acute polarization around the Syrian influence in Lebanon and the failure of the Lebanese State to provide adequate protection for its citizens.

However, it is clear that the assassination took place in a political and security context marked by acute polarization around the Syrian influence in Lebanon and the failure of the Lebanese State to provide adequate protection for its citizens.

In Afghanistan, for example, they have been the targets of abduction, assassination or improvised explosive devices.

That assassination caused great grief for our nation, and the repercussions were felt throughout the world.

Yet a peaceful democratic transition may actually happen. Following an assassination attempt by an aide de camp, Dadis Camara fled the country, and the interim junta leader, General Sékouba Konaté, allowed the opposition political parties to appoint a civilian prime minister.

Following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and its effect on the short term economic outlook, Lebanon faces enormous challenges in keeping public debt on a sustainable path, when high unemployment and political tensions permit little flexibility in policymaking.

Just one month prior to his assassination, it was reported that Ayatollah al Gharawi had been harassed and warned by the Iraqi authorities to cease leading prayers, despite the fact that Ayatollah al Gharawi had never been involved in political activity.

The consequences of Mr. Hariri's assassination are, in their view, obviously unfavourable to the Syrian Arab Republic.

2.3 According to the author, members of the Security Service were subsequently arrested in connection with the assassination attempt, but the authorities suspected the author and those others arrested of being accomplices in the assassination plot by diverting attention away from those responsible.

In Afghanistan, for example, United Nations staff continued to be targets of abduction, assassination or improvised explosive devices.

UNIIIC has also been approached by a number of new witnesses with potentially critical information about the assassination.

At the moment of his assassination, Mr. Hariri's protection was ensured almost entirely by his private security team.

Fear of assassination... fear of disloyalty, fear of rebellion, fear of a... another clemente hiding in the hills.

The African Group expresses shock and dismay following the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister, Mr. Rafik Hariri.

The perpetrators of the assassination attempt were not identified, and a general feeling prevailed that they would not be.

His assassination, therefore, begs the question of the level of protection provided to him by the Lebanese security apparatus.

One Palestinian witness told reporters at the scene of the killing that the shooting amounted to an outright assassination.

The analysis also reviews the telephone contacts of the 19 suspects immediately prior to, during and immediately after the assassination.

The recent assassination of one of Saddam Hussein's defence lawyers demonstrated the extent to which his concerns were well founded.

The Council also welcomed the determination of the Government of Lebanon to bring the perpetrators of the assassination to justice.