Lebanese Official Assassinated in Beirut
By Anthony Shadid, Howard Schneider and Debbi WilgorenWashington Post Staff WritersTuesday, November 21, 2006; 2:42 PM
BEIRUT, Nov. 21 -- Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, a vocal opponent of Syrian involvement in the country and a leader of the country's Maronite Christian minority, was assassinated in Beirut Tuesday, intensifying an already volatile situation and pushing the country's government a step closer to collapse.
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora later told the nation in a televised address that the killing "will not intimidate us" but will increase the government's determination to go ahead with an international tribunal to try those responsible for last year's assassination of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Gemayel, 34, was gunned down Tuesday morning as his car drove through a Christian suburb, his sedan riddled with bullet holes. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital shortly after 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. EST), and a distraught crowd quickly gathered to wait for information of his condition.
No official announcement was made in the crowded lobby, but word soon spread that the young Cabinet minister was dead. >>>cont
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BEIRUT, Nov. 21 -- Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, a vocal opponent of Syrian involvement in the country and a leader of the country's Maronite Christian minority, was assassinated in Beirut Tuesday, intensifying an already volatile situation and pushing the country's government a step closer to collapse.
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora later told the nation in a televised address that the killing "will not intimidate us" but will increase the government's determination to go ahead with an international tribunal to try those responsible for last year's assassination of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Gemayel, 34, was gunned down Tuesday morning as his car drove through a Christian suburb, his sedan riddled with bullet holes. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital shortly after 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. EST), and a distraught crowd quickly gathered to wait for information of his condition.
No official announcement was made in the crowded lobby, but word soon spread that the young Cabinet minister was dead. >>>cont
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