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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 328 

Condemning the assassination on September 19, 2007, of Antoine Ghanem, 

a member of the Parliament of Lebanon who opposed Syrian interference 

in Lebanon. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 

Mr. REID (for Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. SUNUNU)) 

submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the assassination on September 19, 2007, of 

Antoine Ghanem, a member of the Parliament of Lebanon who opposed Syrian interference in Lebanon. 

Whereas Antoine Ghanem and at least 6 others were killed 

in a car-bomb attack in the Sin el-Fil suburb of Beirut 

on September 19, 2007; 

Whereas Mr. Ghanem was a member of the Parliament of 

Lebanon from the Lebanese Kataeb Party representing 

the Baabda and Aley districts of Mount Lebanon; 

Whereas Mr. Ghanem is the 6th member of the Parliament 

of Lebanon who had opposed Syrian interference in Lebanon to be assassinated since February 2005, including 

former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri, former 

Economy and Trade Minister Bassel Fleihan, Gebran 


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Tueni, Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, and Walid 

Eido; 

Whereas other prominent figures in Lebanon who have opposed Syrian interference in that country have also been 

assassinated in the same time period, including politician 

George Hawi and journalist Samir Kassir, while others 

have escaped assassination attempts, including Defense 

Minister Elias Murr, Telecommunications Minister 

Marwan Hamadeh, and television presenter May Chidiac; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1757 of 

May 30, 2007, created a special international tribunal to 

try suspects in the assassinations of former Prime Minister Hariri and others; 

Whereas, by agreement between the United Nations and Lebanon, the special international tribunal can receive jurisdiction for other attacks in Lebanon that ‘‘are of a nature and gravity similar to the attack of 14 February 

2005’’; and 

Whereas these continuing assassinations are intended to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon and damage its fragile democratic institutions: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses its deepest condolences to the 

3 families of Antoine Ghanem and other victims of the 

4 attack of September 19, 2007, as well as to all the 

5 people of Lebanon; 

6 (2) condemns in the strongest terms this cow7 ardly attack and urges that its perpetrators, includVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:27 Sep 25, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR328.ATS SR328

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1 ing any state sponsor or official, be held accountable 

2 for their crimes; 

3 (3) underscores its full support for the special 

4 international tribunal and urges the United Nations 

5 Security Council to extend its jurisdiction to include 

6 the Ghanem assassination; 

7 (4) urges the President to increase coordination 

8 with key partners in Europe and the Middle East to 

9 more actively support the sovereignty of Lebanon 

10 and strengthen its governing institutions and secu11 rity forces; and 

12 (5) reasserts its strong belief that the people of 

13 Lebanon should be permitted to choose their next 

14 president, in a process scheduled to begin in Sep15 tember 2007, free from all foreign intimidation, in16 terference, and violence. 

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