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Titolo: Lebanese minister assassinated in attack on convoy (Reuters)

Adesso vediamo come se la cavano il governo e il PM italiani, quegli 
strenui difensori del Libano, e sostenitori del dialogo...
Am.
Lebanese minister assassinated in attack on convoy
By Nadim Ladki
55 minutes ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, 
an outspoken critic of
Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.
Gunmen rammed their car into Gemayel's vehicle, then leapt out and 
riddled it with bullets as his convoy drove through the Christian Sin 
el-Fil neighborhood, witnesses said. Gemayel, 34, was rushed to hospital 
where he later died of his wounds.
Local television footage showed angry and weeping supporters gathering 
at the hospital.
The killing is certain to heighten tensions in Lebanon amid a deep 
political crisis pitting the anti-Syrian majority against the 
pro-Damascus opposition led by Hezbollah, which is determined to topple 
what it sees as a pro-U.S. government.
"We believe the hand of Syria is all over the place," Saad al-Hariri, 
son of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, said from 
Beirut shortly after Gemayel was shot dead.
"Syria strongly condemns the killing," the official Syrian news agency 
SANA said. Hezbollah official Ahmed Melli said the Shi'ite group also 
condemned it.
Gemayel, elected to parliament in 2000 and again in 2005, is the third 
Lebanese anti-Syrian figure to be assassinated since Hariri's killing in 
February 2005.
Gemayel, industry minister, was a member of the Christian Phalange Party 
founded by his grandfather and the son of former President Amin Gemayel. 
His uncle Bashir Gemayel was killed in September 1982 after he was 
elected president during
Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
Pierre, like his father and late uncle, was a strong opponent of the 
influence of Syria, who many Lebanese blame for the assassination of 
former prime minister Hariri.
Hariri's son Saad, who is parliamentary majority leader, interrupted a 
news conference to announce the shooting of Gemayel. "They want to kill 
every free person," he said.
"INTIMIDATION"
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said it was a "very sad day 
for Lebanon." "We were shocked by this assassination. We view it as an 
act of terrorism and we also view it as an act of intimidation," he said.
Anti-Syrian Christian leader Samir Geagea said on Friday efforts to 
topple the government could lead to assassination attempts on cabinet 
ministers.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Tuesday his depleted 
cabinet was legitimate despite the resignation of six pro-Syrian 
ministers, and warned that any anti-government protests could turn 
violent.
With Gemayel's death, the resignation or death of two more ministers 
would bring down Siniora's government.
Pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies are preparing to take to the streets 
to topple Siniora's government, which they accuse of being allied with 
the United States, arguing that it has lost its legitimacy since Shi'ite 
Muslims are no longer represented.
The depleted cabinet last week approved draft U.N. statutes for a 
tribunal to try the killers of Hariri despite the resignations of the 
pro-Syrian ministers.
Many Lebanese blame Syria for the killing of Hariri in a suicide truck 
bombing last year. Damascus denies involvement. A U.N. commission 
investigating the assassination has implicated senior Lebanese and 
Syrian security officials.

 strenui difensori del Libano, e sostenitori del dialogo...
Speriamo che finalmente revochino l'accordo di collaborazione militare
Italia-Israele. Da questi eventi si deduce che i sionisti non hanno
molti riguardi per i propri alleati, se a farli fuori si ricava qualche
vantaggio propagandistico e si infiammano gli animi
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