HARIRI
TAPED ASSADS THREATS
Rafik
Hariri taped Syrian president Bashar Assad threatening his life
Broadcast
September, 2005 on IsraCast.com
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Assad
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Rafik Hariri, former Lebanese
Prime Minister, was assassinated in Beirut on February 14th,
2005 by a car bomb that killed also ten other people. He
was a member of opposition parties that demanded Syria to
withdraw its troops from Lebanon. While most of the clues
to the bombing point to Damascus, Syria has not yet claimed
responsibility for Hariris murder. |
But
now the French magazine "Intelligence Online" reports
that Rafik Hariri taped Syrian president Bashar Assad threatening
his life during their last meeting in August, 2004. According
to the report, Hariri taped the threat using a recording device
concealed inside a pen, which was given to him by French security
services.
According to the report, Hariri
recorded Assad during a private meeting between the two just
one week before the Lebanese parliament decided - as a result
of heavy pressures made by Syria - to extend the term of President
Emile Lahoud, Assad's ally.
The magazine quoted Assad's
recording: "You should know that Lahoud's term will be
extended in any case
I will not allow you to replace him with
another person."
"You must remember I can destroy Lebanon and you yourself.
If I am forced to leave Lebanon, I will leave ruin and destruction
behind me. Your ally, Walid Jumblatt, had better realize what
fate awaits him. His father's death should serve him as a lesson."
The report also states Hariri
managed to deliver copies of the recording before his assassination
to U.S. President George W. Bush, French President Jacques Chirac,
and Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff.
March 3rd, 2005:
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Prof. Eyal Zisser
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History
of Syrian Terrorism Against Lebanese (from LGIC.org)
The
Syrian army gradually invaded Lebanon starting early
seventies by forming and training Syrian-Palestinian
guerrillas called Sai'qa. They started a civil war in
Lebanon that led to a larger Syrian involvement in Lebanon.
On October 13, 1990 the Syrian army completely occupied
Lebanon capturing the Capital Beirut and the Presidential
palace after air raids. The Syrian forces have been
committing all types of terrorism against the Lebanese
people assassinating their leaders and massacring civilians
for the past three decades. Syrians have formed, trained
and sponsored terrorist groups that carried terrorist
attacks against the Lebanese people, other Arab countries
and Western interests in Lebanon and abroad. Here is
a part of what the Syrian Baath regime have been committing
in occupied Lebanon..
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(February
2005) Assassinatinig Anti-Syrian Opposition leaders
Rafik
Hariri was assassinated in Beirut on February 14 th
, 2005 by a car bomb that killed ten other people.Multi-billionaire
Rafik Hariri was appointed as Prime Minister of occupied
Lebanon for several terms between 1992-2004. His economic
plans for reconstruction and economy reform were conflicting
with the pro-Syrian president “Emile Lahoud”
position . Hariri resigned after a conflict with the
Syrian regime that insisted on renewing the term of
Lahoud. Hariri joined the opposition parties that
demand Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon,
and quit interfering in its politics. The Syrian regime
was frustrated when the most prominent Sunni-Muslim
leader in Lebanon joined the
opposition coalition. The opposition was scheduled
to meet Hariri at his house on February 14, 2005.
His death did not prevent the meeting, they met at
Hariri's apartment and publicly accused the pro-Syrian
government and Damascus of being behind the assassination.
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(October
2004) Assassination Attempt against Anti-Syrian Opposition
leaders
Marwan Hamade, was a Lebanese minister who resigned
from his position protesting the Syrian interference
to renew the term of the Pro-Syrian president in
Lebanon Emile Lahoud. Hmade was the major aid of
Walid Joumblat, the prominent Druze leader, who
joined the opposition parties that demand Syria
to withdraw its troops from Lebanon, and quit interfering
in Lebanese affairs. Hmade Escaped an assassination
attempt by a car bomb in October, 2004.
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(May
2002) Assassinatinig Anti Syrian-occupation Activists
Ramzi
Irani's decomposing body was found in the boot of
his own car in a run-down area of hotels and bars
in the west of the Beirut on May 20, 2002.
Irani was kidnapped in broad daylight in the canter
of Beirut 16:30 local time Tuesday the 7th of May
2002. Irani was a 36-year-old engineer but he was
also the Lebanese University representative of the
Student Committee of the L F.
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(October
1990) Massacring Dany Chamoun and his Family
The
Lebanese Leader Dany Chamoun was brutally killed with
his wife and two children (5 and 7) after the Syrian
completely occupied the capital Beirut.
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(October
13, 1990) Beirut, Ministry of Defense and Presidential
Palace Falls to Syrians : The Syrians commit massacres,
exile the Lebanese Primer and appoint a proxy regime
in Lebanon
On
October 13th, 1990, The Syrian forces launched an
aerial and land attacks on the Lebanese presidential
palace and the Lebanese army headquarters. The Lebanese
army and the people supporting their government could
not resist the vicious attack. The Syrian troops took
over the area committing massacres against the surrendering
Lebanese troops and civilians. Hundreds of people
were killed. More than a hundred Lebanese officers
were shut dead with a bullet in their heads, after
they surrendered themselves. Hundreds of Lebanese
soldiers, civilians and even priests were kidnapped
and transferred to Syrian prisons. The Syrian regular
troops and their proxy guerillas looted the residential
and governmental possessions. The Syrian Intelligence
services put their hands on the Lebanese Ministry
of Defense and transferred its archive, equipment,
computers, maps and strategic historic information.
The Syrian occupation forces appointed a Lebanese
collaborator as a president who formed a pro-Syrian
government in Lebanon, while the legitimate prime
minister of Lebanon was sent to exile in France.
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Syrian
army enters East part of Beirut
Syrian
soldiers posing outside the Lebanese Presidential
Palace
Red
Cross victims,
...executed
Lebanese troops,
....and
civilian victims (October 13, 1990)
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(November,
1989) Assassination of Rene Mouawad
In
its attempts to oppose the Lebanese government, Syria
tried to impose a proxy-government in the Lebanese
regions under its occupation. Syria appointed Rene
Mouawad as a President of the areas it occupies in
Lebanon. When Mouawad tried to conceal with the Lebanese
constitutional government a big dispute grew between
him and the Syrian officers. He was assassinated by
blowing his car in the area occupied by the Syrian
troops in western Beirut on November 22, 1989.
The Syrians later appointed a Lebanese president,
who would not dare refuse their orders, and placed
him in the Lebanese presidential palace after occupying
it in October 1990.
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(May,
1989) Assassination of Mufti Khaled
Mufti
Hassan Khaled, the highest Sunniy-Muslem clerk in
Lebanon, was assassinated by the Syrian intelligence
services after he confronted the Syrian with the UNESCO
massacre. The Mufti indicated that the Syrians are
shelling both the Christian and Muslim sides of Beirut
to instigate a religious conflict.
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(March
1989) Massacring Lebanese civilians at UNESCO, Beirut
The
Syrian army used its heaviest Soviet-made artillery,
Especially these equipped with 240 and 160 millimetres
canons, to pound both the East and the West sides
of Beirut, on March 14, 1989, in a response to the
exceptional support of the Lebanese people for their
constitutional government. Tens of Lebanese were killed
in the onslaught especially in the UNESCO area.
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(August
1987) Assassination of Mohammad Choucair
Dr. Mohammad Choucair, an advisor to Lebanese President
Amine Gemayel was killed inside his home in the Syrian
controlled part of West Beirut on August 2, 1987.
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(November
1986) Syrian persecution of the residents of Tripoli
On
November 22, 1986, the Syrian army kidnapped hundreds
of civilians from the city of Tripoli (largest in
Northern Lebanon) in retaliation for attacks against
Syrian military and intelligence positions. The bodies
of many who were kidnapped were found in the streets
of Tripoli and its suburbs. A week later, the Syrian
Special forces liquidated 34 residents of Tripoli
on charges of "opposition to the Syrians."
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(October
1986) Assassination of Sheikh Soubhi Saleh
Syrian agents murdered the head of the Islamic Shiite
Higher Council, Sheikh Soubhi Saleh, who was shot
in broad daylight on October 7, 1986.
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(September
1982) Assassination of Lebanese President
President
elect Bashir Gmayel (1947-1982) was killed along with
many of his companions in the explosion of his party's
Beirut headquarters on September 14, 1982 by the SSNP
(Syrian Socialist National Party). The assassination
took place nine-days before he was to take office
as the Lebanese President, and before the international
plan of the withdrawal of all the foreign forces from
Lebanese soil was fulfilled. The assassination halted
the Syrian pullout. In the following year, Syrian-sponsored
groups launched suicide bombing attacks against the
peace-keeping US and French forces barracks killing
300 of them. The multinational forces were forced
to leave Lebanon while the Syrian troops advanced
into Beirut.
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(April
1981) Syrians massacres hundreds of students
Syrian
artillery suddenly and furiously bombarded East Beirut
at a time when students were leaving schools to head
home on April 2, 1981. Casualties and injuries were
in the Hundreds.
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(July
1980) Assassination of Riad Taha
The
Syrian intelligence services killed Riad Taha, the
head of the union of editors on July 22, 1980 in their
persecution campaign against free journalism.
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(February
1980) Assassination of Journalist Selim Lowzi
Working on silencing the criticism of the Syrian invasion
of Lebanon, Syria persecuted and assassinated several
Lebanese journalists. Journalist Selim Lowzi was kidnapped
for nine days, but found dead in the forests of Aramoun,
near a checkpoint for the Syrian Special Forces on
February 24, 1980. Lowzi was known for his articles
opposing the Syrian regime.
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(February
1980) Syrian army brutally occupies Lebanese villages
On
February 2, 1980, the Syrian special forces attacked
the village of Knat. The villagers resisted for six
days, but the Syrian forces were able to take over
the village, using heavy bombardment with tanks and
canons killing tens and destroying the village.
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(1978)
Beirut under Syrian artillery assault
On
September 30, 1978, fierce battles took place between
the Syrian army and the residents of East Beirut when
the Syrian forces tried to advance into the area.
The Syrian forces retaliated with heavy artillery
leaving hundreds of innocent civilians dead and many
more injured.
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(June
1978) Kidnapping and killing Lebanese civilians
On June 28, 1978 armed gunmen affiliated with the
Syrian intelligence services attacked the villages
of Ka'a, Ras Baalbeck and Jdeidet El Fekeha, kidnapping
a tens of their residents. Many of them were found
dead while a good number of them remain missing.
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(November
1977) Syrian-sponsored groups attacks Lebanese village
On
November 5, 1977 the Saheka forces attacked the village
of Aishiyeh killing 41 of its residents and displacing
most of the others.
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(March,
1977) Assassination of Kamal Joumblat
Lebanese
leader Kamal Jounblat was assassinated near a Syrian
checkpoint on March 16, 1977, after publicly criticizing
the Syrian invasion of Lebanon. After the Syrians
attempts to spark a sectarian conflict between Christians
and Druze in Chouf region failed, rather that unified
the Lebanese against the Syrian military interference
in Lebanon, Syria assassinated the Druze leader Jounblat
and followed that by killing 250 Christian civilians
in the city.
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(January
1976) The Syrian formed and sponsored groups(Yarmouk
& Sai'qa) attacking Damour city and massacring
its residents, 582 were killed
The
Syrian-formed Saheka Guerrillas and the Syrian-led
Yarmouk Palestinian Guerrillas attacked the Christian
town of Damour on January 21, 1976. 582 civilians
were massacred, while the rest of the residents were
uprooted from their town. Both Christian and Druze
leaders tried in vain to stop the attack, but the
Syrians went in their plans hoping to create a sectarian
strife among the Lebanese in order to distract the
attention to their invasion of the country.
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Yarmouk & Sai'qa guerrillas round up a Lebanese
family outside their burning home.
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2- The same family is taken away by
the guerrillas to meet their fate.
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3- The terrified father is separated
from his family by the gunmen
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4- The father is shot dead in front
of his wife and children
Elderly residents of Damour a moment
before being killed by a Libyan mercenary.
(The photo was taken and sold to Stern magazine by
another Libyan mercenary)
Women
shut dead after being raped
A
massacre of the whole family including babies
Yarmouk
& Sai'qa forces celebrate the capture of the city
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(October
1975) Syrian-sponsored groups attacks Lebanese villages
On
October 9, 1975 Saheka forces attacked the Lebanese
village of Tal Abbas in Akkar killing 15 people and
injuring many others. The local church was set on
fire with the hope of igniting religious strife between
the residents.
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(September
1975) Syrian-sponsored groups attacks villages in
Northern Lebanon
On
September 10, 1975, Syrian-formed Saheka forces attacked
the village of Der Ashash, in Northern Lebanon, killing
three priests and causing its residents to flee. The
following day, Saheka forces and guerrillas from the
Syrian Baath Party attacked the village of Bet Mallat
killing seven of its residents and kidnapping 10 others.
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Thousands
of Lebanese prisoners have died in Syrian prisons
under torture. Till now there are hundreds detained
in Syria without any accusation or trial; some of
them have been there for 27 years.
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ISRACAST, Jerusalem
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