Lebanese Leaders Urge Calm Following Gemayel Assassination
Lebanese leaders are urging calm while the country observes three days of mourning following Tuesday's assassination of an anti-Syrian cabinet member.
Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was shot in a Beirut suburb in an attack anti-Syrian Lebanese leaders blame on Syria. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora says the country will not be intimidated. Gemayel's father Amin, a former Lebanese president, urged restraint as protesters took to the streets in parts of Beirut.
Mourners also gathered in Bikfaya, where Gemayel's coffin was brought to his family's home. Lebanon canceled all festivities for its Independence Day today (Wednesday).
The international community condemned the assassination. The United States called the killing an act of intimidation against Lebanon's elected government.
Gemayel is the latest anti-Syrian politician to be assassinated in Lebanon in the past two years. Syria has denied any role in any of the killings.
黎巴嫩領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人敦促民眾保持冷靜。與此同時(shí)，黎巴嫩舉國上下為星期二被刺殺的反敘利亞內(nèi)閣成員杰馬耶勒舉行三天的哀悼。
黎巴嫩工業(yè)部長杰馬耶勒是在貝魯特郊外遭到槍擊，反敘利亞的黎巴嫩領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人認(rèn)為敘利亞制造了這起事件。黎巴嫩總理西尼烏拉說，黎巴嫩不會(huì)被嚇倒。杰馬耶勒的父親、黎巴嫩前總統(tǒng)阿明敦促民眾保持克制，與此同時(shí)*者走上街頭，在貝魯特的部分地區(qū)**。
悼念者聚集現(xiàn)在比克費(fèi)亞，杰馬耶勒的靈柩已經(jīng)被送回他在比克費(fèi)亞的家中。黎巴嫩取消了原定星期三獨(dú)立日的所有慶?；顒?dòng)。
國際社會(huì)譴責(zé)這次暗殺行動(dòng)。美國說這次暗殺是對(duì)黎巴嫩民選政府的恫嚇。
杰馬耶勒是兩年來在黎巴嫩被殺害的幾名反敘利亞政治人士之一。敘利亞否認(rèn)與暗殺事件有關(guān)。
Lebanese leaders are urging calm while the country observes three days of mourning following Tuesday's assassination of an anti-Syrian cabinet member.
Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was shot in a Beirut suburb in an attack anti-Syrian Lebanese leaders blame on Syria. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora says the country will not be intimidated. Gemayel's father Amin, a former Lebanese president, urged restraint as protesters took to the streets in parts of Beirut.
Mourners also gathered in Bikfaya, where Gemayel's coffin was brought to his family's home. Lebanon canceled all festivities for its Independence Day today (Wednesday).
The international community condemned the assassination. The United States called the killing an act of intimidation against Lebanon's elected government.
Gemayel is the latest anti-Syrian politician to be assassinated in Lebanon in the past two years. Syria has denied any role in any of the killings.
黎巴嫩領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人敦促民眾保持冷靜。與此同時(shí)，黎巴嫩舉國上下為星期二被刺殺的反敘利亞內(nèi)閣成員杰馬耶勒舉行三天的哀悼。
黎巴嫩工業(yè)部長杰馬耶勒是在貝魯特郊外遭到槍擊，反敘利亞的黎巴嫩領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人認(rèn)為敘利亞制造了這起事件。黎巴嫩總理西尼烏拉說，黎巴嫩不會(huì)被嚇倒。杰馬耶勒的父親、黎巴嫩前總統(tǒng)阿明敦促民眾保持克制，與此同時(shí)*者走上街頭，在貝魯特的部分地區(qū)**。
悼念者聚集現(xiàn)在比克費(fèi)亞，杰馬耶勒的靈柩已經(jīng)被送回他在比克費(fèi)亞的家中。黎巴嫩取消了原定星期三獨(dú)立日的所有慶?；顒?dòng)。
國際社會(huì)譴責(zé)這次暗殺行動(dòng)。美國說這次暗殺是對(duì)黎巴嫩民選政府的恫嚇。
杰馬耶勒是兩年來在黎巴嫩被殺害的幾名反敘利亞政治人士之一。敘利亞否認(rèn)與暗殺事件有關(guān)。