Beirut's Great Mystery.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SYRIA; LEBANON
    • Subject Terms:
      HARIRI, Rafiq Baha, 1944-2005; ASSAD, Bashar, 1965-
    • Abstract:
      Presents the inside story of the forces that led to the murder of Lebanon's most charismatic leader, Rafiq Hariri. Syrian President Bashar Assad's warning to Hariri; Significance of Hariri's death; Perception of Hariri as a martyr who transcends Lebanon's sectarian divides; Question of who killed Hariri; Pressure under which Hariri lived out after his encounter with Assad; Background on Hariri's meeting with Assad in Damascus; Hariri's intent to make a political comeback after resigning as Lebanon's prime minister; Details of his assassination; Issue of Hariri's legacy; Outlook for Lebanon.