Monday, February 14, 2005

Beirut's bloody day

Today is a red day in the Lebanese Capital Beirut but not because of the valentine day ,but because of the death of a man who brought it to back alive after the civil war .
As you check it at the CNN.com and some of you may have watched in the news today and I know most of you know nothing or few about Lebanon or Al Hariri that earlier today in exactly 1 pm Beirut local time ,a huge blast happened in the Lebanese capital in ,9 people were killed from the huge blast among them and the main character in the scene ,the most important Lebanese character in the last 20 years whether in the political theater or the economy arena : Rafik Bahaa El-Din El-Hariri
Go and read the details ,here I won't go for the main details from the number of injured ,killed and so on except that 9 people died ,a Lebanese minister accompanied El-Hariri is now hospital in a critical condition between life and death because of the burns
here I will present my views after a whole day of watching Lebanese and Arabic news channels ,hearing all those experts views ,watching segments and so on
I will go for the blast ,the blast is the greatest since the Lebanese civil war 

" It was huge one ,that we in the Parliament felt it ,the doors were shaken " 
Bassem El-saba 'member in the Parliament. 
You should know that from Beirut's map the parliament in the east while The location of the Blast in the marine road is in the north west ,one or two kilometers between them , The blast smoke was seen all over Beirut ,it made great hole in the ground as if there was alien attack on the region ,the glass in surrounded buildings was shattered all over the streets ,55 cars were burned ,it was a re-winded scene from the Lebanese civil war
The Target ,well two targets here the direct and indirect ,I go for indirect after awhile ,The direct target as you knew is Rafik El-Hariri ,Late Rafik was in his motorcade coming from the Parliament "the last picture for him is here". 

His motorcade was a big and powerful one comes after the motorcade of President Mubarak "I saw it once and indeed it was so secure" King Abdallah ..etc. several cars in it ,no one know which one he used ,got two jeeps with special electronics for interpreting any remote devices and so on "I am on an expert in those stuff and its names in English ,pardon me",Hariri had his bodyguards and his team with his friend a minister and Parliament Member Basel Faihan "sorry if I wrote the name in a wrong way" .
Rafik El-Hariri was a moderate very much as Mr.Ghassan Twinay said 'famous Lebanese journalist'
He had a Good relations with all the Lebanese parties, Strong relations with Egypt and K.S.A ,Good relation with Syria and Iran ,Moderate calm relation with the U.S and the strongest relation with France 'a close personal friend to Chirac'
He had enemies like any human being working in economy and politics yet even his enemies didn't want to kill at all
The Timing ,a mid day in the one of the most busiest cities in the Arab World ,Beirut ,the date in the valentine day 'I know it seems silly but look to from another angle' Beirut and Cairo , cities with restaurants ,cinemas and theaters..etc ,this day is money making  ,hotels ,restaurants all are full with customers, it is busy city already , also tomorrow was supposed to be big day in the Lebanese political calender ,an election was supposed to be happened 'El-Hariri opposed this election and it is now postponed to unknown date'
Location, a very busy part from Beirut ,the Cornish overlooking the Mediterranean sea , two famous 5  hotels ,administrative buildings with banks branches like HSBC ,with many  shops ,cars ,people
here you have the image the motorcade moving fast then bomb .. a huge blast
I have many thoughts now even I am not Lebanese yet I am feeling sad and I became sadder when I think more and put things together
Don't believe Al-Jazeera video tape that was released saying some group hates the K.S.A decided to Punish all those who have relations with the bad Saudis...! A false dummy tape ,a man that speaks Arabic in a funny way and even the words he had chosen to say his speech are so so weak from the sentence structure ,not to mention the location and the man himself
another proof comes from an expert of terrorism and war Dr.Mustafa El-Ani

"this act is professional one by a remote control not a suicide bombers ; between 20-40 person had participated in it ,the T.N.T are either from the Military type to make such a huge blast yet had to be hidden in a normal car, or the regular plastic T.N.T and in this case it is impossible because we need a quantity equal to a huge water tanker to make such explosion. it is professional and I don't believe that a new group like the one in Al-Jazeera is behind it , in fact in the real operations like this the ones who are behind it will never ever say we did so , that group is may be sent to confuse people yet people are smart enough"
El-Hariri if you don't know was the strongest and most popular character in Lebanon ,gave a lot to Lebanon ,donated by millions to restructure it, and send his country's people abroad to learn "50,000 Lebanese got his scholarship'
so why it happened I will take the words of Dr.Mustafa Al-faky ,the adviser of President Mubarak of Egypt in Foreign affairs :

"Many reasons can be behind it ,many people and parties can be behind "
Here are some rare pictures of the event that turned Beirut from the city of red roses in the Valentine to the city of red blood in Cold February





Sorry if they are terrible ,but believe what I saw today was much much terrible
This is the last picture taken today to the late Mr.Hariri may God bless his soul

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