The (month sixth days ���� years,), February 14, 2005, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed in a car bombing in the capital, Beirut. Rafik Hariri, Lebanese Prime Minister,


In February 2005, the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, capital of a five-star hotel near the car bombing killed. Hariri was killed caused a strong reaction from the international community. Hariri was born in a peasant family in southern Lebanon in 1944,
impoverished. After after efforts to become a wealthy businessman and the business empires throughout the Middle East. Hariri after the first prime minister since 1992, four times resigned as prime minister, three authorized cabinet. The victims before he is planning leadership for new parliamentary elections, in order to stage a comeback.
February 16, Hariri's funeral was held in the capital, Beirut. Lebanon's domestic opposition publicly accused Syria and pro-Syrian Lebanese government is behind the assassination, the Syrian and Lebanese governments have denied this. But the Syrian government facing strong pressure from the international community because of this incident.
the United States took place on February 15 emergency recall ambassador to Syria, expressed strong concern regarding the death of Hariri attacked. Thus, the US-Syrian relations have started to tense again. Syria refused to withdraw 14,000 troops from Lebanon, U.S. President George W. Bush is considering new sanctions against Syria.