Where to, Lebanon?Beirut -- Political chaos continues to reign in Lebanon following the November assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. of Christian politician Pierre Gemayel For the assassinated politician of the same name, see . Sheikh Pierre Gemayel (Arabic: الشيخ بيار الجميّل (see C.I., Jan. 2007, p. 27) and continued violence and mass demonstrations instigated by the Syrian and Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. Its aim is to oust oust tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts 1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" Virginia S. Eifert. the pro-Western government of Fouad Siniora Fouad Siniora (alternative spellings: Fouad Sanyoura, Fuad Siniora, Fouad Saniora, Fouad Seniora) (Arabic: فؤاد السنيورة . The war with Israel provoked by Hezbollah in July 2006, in which thousands of people became refugees, was popular among the Shi-ite Muslims with Hezbollah claiming victory, despite over 1000 fatalities among civilians and huge damages to the country's infrastructure. The attitude is quite other with the mostly Maronite Christians who form 40% of the population. In the U.S.A., Bishop Thomas Wenski Thomas Gerard Wenski (born 1950) is the current Bishop of Orlando, Florida. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando on July 1, 2003 and succeeded Norbert Dorsey as the fourth Bishop of Orlando on November 13, 2004. , chairman of the US bishops International Policy Committee, urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to increase US efforts to establish peace and political reform in Lebanon. Catholic agencies are currently providing humanitarian relief there. |
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