Samir Kassir: Killing of a Journalist | Al Jazeera World

Samir Kassir, a Lebanese journalist, academic and political activist, paid the ultimate price for his work when he was killed by a car bomb outside his Beirut home in 2005.
While accusations, speculation and denials followed his death, it was clear that Kassir's critical voice had drawn the ire of big power players in Lebanon. This documentary tells the story of the infamous murder while also exposing some of the politics that define Lebanon, both then and now.
Lebanon saw a particularly bloody year in 2005. On February 14, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, an opponent of Syria’s 30-year presence in Lebanon, was assassinated in a car bomb in Beirut. His death triggered huge public protest, which led to Syria withdrawing all its troops in April 2005. Among the many who were outraged at the assassination was Kassir.
Just months later, after a regular phone call with a French reporter, Kassir got into his car to go about his work. Seconds after he started the engine of his silver Alfa Romeo, explosives detonated. He was killed instantly.
Nobody has ever been charged or convicted for Kassir’s murder. Rumours and speculation are plentiful but hard facts are in short supply.

[@mistieblue9]

Love AlJazeera! Too much good journalist!!! 👆👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 report & documentary! 🌹♥️🌹

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

The general Jamal did it. He has no remorse that this man died.

[@marciacrosby6170]

I have so much to learn; so my question may be a simple one, or an ignorant one. Is there a relationship between the murder of Samir Kassir, the Syrians pulling out of Lebanon, and the following economic failure of the banking system?

[@user-nq6mf2gu7z]

The Syrian army extraction is tightly linked to the assassination of PM rafic hariri in february 2005 as well as other stuff. The economic crisis is the result of a mafioso ponzi scheme that was installed in the early nineties and that somehow was stretched to its maximal potentiel by a series of deliberate actions and unfortunate hazardous events that led to a total collapse. As for samir kassir , his assassination was a way to silence free thinkers ( he was very loud and articulate regarding his opposition to the syrian occupation and syrian regime ) and a way of frightening others that shared kassir's ideology becausse they knew they would face the same fate. Samir kassir is a national hero and to this day his books are a reference to many , myself included . I hope this helps

[@ordi5497]

May he rest in peace.

[@muhammadnaguibph.d4175]

Hello

[@carmenmitroiu9191]

A true Lebanese

[@dorazati4905]

like hariri he is another victim of hizbalshaytan.

[@Saablito24]

Kes em samir w em al hariri, netanyahu ❤

[@margaretjuan8203]

So it’s you who killed him 🇮🇱 I knew that lol

[@margaretjuan8203]

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