Tuesday 15 February 2005, 14:03 Makka Time, 11:03 GMT
The former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed along with 11 other people due to a tremendous car bomb explosion in Beirut (Lebanon), on Monday morning.
The politician resigned from his job last October to protest against the strong influence that Syria's still having on the country.
The US government is now studying a possible way to force the occupation army (15,000 soldiers) that Syria deployed in Lebanon to leave.
The Bush administration also consider this country to be linked with organized terrorism.
For this reason it is probable an increase of sanctions for the invasor.
On the other hand Syria does not intend to pay any charge and meanwhile takes distance from the attack, claiming it to be criminal.
According to medical sources, six bodyguards and five people lost their life in the blast and the former minister of economy Bassem Flaeihan, a member of mr. Hariri's old cabinet, is in critical condition.
Mr. Hariri arrived dead at the hospital and about 100 other people were wounded.
Il Romanaccio at 3:54 PM
