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Gebran Ghassan Tueni was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of daily paper An Nahar, established by his grandfather, also named Gebran Tueni, in 1933. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. September 1957 – 13. December 2005
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Famous Gebran Tueni Quotes

“It is time for us to put an end to our fear for which we paid a very heavy price, to face all the lies of the Syrian security regime.”

Gebran Tueni

Dec. 1, 2005, editorial in An-Nahar.
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“Don't think it is easy for anyone to be forced to live abroad, far from his country, colleagues, wife and children. But sometimes I think, maybe if I am far away I will spare them difficulties and problems. I would transfer the danger to somewhere else and I would not involve those I love.”

Gebran Tueni

Interview with LBC television station.
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“The Syrian security regime should know … that despotic regimes and tyrants who committed massacres against humanity were pursued, prosecuted and collapsed.”

Gebran Tueni

Dec. 8, 2005, editorial in An-Nahar.
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“We are on the edge of a new era. It can be something completely positive for Lebanon, and it can be something completely dark for Lebanon. … That's why we are really at a turning point where anything can happen.”

Gebran Tueni

Associated Press interview, May 2000
This followed the withdrawl of Israeli troops from Lebanon.

“Yes, there may be other attacks and assassination attempts. One of us may pay the price. Anyway, hopefully it will be us, not anyone else.”

Gebran Tueni

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“The Lebanese security authorities and the remnants of the Syrian system in Lebanon, and directly the Syrian regime from top to bottom, is responsible for every crime and every drop of blood spilled.”

Gebran Tueni

June 2, 2005, following the assassination of colleague Samir Kassir.
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“You must realize that many Lebanese are not at ease either with Syrian policy in Lebanon or with the presence of Syrian troops in our country.”

Gebran Tueni

open letter to Syrian leader Bashar Assad, published March 23, 2000,

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