2005 World Events · Counterterror expansion and networked conflict
Rafic Hariri assassination and Cedar Revolution
Lebanon's former prime minister was killed in a massive Beirut bombing, triggering protests and Syrian troop withdrawal.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2005.
Why it matters
It shifted Lebanon's security balance and exposed assassination as regional power politics.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Lebanon's former prime minister was killed in a massive Beirut bombing, triggering protests and Syrian troop withdrawal.
It shifted Lebanon's security balance and exposed assassination as regional power politics.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2005-002
- Date or period
- 2005-02-14
- Type
- Assassination / political upheaval
- Focus
- Espionage / political
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Rafic Hariri; Lebanese protesters; Syria; UN investigators
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 33.8938, 35.5018 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Rafic Hariri assassination and Cedar Revolution.” World Events record 2005-002. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2005/2005-002/