Following is a chronology of the attacks since February 14, 2005 when former premier Rafik al-Hariri and 20 other people were killed by a car bomb:

-- June 2, 2005 - Samir Kassir, anti-Syrian journalist opposed to Syria's role in Lebanon, is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.

-- June 21 - Former Communist Party leader and critic of Syria George Hawi is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.

-- July 12 - Car bomb wounds Defence Minister Elias al-Murr and kills one person in Christian area north of Beirut.

-- Sept 25 - May Chidiac, an anti-Syrian Christian television journalist critical of Syria, is seriously wounded by bomb in her car.

-- Dec 12 - Gebran Tueni, staunchly anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate, is killed by a car bomb in Beirut.

-- Nov 21, 2006 - Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel is killed by gunmen. UN Security Council approves plans for tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of Hariri and subsequent attacks.

-- June 13, 2007 - Anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido and six other people killed by a car bomb near a Beirut beach club.

-- Sept 19 - Car bomb in Beirut kills seven people, including anti- Syrian Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem.

-- Dec 12 - Car bomb kills Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, the army's head of operations, and a bodyguard in a Christian town east of Beirut. He had been tipped to become the next army chief.

-- Jan 15, 2008 - A car bomb attack in a Christian area of Beirut kills at least three people and wounds 16 in an explosion that damaged a US Embassy car and destroyed other vehicles.

-- Jan 25 - Wissam Eid, a captain in a Lebanese police intelligence unit, is killed in a bomb explosion in mainly Christian east Beirut. At least nine other people were killed in the attack.