November 21, 2006 - Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Amine Gemayel was assassinated in his car by gunmen in Jdeideh, a Christian neighborhood on the outskirts of Beirut, bringing the Cabinet one seat closer to the nine empty seats that would force it to collapse [REF].
November 23, 2006 - An estimated 800,000 people attended the funeral of Pierre Gemayel,[REF] turning it into a political rally against Syria and its supporters [REF].