May Chidiac Refuses to Betray Her Blood
TV anchorwoman May Chidiac announced she was quitting LBC "to avoid betraying my bloodshed" more than three years ago when she survived a car bomb assassination attempt.
Chidiac, tears brimming in her eyes and her voice choking with emotions, told LBC viewers Tuesday evening: "This is home, but I have decided to put an end to my talk show because I cannot betray my blood anymore to propitiate an unknown person who prevents guests from appearing in my show in the last minute."
Addressing "colleagues who had staged a relentless war against me," Chidiac said: "I quit when I decide to quit after you have lost all your battles."
"I cannot defend the killers who remain in Lebanon," she said in reference to the unidentified culprits charged with trying to assassinate her on Sept. 25, 2005.
"I hope the international tribunal would be able to punish the criminals," Chidiac said in reference to the Hague-based court that would try suspects in the Feb. 14, 2005 killing of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes.