Heard today."Big!"

Al Jazeera: "Investigation launched into killing of al Hassan"

Nadim Gemayel: "Bomb was a a preplanned explosion"

Marwan Hamade: "Kick Syrian ambassador out! Our reply will be seismic!"

Saad Hariri: "The one who assassinated Wissam Hasan is as clear as the light of day & I Saad Rafik Bahaa' Hariri, vow not to remain silent over this crime,”

Walid Jumblatt: "We will resist with politics because unlike the Syrian [regime], we do not have criminal security apparatuses,”

Ahmad Hariri: "We call on the Lebanese to stand ready!"

Lebanese adviser (Mohamad Shatah) to WaPo: "“This is a big, big, big, big event, and one cannot begin even to think through the repercussions,”

Timur Goksel: "I hear Wissam returned to Lebanon only yesterday. To track him down in such a short time and so precisely and to prepare the explosives is top notch professionalism and also smells of an inside leak about his movements always extremely protected. In these parts, only three outfits can pull this one: the Syrian Muhabarat, Hizbullah and Israel. Take your pick."

March 14 Lebanese Leader: "I told him he needs to be careful and he told me I need to be careful, ... We just laughed at each other."The Guardian: "Lebanon is a far more dangerous place without him"