Timeline: Attacks against the "Lebanese Option Gathering" political party.

A compilation of some of the attacks against the "Lebanese Option Gathering (LOG)" political party.  The LOG, headed by Ahmad Al Assaad, is the main opponent of Hizbollah in the Lebanese Shiite community:

• January 11, 2009: LOG members and supporters took to the streets in the city of Tyre, in South Lebanon, calling on the Lebanese government to protect them from the increased Hezbollah attacks. LOG official statement stated that the armed Hezbollah attacks on its members and supporters is a clear sign that Hizbollah will not allow free and democratic election. 
  
• March 2, 2009: LOG offices located in Shiyah, an area controlled by Hezbollah, were shot at by unknown assailants. 
  
• April 10, 2009:  The head of the LOG political party, Ahmad Al Asaad, accused Hizbollah members of attacking his party supporters.  “In the last few months, we got used to Hizbollah burning our cars, threatening and terrorizing our members, and now, that the election draws near, they are stepping up their attacks. Within 24 hours from our campaign ceremony where we announced the names of our candidates, the car of our party official member Ahmad Hjazi who was in charge of the event was burned. Also another official Akil Housain was kiddnaped and held for 2 hours”   The Head of LOG added  that these attacks took place in Hizbollah controlled area accusing Hizbollah secretary general of rejecting any moderate voice among the Shiites Community.   Al Assaad revealed that the Lebanese authorities have the names of these attackers but they are incapable of acting against them.
  
• April 11, 2009:  The convoy of “Lebanese Option Gathering” political party founder Ahmad Assaad came under attack during a campaign visit to the town of Taybi in Hezbollah controled area. The attackers surrounded the convoy and attacked with sticks and stones injuring several in the convoy and destroying many cars. The Lebanese army was unable to stop the attack.
  
• April 11, 2009: A car belonging to a LOG member was burned in the Hizbollah controlled area of Rwaiss.  
  
• April 13, 2009: A car belonging to LOG party member was burned in the town of Adaysi, in South Lebanon, a Hizbollah stronghold. 
  
• April 20, 2009: LOG issued a statement condemning the attacks on party members in Hizbollah controlled area by known individuals belonging to Hizbollah and their supporters in the March 8 camp.  LOG official Khalil Atwi suffered severe wounds and broken bones and his vehicale was destroyed. The attackers then followed Atwi home where they threatened his family members.   The statement emphasized that attacks against LOG members aimed to terrorize them and stop them from any political campaigning before the elections.   
  
• May 7, 2009: Lebanese Candidate for 2009 parliamentary election in Zehrani district, Riyad Al Assaad, accused armed Shiite rivals of attacking him while he was campaigning in the town of Sarafand in South Lebanon.  Candidate Riyad Ahmad asked the Lebanese government for protection.
  
• May 25, 2009:  In the town of Harouf, a Blue Toyota van belongs to LOG member Hassan Hareb, was burned.
  
• May 26, 2009: Residents of a building in a Hezbollah controlled area where an office for LOG party is located received unknown calls asking them to evacuate the building right before the LOG office came under Molotov attacks and was burned.