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    Bomb explodes north of Beirut; 1 killed, 1 injured

    By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press | AP – Thu, Aug 11, 2011

    BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb went off in a north Beirut suburb Thursday, killing one person and wounding another, security officials said.

    It was not immediately clear if the bomb in the busy suburb of Antelias went off by mistake or whether it had a timer, the security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with regulations.

    The explosion in a parking lot damaged at least four cars, including one with judicial license plates, the officials said.

    The officials said they do not believe the judge was the target since his car has been used for some time by his son, who works in the area.

    The man who was seriously wounded appeared to have had been laying on the ground when the bomb went off, cutting his right arm and left leg, the officials said. It was not clear if he was placing the bomb or trying to throw it away when it exploded, the officials said.

    Shortly after the explosion went off, security forces sealed the area and brought in bomb sniffing dogs.

    Such explosions are not uncommon in Lebanon but there have been no targeted killings in the past three years.

    Last month, a roadside bomb blew up next to a United Nations convoy carrying French peacekeepers in south Lebanon, wounding at least five of them.

    The last person to be assassinated in Lebanon was police Maj. Wissam Eid, who was one of the country's top terrorism investigators. He was killed along with several other people in a roadside bomb in 2008.

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    Bassem Mroue can be reached at http://twitter.com/bmroue

     

    11 comments

    • Dan
      Dan  •  9 mths ago
      It's amazing... just yesterday I was talking to a Syrian friend and said that Syria (or pro-Syrians) would continue to try to trigger havoc in Lebanon to get the eyes off Syria's internal issues. Lebanon's war was the reason the Baath stayed in power for so long to beging with. Look back a few months when the protests first started to go out of control in Syria, there was a mysterious bombing at a Church in Zahle, a Christian town over the Bekaa. It was followed by a few minor issues and now, what looks like a failed bombing, yet again in a Christian neighborhood. Luckily, the Christians don't want another war. For those blaming the CIA ,or whoever, wake up! Quit drinking that yellow or orange kool-aid!
    • Bubof 5
      Bubof 5  •  9 mths ago
      awwwww! during ramadan? oh, those peaceful muslims are at it again. they have turned what used to be called the paris of the middle east into another knuckledragger war zone. let them kill each other and leave everyone else along.
    • .
      .  •  9 mths ago
      These people are working hard to maintain their hard earned profession.
    • Infidel 1 of many
      Infidel 1 of many  •  9 mths ago
      Another day and another bomb in the muslim world....how shocking....Islam the cult of death
    • Bee
      Bee  •  9 mths ago
      By the way, does Iran support the govt. actions in Syria, or do they "support" the demonstrators like they do in Egypt? Taricco, Jimmy, whose side are you on in Syria?
    • Shifting Paradigms
      Shifting Paradigms  •  9 mths ago
      I smell a fanatic group, or a fanatic group instigated by the Syrians. It seems that the wounded was the perpetrator.
    • Jebidiah Springfield
      Jebidiah Springfield  •  9 mths ago
      AL-CIAda...working for war profiteers.
    • Wallio S
      Wallio S  •  9 mths ago
      you should ask the guy that got blown up what he was doing building bombs
    • Jeff
      Jeff  •  9 mths ago
      Another peace loving Muslim doing what they do best.
    • Bee
      Bee  •  9 mths ago
      Hezbo., Syria, Iran, Period !
    • Taricco
      Taricco  •  9 mths ago
      CIA/Mossad work once again.... here, us Lebanese know such facts...
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