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Blasts target Iranian embassy in Beirut, killing 23 (AQ)
Reuters ^ | Nov 19, 2013 | Laila Bassam and Erika Solomon

Posted on 11/19/2013 4:30:39 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Blasts target Iranian embassy in Beirut, killing 23

By Laila Bassam and Erika Solomon

BEIRUT Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:29am EST

(Reuters) - Two explosions, at least one caused by a suicide bomber, rocked Iran's embassy in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people, including an Iranian cultural attaché, and hurling bodies, cars and debris across the street.

A Lebanese-based al Qaeda-linked group known as the Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for what it described as a double suicide attack on the Iranian mission in southern Beirut.

Lebanon has suffered a series of bomb attacks and clashes linked to the 2-1/2-year-old conflict in neighboring Syria.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: beirut; bombing; embassy; iran

1 posted on 11/19/2013 4:30:39 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The Saudis have a distinct way of saying good morning.


2 posted on 11/19/2013 4:32:26 AM PST by allendale
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Sometimes it's just darn nice when the shoe is on the other foot.

CC

3 posted on 11/19/2013 4:51:21 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Hey Iran! You scum! Take a hit of what you dish out to so many others! Too bad Lebanese are so weak as to be the Dodge City of the Middle East.


4 posted on 11/19/2013 5:01:00 AM PST by Netz
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Sauce for the gander.


5 posted on 11/19/2013 5:33:26 AM PST by Daveinyork (IER)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Muslins murdering Muslins. What a wonderful religion. They cannot even agree on their OWN religion. How the heck can they say any other belief is wrong??? Murdering Obama thugs are what they are. One and the same. A religion of murder, rape, death. That is what it is. A CULT of murder. What a joyful peaceful religion!!!!


6 posted on 11/19/2013 5:42:04 AM PST by RetiredArmy (I am proud to be a Christian and follower of my Lord Jesus Christ. Time is short for U to know Him!)
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To: Celtic Conservative

I’m not shedding any tears.


7 posted on 11/19/2013 5:54:10 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Debka headline:

“Incredible! Beirut bombings killing 25 people were self-inflicted by Iran and Hizballah as a diversionary tactic”

http://www.debka.com/article/23455/Incredible-Beirut-bombings-killing-25-people-were-self-inflicted-by-Iran-and-Hizballah-as-a-diversionary-tactic


8 posted on 11/19/2013 6:24:01 AM PST by Dave346
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Two explosions, at least one caused by a suicide bomber...

You think the other one was just spontaneous?

9 posted on 11/19/2013 6:59:45 AM PST by Magnum44 (I have had just about enough)
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To: RetiredArmy
What a wonderful religion. They cannot even agree on their OWN religion.

Infallibility is not possible in human beings.

10 posted on 11/19/2013 8:26:32 AM PST by OldNavyVet ("Learn from science that you must doubt the experts" ... Richard Feynman)
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To: Magnum44
You think the other one was just spontaneous?

Maybe it was a premature detonation...


11 posted on 11/19/2013 9:27:30 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Repeat 10,000 times.


12 posted on 11/19/2013 4:27:14 PM PST by TomasUSMC
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Sort of like the movie “Alien versus Predator” and the innocent people get squashed inbetween them.

Or a wrestling match between Khomeini and Al-Zawahiri.

Wishing them great success in their mutual endeavors against each other.

I think I’ll cheer for both of them, from the sideline.


13 posted on 11/19/2013 6:18:08 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Where’s that nanoscale violin when I need it...


14 posted on 11/20/2013 6:44:51 PM PST by mbennett203 ("Bulrog, a tough brute ninja who has dedicated his life to eradicating the world from hippies.")
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To: allendale

Along with a Stalingrad bombings it seems to be a show of Saudi attitude towards recent developing in Syria where Al-Qaeda gets it’s butt handed to them.

As long as neither Russian nor Iranian officials corrupted with Saudi oil money it seems like a very dangerous game for sanddiggers.


15 posted on 12/29/2013 10:06:58 PM PST by cunning_fish
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