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Explosion strikes Christian suburb of Beirut
Turkish Press & AFP ^ | 12/12/2005

Posted on 12/11/2005 11:47:25 PM PST by jmc1969

BEIRUT - A powerful explosion struck a Christian suburb of the Lebanese capital on Monday, apparently targeting an official convoy, residents said. A local resident said the blast took place on the road from Beit Mery to the capital, near Mansuriyeh. "I overtook the convoy of a senior official in Mansuriyeh and the explosion occurred two minutes later," he said.

"An explosion rocked the building where I live," said a journalist in the east Beirut suburb of Hazmiyeh.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: explosion; lebanesechristians; lebanon
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To: Cindy

bttt


21 posted on 12/12/2005 1:17:26 AM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

yep.


22 posted on 12/12/2005 1:27:28 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

:-)


23 posted on 12/12/2005 1:28:32 AM PST by nopardons (,)
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To: eastforker
Here is another report

A car bomb kills anti-Syria MP

24 posted on 12/12/2005 1:31:57 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: Simmy2.5

Maybe they are hoping for chaos, in which the pro-Syria faction can take power. Or maybe they are trying to save face from losing it- only to see it head toward democracy *the horror*. The Arab world is not pleased with this, you can bet. Bashir Assad has probably felt the heat to do something about it.


25 posted on 12/12/2005 1:33:48 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: jmc1969

Hmmm....Lebanese Arabs inciting fights with Christian Aussies and sending text messages calling all Arabs in Australia to arms and Arabs bombing Christians in Beruit. Sounds a bit too coincidental.


26 posted on 12/12/2005 7:41:27 AM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule Them All and to the Dark Side Bind Them)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Chicago?


27 posted on 12/12/2005 7:42:28 AM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule Them All and to the Dark Side Bind Them)
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To: Cindy
CRAP! How about Cronulla??
28 posted on 12/12/2005 7:45:28 AM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule Them All and to the Dark Side Bind Them)
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To: Cindy

You're like the unofficial FR search engine, aren't you?! ;^)


29 posted on 12/12/2005 8:22:31 AM PST by I'm ALL Right! (ENDOFTHESPEAR.COM "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.")
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To: Simmy2.5

Syrian leaders use the USSR model for how they run a government. Its a thuggish dictatorship that is part commie and part mob family.


30 posted on 12/12/2005 9:52:23 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: GeronL

Bashir Assad is not even in charge in that country. He's simply a figurehead who was brought in to keep the family's bloodline in power.

His dead fathers relatives and generals are who run that country and call the shots. The Sapranos comes to mind when trying to describe the government structure of Syria. A dysfunctional mob family.


31 posted on 12/12/2005 9:56:43 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

So then there would be no telling who ordered this 'hit'?


32 posted on 12/12/2005 10:01:37 PM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: GeronL

Syria's economy depends on billions of laundered money from organized crime and terrorism that flows through Lebanese banks and ends up in Syrian government coffers and pro-syrian government officials in Lebannon.

Without this money, Syria would be bankrupted overnight.

Want to know how deep this goes, check this out. Explains a lot about the past couple years and why anti-Syrian leaders keep getting whacked:

http://www.meib.org/articles/0401_l1.htm



33 posted on 12/12/2005 10:12:48 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

Spot on with your description, I'd say...

Bashir Assad's main goal is likely self preservation, and the best way to succeed at that is not to make waves with the company he keeps. He knows what THAT kind of 'poison venom' will do to a person. hhhssssss---<

It's just business...


34 posted on 12/12/2005 10:16:33 PM PST by railsplitter (with extreme prejudice- destroy the enemy... foreign and domestic)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

bump


35 posted on 12/12/2005 10:20:09 PM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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