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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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1 posted on 12/11/2005 11:47:26 PM PST by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969

The pro-Syrians are not too happy lately and they have been busy I guess.


2 posted on 12/12/2005 12:02:14 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: GeronL

Beirut, Athens, who is next today???


3 posted on 12/12/2005 12:04:52 AM PST by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: eastforker

Athens, Beruit... something with a C???


4 posted on 12/12/2005 12:05:37 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: eastforker

Copenhagen?? Carthage?? [does that still exist??]


5 posted on 12/12/2005 12:06:05 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: GeronL

I have a feeling it is going to be a red christmas.


6 posted on 12/12/2005 12:07:26 AM PST by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: eastforker

I hope not


7 posted on 12/12/2005 12:10:08 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: All

Related link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538637/posts


8 posted on 12/12/2005 12:16:26 AM PST by Cindy
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To: eastforker

OPINION: If past Christmas times are an indicator plus all the current threats (most of them jihad propaganda garbage); then yes, I agree.


9 posted on 12/12/2005 12:20:35 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
WOW, a reply and not a link, I feel privelidged, thank you.
10 posted on 12/12/2005 12:26:02 AM PST by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: GeronL

Cairo?


11 posted on 12/12/2005 12:26:33 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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To: eastforker

Rare, I know.
Sorry about that.

Smiling...


12 posted on 12/12/2005 12:30:03 AM PST by Cindy
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To: jmc1969

I was too slow at the keyboard. There was a cross posting on this news.


13 posted on 12/12/2005 12:32:22 AM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Cairo. Good guess.


14 posted on 12/12/2005 12:40:20 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: GeronL

Casablanca? Morocco?


15 posted on 12/12/2005 12:48:38 AM PST by rhainw
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To: backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; All

UPDATE...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/12/lebanon.blast/index.html

"Car bomb kills four in Beirut"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A high-ranking security source at the scene said anti-Syrian member of parliament and journalist Gebran Tueni may have been the target of the attack and may have died in the blast.

The source said Tueni's cell phone and laptop computer were found at the site of the bombing.

Journalist Anthony Mills called it "a scene of destruction," saying windows were broken in buildings for hundreds of meters.

Video from the scene showed several burned-out vehicles along the roadway.

At least 10 cars were destroyed, some tossed into a valley in the hilly Christian Mkalles area on Beirut's eastern entrance, The Associated Press reported."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "On February 14, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed in Beirut when a car bomb exploded by his convoy."


16 posted on 12/12/2005 12:54:48 AM PST by Cindy
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To: rhainw

I know where Casablanca is... =o) I've seen maps


17 posted on 12/12/2005 12:54:58 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: backhoe; piasa; All

ON THE NET...

http://www.memri.org/syria.html

http://www.memri.org/bin/search/search.cgi?nocpp=1&p%3Ats_udav=0&sort-method=3&Match=0&Terms=Syria&Realm=All

http://www.memri.org/bin/search/search.cgi?nocpp=1&p%3Ats_udav=0&sort-method=3&Match=0&Terms=Beirut&Realm=All


18 posted on 12/12/2005 12:59:34 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Makes you wonder, do they really think that this will help people sway to the pro-Syria side when they keep killing anti-Syria leaders?


19 posted on 12/12/2005 1:08:10 AM PST by Simmy2.5 (There are more conspiracies at DU then there are on Coast to Coast AM.)
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Related Link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538642/posts


20 posted on 12/12/2005 1:13:41 AM PST by Cindy
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