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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016782.php
June 6, 2007
Fourth bombing in Beirut since May 20
Another bombing in a Christian neighborhood. “Sad al-Bouchrieh takes its turn recovering from bomb,” by Nour Samaha for the Daily Star:
Residents and storeowners in Sad al-Bouchrieh appeared numb on Tuesday as they began the increasingly familiar routine of clearing away debris as quickly as possible in order to resume their normal lives after Monday night’s bomb blast. The bomb, the fourth in Beirut since May 20, exploded near the Abdel Massih Center next to Mar Takla Church, wounding 13 and causing severe damage to dozens of businesses in the Christian neighborhood.
Military Prosecutor Jean Fahd filed charges on Tuesday against the unknown perpetrators of the explosion, adding that a guilty verdict could lead to a death sentence. He reassigned the case to Military Investigative Magistrate Rasheed Mezher. Judicial reports said no one has been arrested in connection with the explosion.
Dozens of residents, business owners, families and friends picked up brooms and other tools in an effort to clean up and open shop again. Only the shell of the bus - behind which the bomb had been placed - remained at the site. The rest of the vehicle has been swept away, along with smashed cars and other debris from the commercial center. Every window in the six-story center was shattered.
“Everybody rushed to help as soon as it was clear to come through,” said Carlos Mbarak, whose sister owns a beauty parlor in the row of shops on the ground floor of the Abdel Massih Center. “There is nothing else to do but that.
“This is not the first time [an explosion] happened here, and it is not the first time it has happened in Lebanon, so the only thing we can do is continue with our normal lives,” he said.
Nonetheless, he added, “we are just fed up with it all.”
Posted by Marisol at June 6, 2007 12:48 AM
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016534.php
(AP)
May 20, 2007
“One woman killed, 12 injured in an explosion in Christian Beirut neighborhood”
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016781.php
June 6, 2007
Jihadists in Pakistan “luring” children to become suicide bombers
Bet you didn’t think of this scenario when telling your kids not to talk to strangers. “Jihadi groups ‘luring’ kids to turn suicide-bombers,” from India Daily:
Jihadi groups in Pakistan’s Dir district in the North West Frontier Province are “luring” school children to become suicide bombers, prompting some parents to send their wards outside the area for their education, a media report said Sunday. Hashim Hussain, opposition leader in the District Assembly, took up the issue on the floor of the House a few days ago, demanding that the administration should stop jihadi organisations from ruining the children’s future.
“I asked the assembly members if participation in jihad at such an early age guarantees a place in paradise ... no one responded to my question,” he was quoted as saying by Daily Times. Hussain claimed the children were not given military training, but “only given a suicide jacket to blow themselves up in public places.” A man whose son was taken away from school and later found with a jihadi organisation [which had] enrolled his kid in a school in another district, relatives of the boy said. The father said he was taking his son hundreds of miles away from the influence of the extremist groups. Ten school children have been reported “missing” from a school in the district. Local policemen said they are investigating the cases.
Posted by Marisol at June 6, 2007 12:39 AM