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June 7, 2007

“Explosion kills one, wounds three in Christian area north of Beirut”

SNIPPET: “”The Syrian regime has promised to turn Lebanon into hell.” From The Associated Press, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:

BEIRUT, Lebanon: A bomb went off near a Christian town north of Beirut on Thursday killing at least one man and wounding three others, in the latest string of explosions that have shaken Lebanon since fighting erupted between army troops and Islamic militants in a northern refugee camp three weeks ago.
Security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media, said the blast occurred in an industrial area in the town of Zouk Mousbeh, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Beirut and near the town of Jounieh in the Christian heartland.

The explosion set off large fires in several buildings and black smoke was seen billowing from the area. Ambulances and fire engines raced to the scene, where mangled remains of cars destroyed in the blast lay overturned on the street.

Civil defense personnel pulled out the body of Pierre Dehni, whose nationality was not immediately known, from the wreckage of a gutted building. Two Syrian workers and a Lebanese man were also wounded in the blast, the officials said.

Al-Jazeera satellite television said a car bomb had caused the explosion but Lebanese officials could not immediately confirmed this. Firefighters said they expected to take hours to extinguish the blazes....

The blast late Thursday was the second in four days. On Monday, 10 people were injured when a bomb exploded in an empty passenger bus parked in the Christian neighborhood of Bouchrieh east of Beirut.”

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Lebanon foils new terror plot (preempts car bombing with cache of munitions)
UPI ^ | June 7, 2007

Posted on 06/07/2007 12:40:45 PM PDT by NYer

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 7 (UPI) — Lebanon scored a victory in its escalating battle with terrorists as authorities preempted a car bombing and found guns and ammunition.

As the army continues its heavy campaign against the Islamic militant Fatah al-Islam group in northern Lebanon, now well into its third week, the security authorities said Thursday they seized a booby-trapped car and two others laden with weapons and ammunition.

The official Lebanese news agency said authorities found the vehicles in Berr Elias town in the eastern Bekaa Valley after interrogating three suspects who were arrested Wednesday.

The three suspects — two Syrians and an Iraqi — reportedly confessed to the authorities about the booby-trapped car and plans to blow it up. The agency said the security and army forces cordoned off a building in the town and found the three vehicles without license plates.

Unconfirmed reports said the three suspects were affiliated with al-Qaida.