Posted on 06/13/2007 12:00:52 PM PDT by Smogger
BEIRUT, Lebanon - An explosion rocked Beirut’s popular waterfront area Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including a vocal, anti-Syrian lawmaker who was close to slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, security officials said.
The explosion, apparently from a bomb-rigged car, killed Walid Eido, his son and two bodyguards, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Six others were also killed and at least 11 were wounded, the officials said.
Eido, 65, was an ally of Saad Hariri, the leader of the parliamentary majority and son of Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated on Feb. 14, 2005, in a suicide truck bombing in Beirut. Eido is the seventh opponent of Syria, which has been accused of meddling in Lebanon, to be killed in two years in this conflict-ridden country.
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Yes, they've really been hopping today. I hope we have somebody out there connecting the dots, because it looks as if something big may be in the works. My humble and completely ignorant opinion, I hasten to add; but they are certainly busy today, and that can't be a good sign.
Today in Lebanon, then a mosque in Iraq, and battles between Hamas and Fatah in West Bank...all leading to what I believe will be wider war against Israel this summer and Ohlmert is still leading. Good Lord, Israel, wake up.
Why the hell aren’t the anti-American Syrians being blown up in car explosions? Tit for tat.
Nancy Pelosi’s good friends orchestrated this attack. Wake up, America, The DemocRATs are out to endanger the U.S. Military and then the Government.
Nancy Pelosi’s good friends orchestrated this attack. Wake up, America, The DemocRATs are out to endanger the U.S. Military and then the Government.
Two posts for emphasis!
“The path to peace leads through Syria, but it’s probably mined.”
Looks like the M.E. is going to have one long, hot summer.
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