Lebanon

CAR BOMB EXPLODES IN CHRISTIAN BEIRUT 8 DEAD, SCORES WOUNDED…….

 

This is big.

Outbreak of civil war or what?

Carbomb rocks Christian area in Beirut, 8 killed 78 wounded so far

By NBC News staff and wire reports

Updated at 9:57 a.m. ET: BEIRUT, Lebanon –At least eight people were killed and 78 wounded by a huge blast that exploded in a street in central Beirut on Friday, a security official told NBC News, raising fears that sectarian violence raging in neighboring Syria had spread to the Lebanese capital.

It was not immediately clear whether the blast had been caused by a car bomb, although all evidence pointed to that, the country’s top military judge Hatem Madi told NBC News in Beirut.

It was also not clear if the explosion targeted any political figure in Lebanon’s divided community but it occurred at a time of heightened tension between Lebanese factions on opposite sides of the Syria conflict.

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  1. Lebanese government to sue producers of TV drama Homeland because ‘it portrays Beirut as full of terrorists’ (on the day car bomb in city kills eight) Daily Mail Oct 19, 2012

    Lebanese Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud is consulting lawyers about legal action and is demanding an apology from producers.
    He said the latest episode wrongly depicted the city as strong-hold for terrorists and a place where foreigners are attacked.
    Complaint arrives just as car bomb rocks city, leaving at least eight dead.
    [Nice timing Fadi. Sometimes fate just blind-sides you.]

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