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Small bomb exploded in car in south Beirut, one injured
 A small explosion damaged a car in south Beirut Saturday and injured a woman who was passing by, police said. Explosive experts were trying to learn whether the explosion was caused by a bomb wired to the car or had been placed under it. The woman suffered minor injuries, the police said. Lebanon has witnessed a series of mysterious bombings since a massive truck bomb killed former Premier Rafik Hariri and 20 others on Feb. 14, 2005. In 14 bombings since then, 11 people were killed. The last explosion was Feb. 2, which injured a soldier when a bomb was tossed at the wall of a Beirut army barracks. The explosion in the predominantly Shiite Muslim area of Ouzai as tension and apprehension increased in the Lebanese capital in the days before massive demonstrations were expected to mark the first anniversary of Hariri's assassination. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-12 |
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