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2003-12-10 Syria-Lebanon

Man with Explosives Held Near U.S. Beirut Embassy

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2003-12-10 9:10:48 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "We thought he was a Jehovah's Witness--thank God he was just a suicide bomber!"

Posted by Dar 2003-12-10 9:47:37 AM|| 2003-12-10 9:47:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Why do we have an embassy in Beirut? We have one in Syria, isn't that redundant?

Posted by BH 2003-12-10 10:55:29 AM|| 2003-12-10 10:55:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 BH, there's still two goverments. Just run by the same ass-hats.

Posted by Charles 2003-12-10 11:15:04 AM|| 2003-12-10 11:15:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 A person with a suspected improvised explosive device

What other possibilities are they considering? Door to door salesman?

"Hi, my name is Ali, and I represent the Acme Plastique, Detonator, and Alarm Clock Company. May I come in?"

Posted by snellenr 2003-12-10 11:40:26 AM|| 2003-12-10 11:40:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 We thought he was a Jehovah's Witness--thank God he was just a suicide bomber

LOL!
Still the response is the same, get down, shutup and shoot.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-10 1:11:28 PM|| 2003-12-10 1:11:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Update: The Lebanese army said it had foiled a bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut Wednesday, arresting two men, one of whom was said to be carrying explosives, at the gates of the fortress-like complex. "At the gate of the U.S. embassy in Awkar, army forces arrested a Lebanese man and a Palestinian accompanying him as they tried to bring a bomb into the embassy complex," the army said in a statement.
"Investigations have begun with them and work is ongoing to arrest all those involved and bring them to justice," the statement said. A Lebanese security source said soldiers searched a man, in his 30s, carrying a sports bag at the external entrance of the embassy and found 2.2 pounds of explosives inside. He said shortly after the incident a Palestinian man was arrested in the area on suspicion of links to the detained man.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-10 2:55:15 PM|| 2003-12-10 2:55:15 PM|| Front Page Top

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