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2007-03-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

How Beirut Police Fingered Syria in Hariri Assassination

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Posted by ryuge 2007-03-22 07:58|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A 2200-lb bomb? Jeesh.

"Some talked of road work being done at the crime site days before the attack, possibly installing equipment to aid the bombing."

What kind of road work would "aid" a 2200-lb bomb?

Posted by Jules 2007-03-22 08:25|| 2007-03-22 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 That's where they buried the real bomb, not in a truck on the side of the road as reported.

Posted by Steve 2007-03-22 09:28|| 2007-03-22 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 I remember reports of the road blowing up *under* Hariri's car...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-03-22 09:59|| 2007-03-22 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Story and picture of crater here:
The bomb was placed underground, especially (since) the crater was so huge, said Hisham Jaber, a retired brigadier general and former professor at the Lebanese Military and Staff Command College. Even a car with 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of TNT wouldnt create such a crater.

Jaber, who inspected the assassination site but is not part of the investigation, said a suicide attack was the least likely cause of the explosion. He noted the crater was near the middle of the road, indicating the bomb was likely placed under the street and not in a parked car.

Posted by Steve 2007-03-22 12:39|| 2007-03-22 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 They really, really, *really* wanted him dead.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-03-22 12:58|| 2007-03-22 12:58|| Front Page Top

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