| Submit your comments on this article |
| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Bomb rocks Beirut police barracks as security sources warn of more violence |
| 2006-10-12 |
| A bomb thrown at a police barracks in Beirut exploded early Wednesday, but there were no injuries or damages. Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat told The Daily Star that the attack "might have been perpetrated by some people who wanted to take advantage of the situation," referring to the recent clashes between Internal Security Forces personnel and residents of Beirut's southern suburbs. Fatfat said he hoped the attack did not signal the resumption of a series of bombings that shook the country last year. During an interview with Lebanese Ad-Diyar daily published on Wednesday, Fatfat said that he had received "a direct Syrian threat a few days ago" against his life. He added that all March 14 Forces figures and security forces were in danger. "Some people don't realize that killing is not a means to resolve problems," he said. He added that "any political assassination right now would cause the local and regional situations to explode." Security sources issued a statement on Wednesday saying that they had uncovered a plot to resume bombings and assassinations in Lebanon. The sources said they informed the UN commission investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of the plot, adding that they had made a major breakthrough in the probe of of the major assassinations last year. Police and army troops deployed on the streets around the Barbar Khazen police barracks in the Verdun district in the western sector of the Lebanese capital after the explosion shook the area at about 1 a.m. Security forces kept people away, but witnesses said they could see the blast site from a distance as investigators surveyed the area of impact right behind the wall of the barracks. |
| Posted by:Fred |