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| Explosives Found In Christian Beirut Neighbourhood |
| 2007-02-22 |
| Beirut, 22 Feb. (AKI) - Lebanese police on Thursday seized 19 explosive devices and around a dozen detonators found in a tunnel in Beirut's Christian neighbourhood of Ashrafieh. The find is set to increase tension in the country where on Tuesday bomb disposal experts defused a rubber tyre filled with TNT explosives in the capital's southern Shiite suburb of Bir Hassan. On 13 February two bombs exploded in two separate buses near the Christian town of Bikefayat killing three people and injuring 17 others. Former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel whose Christian Maronite family hails from Bikeyafat has described the recent incidents involving explosives as evidence that "a cold war is taking place in Lebanon." Gemayel is a prominent member of an anti-Syrian coalition backing the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora whose resignation is being sought by pro-Syrian parties led by Hezbollah. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Explosives Found In Christian Beirut Neighbourhood Odd (Sarc) I don't recall any headlines "Explosives Found In Muslim Beruit Neighborhood" Not looking there, are you? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-22 11:08 |