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| Car bomb hits bus carrying troops in Lebanon |
| 2008-09-30 |
| Adds detail to yesterday's story... A car bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying soldiers in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing four people, including three soldiers, and wounding 30, an army official said. "Three of those who died were soldiers and among the wounded 24 were soldiers and the rest civilians," the official said. Earlier, a security official had put the death toll at six. Lebanese troops cordoned off the scene of the explosion at the southern entrance to the city of Tripoli during the morning rush hour and ambulances ferried casualties to hospitals. The blast hurled the mangled remains of the explosive-laden car several meters (yards) away, shattered windows of nearby buildings and damaged several cars. Military target Local politicians denounced the attack, saying it targeted the army. "This is a direct targeting of the military institution," former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told a local radio station. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. My guess would be that they're associated with the guys who boomed Damascus... Six weeks ago a bomb blast hit a bus in the city, Lebanon's second largest, killing 15 people, including 10 soldiers. That attack was the deadliest against the army since a 15-week battle last year against the al-Qaeda-inspired Muslim militants of Fatah al-Islam at a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli that left 400 people dead, including 168 soldiers. Continuing sectarian violence Tripoli has been rocked by deadly sectarian violence in recent months. In June and July, 23 people were killed in battles between Sunni Muslim supporters of Siniora and their Damascus-backed rivals from the Alawite community. The fighting focused on the Sunni stronghold of Bab al-Tebbaneh and the mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen district which are both a short distance from Masarif Street. There has been tension between the two communities ever since Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. Alawites are an offshoot of Shiite Islam and straddle the border into Syria, whose President Bashar al-Assad is a follower of the faith. Monday's explosion came as Lebanon's rival factions have been working toward resolving their differences following a long-running political crisis that brought the country to the brink of civil war in May. It also took place amid heightened tensions in the region following a weekend bombing which left 17 people dead in the capital of neighboring Syria, Lebanon's former powerbroker. The official news agency SANA said the attack was the result of a suicide attack by a "terrorist" with links to an Islamist extremist group. Comments 1 - HASSAN NASRALLAH AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUNI,DRUZE,CHRISTIANS=LEBANESE [ Monday, September 29, 2008 ] HASSAN NASRALLAH AGAIN HE JUST WANNA GIVE UP THE LOVE TO SPLIT THE LEBANESE PEOPLE IF HE WANT TO SPLIT SO PLEASE TO TO HELL HASSAN! TO HASSAN NASRALLAH!!!!!WE ARE 4 MIO IN LEBANON WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF OR COUNTRY SO WHY WILL YOU HAVE ISRAEL/PALÆSTINA??? ISRAEL IS NOT LEBANON LEBANON IS ALL THE 10.452 km2 WE HAVE UR COUNTRY ISRAEL/PÆLASTINA IS THE PÆLASTIANS AND ISRAELS PROBLEM NOT THE LEBANESE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Basically the commenter (from the source) is blaming Hes'ballah. The group, if you recall, is Shiite. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-09-30 22:03 |
| #2 and a run on the world supply of exclamation points. Ima callrn for an intervention!11! or at least the use of alternative-fuel-characters. Soy-based 1's should be used whenever possible |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-30 08:39 |
| #1 Some sort of Bizarro Lebanese Joseph Mendiola seems to have inserted a comment into the article itself. Of course, once the mods take it out, this comment will look awfully foolish. Never mind. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2008-09-30 00:35 |