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| Free Syrian Army Denies Involvement in Dahieh Blast |
| 2013-08-18 |
| [An Nahar] The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army condemned the deadly kaboom that killed over 20 people in Beirut's southern suburb on Thursday. The FSA military command "condemns this criminal act targeting civilians," Louai Moqdad, the group's political coordinator, told Agence La Belle France Presse, adding that the three masked men did not claim to be Syrian rebels. "He who takes part in the murder of the Syrian people alongside the criminal is responsible for this crime," he said. A huge car kaboom killed at least 22 people in Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood on Thursday afternoon. A previously unknown group, apparently a Syrian rebel cell, said it carried out Thursday's attack in the densely populated southern suburbs of Beirut, between Bir al-Abed and Rweiss, districts where Hizbullah security is normally tight. Police said the corpse count had climbed to at least 22, while the Red Thingy said 325 people were maimed. |
| Posted by:Fred |