Beirut bomb targets deputy PM

[muriel_volestrangler]

A powerful explosion -- heard miles away -- tore through a Christian neighborhood in northern Beirut, killing at least two people and wounding 12 others, including Lebanon's outgoing deputy prime minister Elias Murr.

According to a general with the Lebanese Army, Murr's injuries were not life-threatening and were suffered when a car bomb detonated as his convoy passed.

Murr is also the country's acting defense minister and is a former interior minister.
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Murr is seen as strongly pro-Syrian. He is the son-in-law of President Emile Lahoud, Damascus' staunchest ally in Lebanon.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/12/beirut.bomb/

[Warren Stupidity]

1. And yet this will also be blamed on syria.

Never mind who benefits from the continued attempts to create a crisis in Lebanon.

[justinsb]

2. Lebanese defence minister injured in blast that kills 2

Lebanese defence minister injured in blast that kills 2

Last Updated Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:16:39 EDT
CBC News

Lebanon's outgoing deputy prime minister was one of a dozen people injured Tuesday in an explosion that killed two others in a northern suburb of Beirut, security officials said.

Elias Murr, a pro-Syrian politician, received slight injuries when a strong explosion hit his motorcade, said police. He was reportedly undergoing surgery.

The injured including an army colonel riding with Murr, the government National News Agency said.

The mid-morning explosion also damaged nearby cars and buildings in the Naqash district on a road from mountains to the coast. It was heard across the capital.

Police have cordoned off part of the area to keep spectators and reporters away, but live television images showed the charred wreck of vehicle and an injured man being helped from another. Fire trucks and ambulances were at the scene.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/12/lebanon-blast050712.html

[justinsb]

3. Does anyone remember why Syria was in Lebanon in the first place?

It was to cool the perpetual civil war.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. no shit

And it was with the tacit approval of all.