Journalist Wounded In Car Bomb

[ECH1969]

A prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded Sunday when a bomb placed under her car exploded, the latest in a string of bombings in the country.

Political talk show host May Chidiac of the private Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation was inside her car when the bomb exploded in Ghadir, a town near the Christian port city of Jounieh, north of the capital, Lebanese security officials and the TV station said.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Chidiac was critically injured and taken to a nearby hospital. She was later transferred to Hotel Dieu hospital in Beirut for surgery.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/25/world/main883563.shtml

[ECH1969]

1. She lost her limbs according to CNN

[brentspeak]

2. Horrible

What will it take to get the Syrian terrorists out of Lebanon?

[Chicago Democrat]

3. Bombing targets Lebanese journalist (LBC anchorwoman)

(MOSAIC FANS will recognise the familiar face of their main LBC anchorperson, now de-limbed, what a tragedy!)

Bombing targets Lebanese journalist
TV anchorwoman stable after losing limbs

Sunday, September 25, 2005; Posted: 6:20 p.m. EDT (22:20 GMT)

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- A bomb planted in the car of a prominent Lebanese journalist blew up Sunday, critically wounding her, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation and Lebanese security officials said.

The blast apparently targeting LBC anchorwoman May Chidiac took place Sunday afternoon in Jounieh, north of Beirut.

Chidiac -- a prominent critic of Syria's presence in Lebanon -- was taken to a hospital, where a spokesman said she was stable after having her left leg and arm amputated, and would remain hospitalized for several days.

Her friend and co-worker Tania Mehanna said Chidiac got in her car after having eaten lunch at a friend's house, and the vehicle blew up.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/25/lebanon.journalist/index.html

[Up2Late]

4. from The Guardian: Car bomb maims top Lebanese TV journalist

(You can call me an old softy if you want, but this hurts me so much more when it's a woman that is injured like this.)

Car bomb maims top Lebanese TV journalist

Rory McCarthy in Beirut
Monday September 26, 2005
The Guardian

A prominent Lebanese journalist was seriously injured last night after a bomb exploded in her car in the latest attack apparently targeting critics of Syria.

May Chidiac, an anchorwoman with the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, suffered serious wounds to her arms and legs and is likely to have at least one of her limbs amputated. Last night the television station said she was in a critical condition. Footage showed her lying on a trolley as she was rushed through a hospital with dozens of doctors around her.

The attack on Ms Chidiac, a Christian, is the latest in a series of explosions in recent months that have targeted politicians and journalists who have spoken of their criticisms of the Syrian regime, which has long dominated Lebanon and treated it as a client state.

In June a similar car bomb killed Samir Kassir, a respected journalist who wrote a column in the An Nahar newspaper. In the days before he was killed he had written an article critical of the Syrian regime. Other bombs have killed or injured politicians but there have been no arrests. Syria denies any involvement.

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1578149,00.html?gusrc=rss>

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