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| Lebanese minister warns of more bomb attacks on anti-Syrian figures | |
| 2005-09-26 | |
| BEIRUT - Lebanese Interior Minister Hassan Sabaa warned on Monday that the countryâs prominent anti-Syrian figures could be targeted by the bombers behind Sundayâs attack on television journalist May Chidyac. âAs long as we did not catch any of these attackersâŠall the options are open and more attacks are expected,â Sabaa was quoted as saying. Meanwhile security chiefs met with Prime Minister Foaud Seniora early on Monday to review safety measures in the aftermath of Sundayâs attack, the latest in a spate of such bombings since the February 14 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. Chidyac, 40, a Christian news presenter and political talk show host with the Lebanese Broadcast Corporation (LBC), was maimed when a bomb exploded in her car in Jounieh, north of Beirut. The Hotel Dieu Hospital in Beirut, where Chidyac was transferred for surgery, said Monday in a statement that it could not save Chidyacâs left hand. âBoth her left leg and left hand were amputated,â the statement said. The statement added that Chidyac suffered a fractured right leg and pelvis, and extensive burns. âShe is still in a delicate condition âŠâ the statement added. The Hariri family has sent a French medical team to oversee Chidyacâs condition while Saudi billionaire Prince Al Walid bin Talal, an LBC shareholder, has offered his private jet to fly Chidyac abroad for medical treatment. Meanwhile, sit-ins to condemn the attack were held on Monday outside Saint Josephâs University in Beirut where Chidyac teaches. Protests are scheduled to be held late on Monday in Beirutâs Central Martyrsâ Square - the scene of massive demonstrations following Haririâs assassination. Chidyac is the first female public figure to be targeted in Lebanon, where even during the darkest days of the 1975-1990 civil war, attacks on women were considered off-limits. âWe believe that this attack is aimed at terrorizing the Lebanese through targeting a face that reaches them everyday...and is also a message to LBC and to the Christian Lebanese forces whom Chidyac strongly supports,â said Faisal Salman, a journalist with the daily As Safir newspaper.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Attack is typical islamic stuff. Kill Women and Children, if they are Christans/Crusaders more the better. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-09-26 22:08 |
| #1 Pure selective terror. Wonder who's handiwork it was? Hmmmm. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-09-26 22:07 |