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| Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut | |||
| 2009-12-27 | |||
| 27 December 2009: Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut, killing one person and wounding several others in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Hamas. The official National News Agency said the explosion was caused by “three bombs tied to each other” that were placed under the car of an official believed to be from Hamas. It did not identify the targeted official or the victims. One of the wounded was in serious condition, the report said. Lebanese security officials told The Associated Press they could not independently confirm what caused the blasts or who the explosions targeted.
One senior police official said the blast occurred in a neighborhood that houses an office belonging to Hamas. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV only briefly mentioned the blast Saturday, quoting Lebanese security officials as saying “an explosion in Haret Hreik targeted an office belonging to Hamas, causing a number of casualties.” The broadcast offered did not elaborate, and a Hezbollah official contacted by The Associated Press said he had no information. Osama Hamdan, the Hamas representative in Lebanon, was not available for comment Saturday and had no information, according to a person who answered his mobile phone. Other Hamas officials in Beirut and neighboring Syria, which shelters the exiled leadership of Hamas, did not answer repeated calls. Explosions in the area, which is almost completely controlled by the Shia Hezbollah, are rare. Hezbollah has its own arsenal with tens of thousands of rockets and missiles, which it says it needs to fight off any threat from Israel.
Hezbollah leader Shaik Hassan Nasrallah is expected to address tens of thousands of supporters commemorating the Ashoura holiday by video link on Sunday.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Might be that someone deep inside Hezbollah is on Angleton9's payroll. Heh ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-27 12:39 |
| #1 hamas confirms that 2 of it spear catchers are dead and Lebanese sources say 3 Hezbollah grunts are dead also based on the exactitude of the description of the explosive system and the other reports, it seems to me it was a Hezbollah operation that ended with a work accident |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-12-27 07:23 |