Article

2005-09-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Lebanese journalist wounded in bomb blast

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Steve White 2005-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Medics said Ms Chidiac had lost her left leg and arm, fractured her pelvis and suffered extensive burns from the bomb which had been placed under her car. "Her condition is now stable following the surgeries," a spokesman for the Hotel Dieu hospital said.
The family of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has offered to fly skin grafting experts to Lebanon to treat Ms Chidiac, while Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation shareholder and Saudi prince al-Walid bin Talal has put his private jet at her disposal to fly her abroad.

LBC, which was set up by the wartime Christian militia the Lebanese Forces, has been one of the most critical Lebanese media outlets of Syria's control of Lebanon since the Civil War ended in 1990. Hours before the attack, Ms Chidiac had been discussing Syria's possible role in the assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri in an explosion in February.

Sources close to Ms Chidiac are quoted saying she is committed to an independent and sovereign Lebanon and opposes Syrian control - which has been in retreat since Damascus withdrew its troops from Lebanon in the wake of Hariri's death. Several other political figures and members of the public have been killed in bombings since the Hariri assassination.

LEBANON ASSASSINATIONS
14 Feb: Ex-PM Rafik Hariri
2 Jun: Columnist Samir Kassir
21 Jun: Communist party chief George Hawi
12 July: Attempt on outgoing Defence Minister Elias Murr

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-09-26 09:24|| 2005-09-26 09:24|| Front Page Top

00:10 JosephMendiola
23:54 JosephMendiola
23:29 JosephMendiola
23:28 Chris W.
23:20 Brett
22:55 Peachy
22:43 Sherry
22:34 Alaska Paul
22:22 2b
22:21 Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom
22:08 Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom
22:07 MunkarKat
22:07 3dc
22:01 Mike Kozlowski
21:59 2b
21:56 2b
21:54 3dc
21:45 Red Dog
21:38 Snaviting Snaiter1250
21:26 Dave
21:12 Old Patriot
21:03 john
20:59 john
20:46 trailing wife