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| Man with Explosives Held Near U.S. Beirut Embassy | |
| 2003-12-10 | |
| Lebanese soldiers arrested a man carrying a bag full of explosives as he tried to enter the U.S. embassy in a Beirut suburb Wednesday, security sources said. Knock, Knock. "A person with a suspected improvised explosive device tried to get to the embassy. Embassy guards found him suspicious... (a bag of explosives will do that to a person) The Lebanese army forces arrested him," an embassy source said. A Lebanese security source said soldiers searched a man carrying a sports bag at the external entrance of the embassy and found explosives inside. "We’re questioning the man, who is Lebanese," he said. Ali, pliers please. He said it was not immediately clear if the man, in his 30s, had planned to blow himself up at the embassy.
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| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #6 Update: The Lebanese army said it had foiled a bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut Wednesday, arresting two men, one of whom was said to be carrying explosives, at the gates of the fortress-like complex. "At the gate of the U.S. embassy in Awkar, army forces arrested a Lebanese man and a Palestinian accompanying him as they tried to bring a bomb into the embassy complex," the army said in a statement. "Investigations have begun with them and work is ongoing to arrest all those involved and bring them to justice," the statement said. A Lebanese security source said soldiers searched a man, in his 30s, carrying a sports bag at the external entrance of the embassy and found 2.2 pounds of explosives inside. He said shortly after the incident a Palestinian man was arrested in the area on suspicion of links to the detained man. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-12-10 2:55:15 PM |
| #5 We thought he was a Jehovah's Witness--thank God he was just a suicide bomber LOL! Still the response is the same, get down, shutup and shoot. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-10 1:11:28 PM |
| #4 A person with a suspected improvised explosive device What other possibilities are they considering? Door to door salesman? "Hi, my name is Ali, and I represent the Acme Plastique, Detonator, and Alarm Clock Company. May I come in?" |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-12-10 11:40:26 AM |
| #3 BH, there's still two goverments. Just run by the same ass-hats. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-12-10 11:15:04 AM |
| #2 Why do we have an embassy in Beirut? We have one in Syria, isn't that redundant? |
| Posted by: BH 2003-12-10 10:55:29 AM |
| #1 "We thought he was a Jehovah's Witness--thank God he was just a suicide bomber!" |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-12-10 9:47:37 AM |