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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanese journalist wounded in bomb blast
2005-09-26
BEIRUT - A prominent journalist was wounded on Sunday when a bomb placed under a car exploded, Lebanese security officials said. The officials said May Chidiac, who works for the private Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, was inside her car when the bomb exploded in the Christian port city of Jounieh, north of Beirut.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Chidiac was injured and taken to a hospital. LBC, in a news flash, said the bomb was planted inside the car and that Chidiac, a longtime news anchor, was wounded. Chidiac also hosts a daily political talk show at the station, which broadcasts in Lebanon and is widely seen in the Arab world and by Lebanese communities across the world.

LBC, a Christian TV station, is among the most prominent of anti-Syrian media outlets.
That pretty much explains the 'why'.
A series of perfectly clear mysterious bombings have occurred in the Lebanese capital since a massive bomb killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 20 other people on Feb. 14.
Posted by:Steve White

#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   2005-09-26 09:24  

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