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Top Palestinian official killed in Lebanon
2009-03-23

SIDON, Lebanon (AFP) – A top Palestinian official and four bodyguards were killed in a bombing on Tuesday at Mieh Mieh refugee camp near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, a Palestinian official told AFP.
So long, boys. Give our regards to Allah...
"Kamal Medhat was killed along with four of his bodyguards when a roadside bomb exploded as his convoy drove by, near the entrance to the camp," said Munir Maqdah, in charge of security at Lebanon's 12 refugee camps.
Doin a helluva job there, Munir...
Medhat was the deputy representative of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Lebanon. He was also a former intelligence chief for the Fatah movement in Lebanon.
Badda-bing...
Posted by:tu3031

#9  Popcorn, popcorn! Gitcher popcorn ratcheer!

**passes out popcorn and candy** :-D


Buh-bye, Kamal. Enjoy eternity with Allan in HELL.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-03-23 19:12  

#8  They were ready with the firehose, I see. Standing by, as it were.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-03-23 17:20  

#7  Sounds like publishing a schedule and then leaving early is the safety tip of the day in Lebanon.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-03-23 14:55  

#6  ...Mr Zaki left the camp earlier than scheduled and the explosion killed Mr Medhat instead, the sources say.

Hmmm. A hand-detonated mine (not timed), and they hit the wrong car because the right one left early?

Somethin' is goofy there.
Posted by: mojo   2009-03-23 14:42  

#5  Geez, Kamal. Looks like "wrong place, wrong time". Bet you won't make that mistake again...

Palestinian sources in Lebanon say they believe the bomb was aimed at the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, the BBC's Natalia Antelava reports from Beirut.

However, Mr Zaki left the camp earlier than scheduled and the explosion killed Mr Medhat instead, the sources say.

"The bomb was apparently hidden in a little shed on the side of the road and was detonated as Medhat's convoy drove by," a Lebanese army spokesman told AFP news agency.

The force of the blast tore through the Mercedes in which Mr Medhat was travelling and threw the car into a nearby field, witnesses said.

Somebody fetch the popcorn...
Posted by: tu3031   2009-03-23 14:10  

#4  Looks like a Fiat from that picture. They never do well in a roadside bomb.
Posted by: Steve White   2009-03-23 13:56  

#3  Yeah, I think they got him. Whomever "they" might be...

Posted by: tu3031   2009-03-23 13:49  

#2  "They got the Madhatter!"
Posted by: Frank G   2009-03-23 12:41  

#1  More, J Post...

The blast, apparently from a roadside bomb, struck a two-car convoy carrying Fatah's Kamal Madhat as they left the Mieh Mieh camp near the southern port city of Sidon, killing him and the bodyguards, the officials said. A fourth bodyguard was wounded.

Madhat's car was completely gutted in the explosion that left a 5-meter wide crater, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. The blast was heard across Sidon. Witnesses said pieces of torn flesh were scattered near the bombing site, as ambulances and civil defense rushed to evacuate the victims.

The Mieh Mieh camp and the nearby Ein el-Hilweh camp are mainly controlled by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group. Madhat was a military, political and security aide to a Palestinian representative in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, who is close to Abbas. It was not immediately known if Zaki could have been the target, since he had left the camp only a few hours earlier.

It was also unclear if the blast was related to a reported power struggle among Fatah members in Lebanon. Madhat was known to have enemies within and outside Fatah, mainly extremist Islamic groups opposing Abbas' peace deals with Israel.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-03-23 12:38  

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