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2009-12-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut
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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.
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which controls the area, sealed off the streets in the southern suburb of Haret Hreik and prevented journalists from getting close to the scene.
One senior police official said the blast occurred in a neighborhood that houses an office belonging to Hamas.
Hezbollahs 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.
| So maybe it was a rocket warhead. Could happen ... |
The area was bombed out by Israel during the monthlong 2006 war with Hezbollah.
Hezbollah leader Shaik Hassan Nasrallah is expected to address tens of thousands of supporters commemorating the Ashoura holiday by video link on Sunday.
| Since His Enormity can't be seen in public ... |
The explosion Saturday night occurred about 700 meters (2,300 feet) from a complex where hundreds of Shia Hezbollah supporters were holding a ceremony commemorating Ashoura and listening to a live televised speech by Nasrallah. 
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Posted by Steve White 2009-12-27 00:00||
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