Man with Explosives Held Near U.S. Beirut Embassy
Wed December 10, 2003 07:54 AM ET
BEIRUT (Reuters) - 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.
"A person with a suspected improvised explosive device tried to get to the embassy. Embassy guards found him suspicious... 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.
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