Explosion Rocks Beirut

Source: CNN

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- In Lebanon, an explosion filled the Beirut sky with plumes of black smoke as fighting also continued in the north of the country between Lebanese soldiers and militants at a Palestinian refugee camp.

The blast occured late Monday in a district of Beirut and set vehicles and buildings on fire.

The explosion went off in the Verdun district near the Russian Cultural Center, Lebanese media reported. Several Lebanese politicians, including House Speaker Nabih Berri, live in the mainly upper-class district.

Ambulances and other security vehicles rushed to the scene, and soldiers could be seen leading wounded people away from the area. Five people were wounded in the blast, according to Lebanese security.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/lebanon.violence/index.html

Seriously sad though.

Seems Lebanon was getting to big for their britches so Israel had to take them down a notch?

Israel is not involved.

And we know what kind of ignorance it is that leaps to that particular conclusion, don't we now?

Disgusting.

if that conclusion were reality.

"No explosion rocks Beirut, today."

is the same common blurb;

Assassination tribunal

The U.N. Security Council is considering passing a resolution that would enforce the establishment of an international tribunal to try suspects for the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

That is an idea unpopular with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which has links to Syria. Many people believe Syria was behind the killing.

Conflicts in south Lebanon between Siniora's government and Hezbollah have prevented the creation of a tribunal. Siniora last week reiterated his call for the United Nations to create the international tribunal.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/lebanon.violence/index.html

also near the end ;
The U.S. State Department dismissed any links between this week's violence and efforts to establish the tribunal. A senior State Department official, however, said that Fatah al-Islam may be trying to take advantage of the already-fragile political situation in Lebanon.



hey....
what gets lost in all this as time goes by is
somebody robbed a bank of $ 125,000 and ran into the refugee camp.


Wheres the money ?

why would they have anything to do with Hezbollah?

I'm confused.

MSM or somebody decides Sunni = al Queda...so its an AQ splinter group... must be AQ is stirring trouble..blah blah
no
The more time that passes, the more I think it was only a bank robbery being hyped up and now a powder keg ( that has been in place for a long time ) has been kicked a bit harder then expected and is being called excessive force by the 'alleged bank robbers' friends. lol


Hezollah (Syrian and Iranian financed) knows something about a Lebanese assisination of couple years ago. A fight in court is better then a fight in the streets.

Now it could be nothing more than an observation of the level of training in the Lebanese army

F-troop anybody ?

Yeah.

My view was the Lebanese army had a small splinter Sunni terrorist group whose ass they thought they could kick in dick waving exercise and since they were Sunni it wouldn't piss off Hezbollah.

Senators Kerry and Dodd were the only people I've heard speaking of the impact of our ignoring Lebanon.

Here's a January 2007 Boston Globe op-ed

http://www.johnkerry.com/news/articles/newsarticle.html?id=109