BREAKING NEWS: Lebanon TV reporting Beirut blast hits U.S. embassy car; three reported killed

[maddezmom]

Source: MSNBC

Passenger of vehicle was reportedly wounded in attack, which kills 3

updated 3 minutes ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon - At least three people were killed when an explosion hit a U.S. embassy vehicle in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut, security sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

The sources also said that a passenger of the diplomatic vehicle was wounded in the attack

They said the blast was heard loudest in the Dora suburb in north Beirut. Smoke rose into the sky from a coastal road in the area.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22665350/

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Explosion rocks suburb of Beirut

An explosion has rocked a suburb of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, security sources and television reports say.
The blast was heard north of the city in the mainly Christian Dora neighbourhood, but it is not clear if there have been any injuries.

Witnesses reported seeing smoke billowing near the Mediterranean coast.


more:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7189778.stm

[zanne]

1. Wow. I misread that.

I thought it said "blast hits U.S. emabassy."

[0007]

2. Car bomb rips through Beirut suburb, deaths reported

BEIRUT–A
car bomb ripped through a Christian suburb east of the Lebanese capital
on Wednesday, an attack the local television said had killed four
people. …

A car bomb has exploded in a predominantly Christian area of Sin el-Fil in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, killing at least five people and injuring 20, according to a security source.

Antoine Ghanem, a member of parliament with the Phalange party, is thought to have been killed in the blast on Wednesday afternoon.

"The explosion took place in the Sin el-Fil area near the Metropolitan hotel," a security source said.

Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Lebanon, said: "This is a political killing."

"It was a big explosion. We have not seen any explosion in Lebanon since June 14, when a member of parliament was assassinated in Beirut."


http://tearsforlebanon.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/car-bomb-in-beirut/

[Lint Head]

3. MSNBC still saying three people dead and it's US Embassy car.

:dem:

[maddezmom]

4. No U.S. deaths in Beirut blast - Lebanese source

No U.S. deaths in Beirut blast - Lebanese source 15 Jan 2008 15:18:47 GMT
Source: Reuters


BEIRUT, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A senior Lebanese security source said that no U.S. personnel were killed in a blast that hit a U.S. embassy car in Beirut on Tuesday.

At least three people were killed and 16 wounded, including one American whose injuries were not life threatening, in the explosion that destroyed several other cars, the source said.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15375533.htm

[bemildred]

5. Another dead member of parliament. nt

[maddezmom]

6. Explosion in targets US Embassy vehicle; 4 reported dead

Explosion in targets US Embassy vehicle; 4 reported dead

BEIRUT, Lebanon - An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle today in northern Beirut, killing four Lebanese and injuring a local embassy employee, an American official said.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said two embassy employees - including the driver - were in the vehicle damaged in the blast, which could be heard across the Lebanese capital and sent gray smoke billowing near the Mediterranean coast.

The driver was slightly wounded and the other staffer is fine, McCormack told reporters. He said no U.S. citizens or diplomats were in the vehicle.


more:
http://www.pjstar.com/php/index.php?/news/beirut_explosion_in_targets_us_embassy_vehicle_4_reported_dead/

[Jim__]

7. Any bets on who we blame that on!

I don't know, somehow I just don't trust the people we have running this country.

[barb162]

8. I'd expect it's probably Hizbollah or similar terrorist groups.

They usually are "good" at bombing to destabilize the Lebanese government. And I mourn the victims.

[ohio2007]

9. who are "the similar" terrorist groups ?

they do change their names depending on the mission but the outcome is always assured.