Anti-Syrian official killed as car bomb rocks Beirut
10/19/12
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Car bomb has heightened fears that Syria’s civil war is spilling over the border.
from CNN,
10/19/12:
A top Lebanese intelligence official known for his anti-Syrian stance was targeted and killed Friday in a massive blast that shattered a normally calm neighborhood in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, the country’s news media reported.
The attack, which killed Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and at least two others, has heightened fears that Syria’s civil war is starting to boil over into neighboring Lebanon.
Hours after the attack, there were reports of unrest across Lebanon, including gunfire in the northern city of Tripoli. Enraged citizens in Beirut blocked roads and fired guns to protest the killing, Lebanese news reports said.
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