Breaking: US Embassy In Beirut Bombed
3 dead, 20 wounded. 1 American among the wounded, named Matthew Clayton.
More as we get it.
A US Embassy car has been hit by an explosion which killed three people in Beirut, it is reported.
It is thought a passenger in the vehicle was injured when a car bomb was detonated.
A security official said the blast happened in the predominantly Christian Dora-Karantina neighbourhood.
Local journalist Leena Saidi told Sky News the affects of the blast will “reverberate around the area”.
She said the car was travelling on a road which would have been crowded with rush-hour traffic.
“In a way it’s lucky more people didn’t get killed or injured,” she said.
Sky Foreign Affairs Editor Tim Marshall said suspicion would fall on al Qaeda or Hezbollah.
He said the attack would have been well planned, with spotters tipping the killer off when the vehicle left the embassy and when it approached the blast area.
Television footage showed several damaged cars, including an SUV with tinted windows, similar to those used by American diplomats.
In the past three years, there has been a string of explosions in Lebanon targeting mainly anti-Syrian politicians and journalists.
The last car bombing on December 12 in the Baabda suburb killed Lebanese army Major General Francois Hajj and two other people.
(Sky)
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Again I ask: Do Muslims commit anything else but death and destruction?
January 15th, 2008 at 9:07 amOur God - Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Their’s - Qur’an:9:88 “The Messenger and those who believe with him, strive hard and fight with their wealth and lives in Allah’s Cause.”
Qur’an:9:5 “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”
Qur’an:9:112 “The Believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, kill and are killed.”
Qur’an:9:29 “Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission.”
Ishaq:325 “Muslims, fight in Allah’s Cause. Stand firm and you will prosper. Help the Prophet, obey him, give him your allegiance, and your religion will be victorious.”
Qur’an:8:39 “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah.”
Qur’an:8:39 “So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world).”
Oh and Thou shalt not kill?? That’s talking about murder - not fighting and killing our enemies on the battlefield - in case someone thinks otherwise - remember the Amalekites.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:33 amthey also suffocate personal freedom with subservience…
January 15th, 2008 at 9:34 am