Bombing Targets U.S. Officials, Kills 4 Lebanese
Lebanon is going through a particularly volatile period because of internal politics, and President Bush's Mideast visit has apparently caused further turmoil. A car bomb aimed at an American Embassy vehicle in Beirut on Tuesday killed four Lebanese in the city's northern Doura region and injured six more, according to the BBC.
Lebanon is going through a particularly volatile period because of internal politics, and President Bush’s Mideast visit has apparently caused further turmoil. A car bomb aimed at an American Embassy vehicle in Beirut on Tuesday killed four Lebanese in the city’s northern Doura region and injured six more, according to the BBC.
Wait, before you go…BBC:
A Lebanese army official said at least six people had been injured, including a non-US foreign national.
There has been no claim of responsibility so far.
The attack comes at a time of political crisis in Lebanon with rival pro-Syrian and pro-Western parties deadlocked over efforts to elect a president.
It also coincides with an extensive Middle East tour by US President George W Bush, who has been in the Gulf and is heading to Egypt, after a landmark trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank.
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