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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 12:52 PM Nov 2015

Deadly suicide attack rocks southern Beirut

Source: AlJazeera

Two explosions in a predominantly Shia residential area of southern Beirut have killed at least 37 people and injured at least 181, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.

The explosions took place in the Ain el Sikkeh area, next to the Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp.

The area, located off a main highway leading to Beirut's airport, is a well-known commercial and residential area in the capital's southern suburbs.

Witnesses said that there were only minutes between the two blasts.

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/multiple-explosions-reported-southern-beirut-151112162331001.html



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Botany

(70,510 posts)
1. Good thing w & Cheney's war helped to spread freedom and democracy to Iraq.
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 01:11 PM
Nov 2015

“Freedom is not America's gift to the world; freedom is the Almighty God's gift to each
man and woman in this world.”
• President Bush, November 4, 2004

"They" just had to get in there didn't they?

Mother fuckers should be in jail for what they did in Iraq and the creation of ISIS.

"And all the stuff we're seeing today -- the rise of ISIS, the disintegration of the state in Iraq, the disintegration of the state in Syria, I think is directly connected to our invasion," said Clarke.

"We destroyed the state. This is what happens when you destroy a state. You have chaos, you have the rise of factions, regional and ethic factions," he continued. "And I think you can look at that decision and say that's the reason hundreds of thousands -- probably a couple of million if you add it all up -- people have been killed."

Richard Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke

MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
2. At least 20 people killed in suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 01:12 PM
Nov 2015
BREAKING: At least 20 people killed in suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, senior interior minister source says.

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/664852150510559232

MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
3. Death toll from Beirut's southern suburb explosion rises to 37: minister
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 02:16 PM
Nov 2015
Death toll from Beirut's southern suburb explosion rises to 37: minister

The death toll from two suicide attacks in a Hezbollah stronghold in a Beirut suburb on Thursday has reached 37, Lebanon's interior minister told Reuters.

Nouhad Machnouk also said that the attackers were on foot and wearing explosive vests.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/12/us-syria-crisis-hezbollah-blast-idUSKCN0T121P20151112?utm_source=twitter#bRkrUvWsTG3R6mbX.97


 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
4. Horrible. The people of Beirut deserve so much better than what all of the regional warmongers
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 02:20 PM
Nov 2015

have visited upon that city.

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