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Car Bombing Kills Anti-Syrian Politician in Beirut

HeadlineDec 12, 2005

In Lebanon, a massive car bomb has killed a prominent anti-Syrian politician and three others. The blast targeted Gibran Tueni–a Christian member of parliament who also edits the top selling An-Nahar newspaper. Tueni had only returned to Lebanon on Sunday from Paris, where he has been staying most of the past few months out of fear for his safety. Fellow MP Walid Jumblatt immediately blamed Syria for the bombing. He cited the similarities to the car bomb blast that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February. Today’s attack came just a day after a United Nations investigator delivered a report to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on the murder of Hariri.

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