UPDATE on car BOMB in Lebanon: Massive EXPLOSION, who BENEFITS?

	UPDATE on car BOMB in Lebanon: Massive EXPLOSION, who BENEFITS? UPDATE on car BOMB in Lebanon: Massive EXPLOSION, who BENEFITS? At least eight are dead and 118 wounded after a car bomb rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut, AFP reports. The attack in the majority Christian neighborhood killed a top-ranking security official. Wissam al-Hassan, the head of the Information Branch of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces, was the target of the deadly attack, security sources told the Daily Star. Lebanon's Al-Jazed TV reported that Hassan died in the blast. Crowds took to the streets on Friday evening, blocking the main roads leading into Western Beirut with burning tires to protest the assassination of Hassan. Skirmishes were reported on the dividing line between Sunni and Alawite neighborhoods in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Security forces have been dispatched to keep the peace. Protesters in Lebanon's south have also reportedly attempted to block a highway leading from Damascus to Beirut. Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri accused Syrian president Assad of orchestrating the assassination of Hassan. The assassination of Saad's father and former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri sparked the 2005 Cedar Revolution, which demanded a withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon and the cessation of Syria's meddling in Lebanon's affairs. The blast rocked the city's Sassine Square in the predominately Christian Ashrafieh neighborhood on Friday. The explosive-laden car was detonated during rush hour at 3:00 pm local time as <b>...</b>	From: Premeprop Views: 0 0 ratings
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