Breaking: Anti-Syrian Lebanese MP Assassinated
Charles Johnson
Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 9:03 am PDT • Views: 302
Nancy Pelosi’s pals in Syria have reached out to Beirut today: Lebanese lawmaker killed in Beirut blast.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — A member of the Lebanese parliament was killed in an explosion Wednesday outside a Beirut military sports club in what hospital sources said was an assassination.
Lawmaker Walid Eido, known as a foe of Syrian involvement in Lebanon, his son, Khalid, and two of his bodyguards were killed, Lebanese media reports said.
At least one other person died and 10 were wounded in the explosion in the seaside neighborhood of Manara, according to Lebanese security sources.
The impact of the blast shattered the windows of nearby buildings, while bystanders sustained injuries from the shrapnel. CNN’s Brent Sadler witnessed wounded people being carried out of one building.
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