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Article: LEBANON - Beirut Car Bomb Kills Anti-Syrian Lawmaker.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- October 8, 2007
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A car bomb kills an anti-Syrian Lebanese lawmaker and at least six other people in Beirut, just six days before parliament was due to elect a new president. Antoine Ghanem of the Christian Phalange Party was the second government MP killed in a bomb attack in the capital this year. Sept 19 political assassination reawakened fears over the stability of the country that has been wracked by violence since the withdrawal of Syrian troops in 2005. Anti-Syrian politicians accuse Damascus of being behind the violence in an effort to regain influence but Syria denies all involvement. The blast set cars on fire and rained glass and debris on bystanders. In June, a powerful car bomb ...
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