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Tue Nov 19, 2013, 07:57 PM Nov 2013

Lebanon bombings Al-Qaeda vs Hezbollah...

Which I kind of figured it would be.

"Twin suicide bombers detonated explosions outside the Iranian Embassy in a mainly Shiite district of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, killing 23 people, including the Iranian cultural attaché, apparently in retaliation for the Lebanese group Hezbollah's support of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The bombings appeared to be another strike in an intensifying proxy battle over Syria's civil war that is rattling its smaller neighbor Lebanon. An al-Qaida-linked Sunni extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying more would follow unless the Iranian-backed Shiite Hezbollah withdraws fighters that have helped Assad's military score key victories over Syrian rebels.

The mid-morning blasts hit the upscale neighborhood of Janah, a Hezbollah stronghold, leaving bodies and pools of blood on the glass-strewn street amid burning cars. More than 140 people were wounded, officials said."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/explosions-near-iranian-embassy-beirut-kill-5

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Lebanon bombings Al-Qaeda vs Hezbollah... (Original Post) Archae Nov 2013 OP
I wish both sides the utmost success in their respective goals of annihilating each other. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #1
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