Lebanese Civil War, Part II in the making? Once again, the Christian areas are being targeted. From the New Duranty Times, with thanks to all who sent this in.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - A powerful explosion rocked a shopping center and hotel in the Zalka neighborhood in northern Beirut on Monday night, injuring at least three people and causing extensive damage, security officials said.Heavily armed Lebanese soldiers cordoned off the area, punching journalists to keep them back.
Brig. Gen. Darwish Hobeika, the Civil Defense Corps commander, told Lebanese Broadcasting that two people were slightly injured and one Civil Defense rescuer was hurt.
Zalka's mayor, Michel Murr, told Lebanese Broadcasting that the bomb was placed in an open area between the Moussa shopping center and the Promenade Hotel, which was packed with tourists. He said no tourists were hurt.
The explosion shattered the windows of several apartment buildings and blew shutters off dozens of luxury boutiques in the neighborhood. Shattered glass and plaster filled the hotel lobby. Black smoke billowed high in the night sky, but there was no visible fire.
Aluminum siding and roofing in the shopping center buckled. The state-run National News Agency estimated the explosion was caused by 45 pounds of TNT.
Security forces were seen rounding up several suspects, including five men with their hands tied behind their backs who were taken to a military vehicle.
Zalka, on the Mediterranean coast, is a mixed residential and commercial area on a main street that leads to Lebanon's Christian heartland. The area has cafes, restaurants and other nightspots.
The explosion was the latest in a string of bombings that have killed or wounded politicians and other prominent figures in Lebanon since the assassination in February of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, an attack that rattled Lebanon's political and security foundations...
For what "reason" were the Christians bombed this time? Hmmmm...
Are the practioners of the "ROP" protesting infidel presence in Iraq? In Afghanistan? In "Andalusia"?
Perhaps it's the failure of the Jews to allow themselves to be killed by the palestinians.
Perhaps it's because the infidel is striking back. Everyone knows that if you fight terror it only creates more terror. Just ask your local moderate imam or Leftist apologist.
Perhaps it's because the local Christians were getting uppity: not paying "the tax" to be a second class citizen. Maybe a Christian had the audacity to repair a church in the land of allah and needed a reminder of his status.
Then again, maybe it's just a few muzzies following the dictates of their religion as expressed in the koran.
omvi
Excellent comment. I was just going to say exactly that. I'll put my signature under every word :)
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Sadly, Lebanon was once a thriving nation when it had a sizable Christian population. As we can see, the Christians who remain there are still reaping the benefits of Ariel Sharon's first "good will gesture" retreat from the islamic menace.
-MZ
Can't these people find a better way fix cars?
these are all the recent bombings in lebanon. you will notice that all bombs which did not have a specific target to assassinate happened in christian zones.
- 1 oct 2004 attempted assassination of minister Marwan Hmede (druze) in a religiously mixed zone
- 14 feb 2005 assassination of prime minister Hariri (sunni) in a religiously mixed zone
- 19 mar 2005 explosion in Jdeyde a pure christian zone
- 23 mar 2005 explosion in Kaslik a pure christian zone
- 26 mar 2005 explosion in Sid el bouchrieh a pure christian zone
- 1 apr 2005 explosion in Broumana a pure christian zone
- 16 may 2005 explosion in Jounieh a pure christian zone
- 6 jun 2005 assassination of Samir Kassir (christian) in a pure christian zone
- 21 jun 2005 assassination of Georges Hawi (christian) in a muslim zone
- 13 jul 2005 attempted assassination of minister Elias El Murr (christian) in a pure christian zone
- 22 jul 2005 explosion in Ashrafieh a pure christian zone
- 22 aug 2005 explosion in Zalka a pure christian zone