[Libanon] wederom een aanslag

[Gatara]

na deze aanslag is er nu:

Aanslag in christelijke voorstad Beiroet

Uitgegeven: 19 maart 2005 08:54
Laatst gewijzigd: 19 maart 2005 09:04
BEIROET - In een voornamelijk door christenen bewoonde voorstad van de Libanese hoofdstad Beiroet is zaterdagochtend een autobom ontploft. Volgens de politie raakten zeker zeven personen gewond.

De explosie in Jedidah verwoestte een deel van een winkel- en appartementencomplex, aangrenzende gebouwen en tientallen auto's. De aanslag komt ruim een maand na de moord in Beiroet op de Libanese ex-premier Hariri, die pleitte voor een terugtrekking van de Syrische troepen uit zijn land.

De aanslag leidde tot massale anti-Syrische betogingen. Na internationale druk maakte Syrië een begin met het terughalen van zijn militairen en geheime dienst.
http://www.nu.nl/news/499075/47/Aans...d_Beiroet.html

lijkt me - maar dan ben ik misschien voorbarig - pro-Syriers die de aanslag hebben gepleegd.
Voor de stabiliteit is het in ieder geval niks goeds Zie ook:

Lahoud says won't attend Arab summit due to situation in country
By News Agencies

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud will not take part in Monday's Arab summit to be held in Algeria because of current circumstances in Lebanon that require him to stay in the country, a statement issued by his office said Saturday.
Lahoud's decision comes amid political turmoil in Lebanon and follows Saturday's bomb attack which wrecked the facade of a building in a largely Christian neighborhood in Beirut, sparking fears of renewed violence in Lebanon.

"In view of the current situation and developments on the Lebanese internal arena, President Emile Lahoud has decided to cancel his participation in the Arab summit which begins Monday in Algiers Monday," the statement said.

It said Lahoud expressed his regret to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for not being able to take part in the summit because of circumstances in Lebanon which require his presence in the country.

Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud will represent Lebanon at the summit, which is expected to deal with the current crisis in Lebanon.

The Feb. 14 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri sparked international and Lebanese opposition to Syria's role in Lebanon. Syria has since withdrawn at least 4,000 of its 14,000 soldiers from Lebanon, while the remainder have redeployed to eastern Lebanon closer to the Syrian border.

Six people injured as car bomb explodes in eastern Beirut suburb
A car bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of eastern Beirut on Saturday, wounding at least six people and raising fresh fears of a return to Lebanon's violent past.

The blast devastated the ground and first floors of an apartment block, blowing out balconies, shattering windows in surrounding buildings and wrecking dozens of vehicles, a Reuters correspondent at the scene said.

The vehicle containing the bomb exploded after midnight in an adjacent car park, gouging out a crater.

"I was standing under this building and we heard a huge explosion and there was a big cloud of dust, and glass flew everywhere. We saw this car just fly into the air and land on the street right in front of us," said witness Rany Ayoub.

It was unclear whether there was any political or sectarian motive behind the attack, but residents at the scene - clearly shocked and some still dressed in their pyjamas - blamed Syria. They were anxious, however, about being quoted by name.

Lebanon has been rocked by political turmoil since Feb. 14 when former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in a car bombing, which many Lebanese blame on Syria. Damascus denies the charge, but the assassination has prompted mass public protests against Syria's military and political influence in Lebanon.

Faced with mounting international pressure, particularly from U.S. President George W. Bush, Syria has begun pulling its troops out of its tiny neighbor after a three decade presence and its intervention in a 1975-1990 civil war.

A security source said a nearby bingo hall may have been the target of the bombing. The bingo hall was not damaged apart from broken windows.

Soldiers and other security forces sealed off the area. At least six people were taken to hospital, medical sources said.

"I was asleep. My wife was praying when we heard the blast. There are no doors in my house now. No windows. All our stuff was turned upside down," said Tannous Jibril, an elderly man who lived on the first floor of the apartment block.

"My cousin lives in the same building. He has four daughters who were asleep, but they were not hurt thank God."

The building's ground floor, which residents say housed small clothing stores, had a gaping hole criss-crossed with twisted metal. The blast smashed the wall of a first floor office, exposing desks and cabinets inside.

Many analysts and politicians warn strains are evident in the precarious political, religious and communal balance achieved since Lebanon's civil war. They say political tensions could spill into violence.

Leading United Nations envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, who has been involved in negotiations with Lebanon and Syria, said on Friday he was worried another leading Lebanese figure could be killed unless there was a cooling off period in the country.

Maronite Christians, about one-fifth of the population and long Syria's most vocal opponents, have dominated the past few weeks' protests demanding the withdrawal of Syrian troops.

Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said on Friday he hoped to end 14 years of exile and return to Lebanon within weeks, as soon as the Syrians had completed their withdrawal.

Syria finished the first phase of its pullout on Thursday.

A Lebanese security source said 4,000 to 6,000 Syrian troops had returned home since the pullout plan was announced on March 5, leaving 8,000 to 10,000 in eastern Lebanon.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expects Syria to fully withdraw its forces before Lebanese elections due in May.

Washington has also demanded the disarmament of Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah guerrillas. But Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, has vowed to keep its guns to fight Israel rather than confine itself to politics as U.S. officials want.

Deepening Lebanon's political crisis, key opposition leader Walid Jumblatt has said he and his allies will not join a government as long as pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud remains in office.

That stance could wreck a bid to forge a unity government by pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami, who resigned on Feb. 28 under opposition pressure but was reappointed last week.


Larsen fears more assassinations
A top UN envoy said on Friday he was worried another senior Lebanese figure would be assassinated unless there was a cooling-off period in the country.

Terje Roed-Larsen, who represents UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in talks with Lebanese and Syrian officials, said he had been concerned about the potential for violence in Lebanon before the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri on Feb. 14 and since then.

"I was and I continue to be deeply worried about the potential for violence in Lebanon," Roed-Larsen told National Public Radio. "This is why I am urging all parties concerned to cool down their tempers."

He spoke only hours before a car bomb exploded in a Beirut suburb, wounding several people.

Asked if he was concerned about an assassination of another senior Lebanese figure, Roed-Larsen replied," Yes, I am indeed."

Roed-Larsen said Lebanese should form a transitional government, continue investigating the killing of Hariri and prepare for free and fair elections in May.

He said it was not certain yet whether international observers would be asked to monitor the polls.

Annan and Roed-Larsen said on Thursday they expected Syria to withdraw all its troops and intelligence agents from Lebanon before elections in May. Syria is blamed by many Lebanese for engineering Hariri's killing but has vigorously denied it.

But it remained unclear whether Syria had promised to meet Annan's deadline, announced after Roed-Larsen's discussions with Syrian officials over the past week.

The United States and France co-sponsored UN Security Council resolution 1559 in September that demanded the full withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon but set no timetable.

Roed-Larsen will travel to Lebanon in the first week of April to verify the withdrawal for an April 19 report to the Security Council on Syrian compliance. A joint Lebanese-Syrian military commission is to meet on April 7 to set a timetable for the withdrawal of all forces.

Lebanese officials estimate that 4,000 to 6,000 Syrian troops had returned home since the pullout plan was announced on March 5, leaving 8,000 to 10,000 in eastern Lebanon. Syrian forces have been in Lebanese for nearly three decades.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/554074.html

[T_ID]

Godsamme, alweer?

(nu ja, noem me gerust voorbarig, maar ik denk ook dat binnenkort splintergroepering X voor allah de aanslag zal opeisen)

[Pikey]

Kut.

T_ID schreef op 19-03-2005 @ 13:52 :
Godsamme, alweer?

(nu ja, noem me gerust voorbarig, maar ik denk ook dat binnenkort splintergroepering X voor allah de aanslag zal opeisen)

Daar zitten politici achter.

[Gatara]

En nog 1:

Drie doden bij bomaanslag in christelijk gebied Libanon
Uitgegeven op 23 maart 2005 om 13:30 uur

Bij een bomexplosie in een winkelcentrum in de omgeving van de havenstad Jounieh ten noorden van de Libanese hoofdstad Beiroet in de nacht van dinsdag op woensdag zijn drie doden en vier gewonden gevallen, aldus de politie. De ontploffing deed zich voor in een overwegend christelijk deel van Libanon. Het is al de tweede explosie binnen een week in dit gebied, waar het verzet tegen de rol van Syrië het grootst is.

Het winkelcentrum was op het moment van de explosie gesloten. De slachtoffers waren arbeiders afkomstig uit Pakistan, India en Sri Lanka. Volgens de politie zijn bij de aanslag vermoedelijk twintig kilogram explosieven gebruikt.

Politici van de oppositie beschouwen de bomaanslag als een poging om de veiligheid te ondergraven. Eén beschuldigde de veiligheidsdiensten van de overheid van nalatigheid. Een ander riep op zich niet te laten meeslepen door pogingen om de Libanese bevolkingsgroepen tegen elkaar op te zetten.


http://www.nieuws.nl/bericht/5/56002

Rick Steiner schreef op 20-03-2005 @ 15:29 :
Daar zitten politici achter.

Gatara schreef op 23-03-2005 @ 14:06 :
En nog 1:

Drie doden bij bomaanslag in christelijk gebied Libanon
Uitgegeven op 23 maart 2005 om 13:30 uur

Bij een bomexplosie in een winkelcentrum in de omgeving van de havenstad Jounieh ten noorden van de Libanese hoofdstad Beiroet in de nacht van dinsdag op woensdag zijn drie doden en vier gewonden gevallen, aldus de politie. De ontploffing deed zich voor in een overwegend christelijk deel van Libanon. Het is al de tweede explosie binnen een week in dit gebied, waar het verzet tegen de rol van Syrië het grootst is.

Het winkelcentrum was op het moment van de explosie gesloten. De slachtoffers waren arbeiders afkomstig uit Pakistan, India en Sri Lanka. Volgens de politie zijn bij de aanslag vermoedelijk twintig kilogram explosieven gebruikt.

Politici van de oppositie beschouwen de bomaanslag als een poging om de veiligheid te ondergraven. Eén beschuldigde de veiligheidsdiensten van de overheid van nalatigheid. Een ander riep op zich niet te laten meeslepen door pogingen om de Libanese bevolkingsgroepen tegen elkaar op te zetten.


http://www.nieuws.nl/bericht/5/56002

Politiek is zooo smerig!